Richard Schrock, Robert Grubbs, and
Metathesis Method in Organic Synthesis
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Richard R. Schrock of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Robert
H. Grubbs of the California Institute of Technology were awarded the 2005
Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis".
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L. Barry Hetherington
Courtesy California
Institute of Technology
‘"[T]heir discoveries ... enable industry to produce plastics and
drugs more efficiently and with less hazardous waste ... . For decades, the
Department of Energy has been the leading federal supporter of catalytic chemistry,
so we are especially pleased to highlight Dr. Schrock's affiliation with the
DOE Office of Science, dating back to 1979 and continuing to this day," Secretary
[of Energy Samuel W.] Bodman said.
"In addition, Dr. Grubbs' initial work in homogeneous catalysis was supported
from 1979 through 1988 by the DOE Office of Science."
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
jointly to [Yves] Chauvin, Grubbs and Schrock "for the development of
the metathesis method in organic synthesis," a way to rearrange groups
of atoms within molecules that the Academy's news release likened "to
a dance in which the couples change partners."1
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Additional information about Richard R. Schrock, Robert H. Grubbs, and
their research is available in full-text and on the Web.
Documents:
Reduction
of Carbon Monoxide. Past Research Summary, DOE Technical
Report, 1982
Chemistry
of Bimetallic Linked Cyclopentadienyl Complexes: Progress Report, 1
December 1986 – 30 November 1989, DOE Technical Report,
1989
Controlled
Synthesis of Polyenes by Catalytic Methods, DOE
Technical Report, 1992
Controlled
Synthesis of Polyenes by Catalytic Methods. Progress Report, December 1, 1992 – November 30, 1993, DOE Technical Report,1993
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