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Richard F. Heck

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Gender Male
Death9 years ago
Date of birth August 15,1931
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Springfield
Massachusetts
United States
Date of died October 10,2015
DiedManila
Philippines
SpouseSocorro Nardo-Heck
Field Chemistry
BooksPalladium reagents in organic syntheses
Awards Nobel Prize in Chemistry
NationalityAmerican
Philippine
Education University of California, Los Angeles
University of Delaware
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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.

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