Awards & Winners

Herbert C. Brown

Date of Birth 22-May-1912
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Herbert Brown
Profession Professor
Herbert Charles Brown was a chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes.

Awards by Herbert C. Brown

Check all the awards nominated and won by Herbert C. Brown.

1987


NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
(For his studies of organoboranes, which revealed important new chemistry and established them as versatile intermediates in synthesis.)

1979


Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis.)

1969


National Medal of Science for Physical Science
(For discovery and exploration of the hydroboration reaction and for developing it into a major and powerful tool in chemical synthesis.)