Richard F. Heck Ph.D.
Richard F. Heck Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010
Nobel co-recipients: Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki
Photo: Holger Motzkau/Wikimedia Commons
Name: Richard Fred Heck
Birth: 15 August 1931, Springfield, MA, USA
Death: 9 October 2015, Manila, Philippines
Institution: University of Delaware, USA
Award: “for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”
Subject: Organic chemistry
Portion of cash: 1/3
Doctoral Advisor: Saul Winstein
Physical organic chemist. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction. Sole author – 7 consecutive papers. Heck reaction: important concept, tool for organic and medicinal chemists; fuorescence labeling of DNA bases – sequencing DNA/Genome. Thinner computer screens in future. “Great art in test tube.”
Growing orchids in early teens lead to passion for chemistry.
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Heck Lectureship. The University of Delaware began a lecture series in honor of Heck’s contributions to the field of chemistry. Heck retired in 1989.