Richard R. Schrock

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Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
chemist
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry
PhD in Chemistry
awardReceived ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
H. C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
surface form: Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
birthPlace Berne, Indiana, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1945-01-04
doctoralAdvisor John A. Osborn NERFINISHED
educatedAt Harvard University
University of California, Riverside
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
era 20th-century chemistry
21st-century chemistry
familyName Schrock
fieldOfWork catalysis
chemistry
olefin metathesis
organometallic chemistry
fullName Richard R. Schrock self-linksurface differs
surface form: Richard Royce Schrock
givenName Richard
hasAcademicAffiliation Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
surface form: MIT Department of Chemistry
hasDiscovered highly active molybdenum-based olefin metathesis catalysts
tungsten-based olefin metathesis catalysts
influenced development of metathesis in organic synthesis
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
nobelPrizeMotivation for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis
notableConcept Schrock carbene
notableFor development of well-defined molybdenum and tungsten alkylidene complexes
pioneering work on olefin metathesis
notableStudent Amir H. Hoveyda
occupation research chemist
university professor
positionHeld Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry at MIT
researchFocus design and synthesis of transition metal alkylidene complexes
mechanism of olefin metathesis
sexOrGender male
sharesNobelPrizeWith Robert H. Grubbs
Yves Chauvin
workplace Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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ACS Award in Pure Chemistry notableRecipient Richard R. Schrock
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) notableLaureate Richard R. Schrock
subject surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Yves Chauvin sharesNobelPrizeWith Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock fullName Richard R. Schrock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Richard Royce Schrock
RSC Centenary Prize notableRecipient Richard R. Schrock
Robert H. Grubbs sharesNobelPrizeWith Richard R. Schrock