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Richard F. Heck
Full Name of the recipient | Richard F. Heck |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 2010 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Ei-ichi Negishi (33.3%) Akira Suzuki (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of Delaware, USA |
Place of Birth | Springfield, MA, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 15 August 1931 |
Age at the time of Award | 78 years |
Place of Death | Manila, Philippines |
Date of Death | 9 October 2015 |