“for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions; for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”
K. Barry Sharpless is an American chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions and again in 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. He was affiliated with Scripps Research.
- Field
- Chemistry · Organic Chemistry
- Lifespan
- 1941–