Awards & Winners

2000 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences

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NAS Award in Chemical Sciences

Karl Barry Sharpless

(For his discovery of chemical reactions--the Sharpless Asymmetric Epoxidation, Dihydroxylation, and Aminohydroxylation--which have revolutionized organic chemistry by transforming asymmetric synthesis from near-impossible to routine.)