The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
Awarded on: 2005-10-05
"for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis"
Affiliations:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Cambridge, MA, USA
Richard R. Schrock
Born: 1945-01-04 in Berne, IN, USA
Gender: male
Field: American chemist and Nobel laureate (born 1945)
Biography
Richard Royce Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for his contributions to the olefin metathesis reaction used in organic chemistry.