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Karl Barry Sharpless

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Karl Barry Sharpless

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Also known as K. Barry Sharpless, K Barry Sharpless, Barry Sharpless

American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)

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Karl Barry Sharpless is an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of methods that allow chemists to build molecules with precise control over their structure. His work has made it easier and more efficient to create useful compounds in fields like medicine and materials science.

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Nobel Prizes (2)

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2001

    “for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions”

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  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2022

    “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Barry
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Occupation
university teacher
Educated at
Dartmouth College
Employer
Stanford University
Languages spoken
English language
Award
John Scott Award
Field of work
chemistry
Official website
www.scripps.edu/chem/sharpless/cv.html
Image
Barry Sharpless 02.jpg
Number of children
3
Residence
Massachusetts
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member of
National Academy of Sciences
influenced by
Konrad Emil Bloch
date of birth
1941-04-28
name in native language
Karl Barry Sharpless
interested in
organic synthesis
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Karl Barry Sharpless
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Karl Barry Sharpless (born April 28, 1941) is an American stereochemist. He is a two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry, known for his work on stereoselective reactions and click chemistry.

Sharpless was awarded half of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions", and one third of the 2022 prize, jointly with Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Morten P. Meldal, "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". Sharpless is the fifth person (in addition to two organizations) to have twice been awarded a Nobel prize, along with Marie Curie, John Bardeen, Linus Pauling and Frederick Sanger, and the third to have been awarded two prizes in the same discipline (after Bardeen and Sanger).

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