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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.
Barry Sharpless is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. He coined the concept of click chemistry, where molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently, and developed the copper catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction.
The Sharpless Lab is led by K. Barry Sharpless, PhD, a Nobel laureate and pioneer of click chemistry. The lab focuses on discovering and developing high-utility chemical reactions and novel chemical reactivity.
K. Barry Sharpless (born April 28, 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American scientist who was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 and 2022. He shared the 2001 prize with William S. Knowles and Noyori Ryōji for developing the first chiral catalysts.
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Learn about the life and achievements of K. Barry Sharpless, who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on chiral catalysis. Discover his passion for fishing, his family, his research and his awards.
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Karl Sharpless. Professor W.M. Keck Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry. Email. Research Focus. Designing Man-Made Catalysts The Sharpless Lab pursues useful new reactivity and general methods for selectively controlling chemical reactions.
Watch and listen to the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry K. Barry Sharpless talk about his work, his curiosity, and his advice for young researchers. Learn how he approaches problems with Einstein's quote "If at first the idea is not absurd, then there's no hope for it".
