Awards & Winners

Karl Barry Sharpless

Date of Birth 28-April-1941
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as K. Barry Sharpless
Profession Chemist
Karl Barry Sharpless is an American chemist known for his work on stereoselective reactions.

Awards by Karl Barry Sharpless

Check all the awards nominated and won by Karl Barry Sharpless.

2001


Wolf Prize in Chemistry
(for their pioneering, creative and crucial work in developing asymmetric catalysis for the synthesis of chiral molecules, greatly increasing mankind's ability to create new products of fundamental and practical importance.)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions)

2000


NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
(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.)