K. BARRY SHARPLESS

2001 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions.

• Born: April 28, 1941
• Place of Birth: Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
• Residence: CA
• Affiliation: Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
  • Address:
    10550 North Torrey Pines Blvd.
    La Jolla, CA 92037
• Education:
  • Dartmouth College, B. A. 1963
  • Stanford University, Ph. D. 1968

• Asymmetric Catalysis in Organic Synthesis (The George Fisher Baker Non-Resident Lectureship in Chemistry at Cornell) by Ryoji Noyori (1994)
• Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis (Comprehensive Overviews in Chemistry) by Eric N. Jacobsen (Editor), Andreas Pfaltz (Editor), Hisashi Yamamoto (Editor) (1999)
• Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds by Ernest L. Eliel, Samuel H. Wilen (Editor), Lewis N. Mander (Editor) (1994)
• Classics in Total Synthesis : Targets, Strategies, Methods by K. C. Nicolaou, E. J. Sorensen (1995)
• Asymmetric Synthesis : Chiral Catalysis by James D. Morrison (Editor) (1985)
• Books about chiral catalysis

• Prize co-recipient: William S. Knowles
• Prize co-recipient: Ryoji Noyori
• K. Barry Sharpless' webpage at the Scripps Research Institute
• Official award announcement and background
• Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Advanced Information on research from the Nobel Foundation

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