Richard F. Heck
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 9 years ago |
Date of birth | August 15,1931 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Springfield |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 10,2015 |
Died | Manila |
Philippines | |
Spouse | Socorro Nardo-Heck |
Field | Chemistry |
Books | Palladium reagents in organic syntheses |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Nationality | American |
Philippine | |
Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
University of Delaware | |
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ID | 705153 |
Richard F. Heck Life story
Richard Frederick Heck was an American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes. The analgesic naproxen is an example of a compound that is prepared industrially using the Heck reaction.