The man who coined the term “Click Chemistry” in the year 1998 and was fully described in the year 2001 is now receiving his second Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2022. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and Karl Barry Sharpless were awarded the Nobel Prize for the development of Click Chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry.
The physics prizes were given out for experiments with entangled photons that demonstrated the violation of bell inequalities, as well as for pioneering quantum information science.
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of reactions that allow molecules to snap together to form desired compounds.
Karl Barry Sharpless:
Karl Barry Sharpless, born on April 28, 1941, is a chemist from the United States. He was best known for designing catalysts. His work on stereoselective reactions made him win the Nobel Prize in the year 2001. He is now receiving his second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of Click Chemistry.
Karl Barry who wanted to attend medical school was convinced by his professor to take up chemistry. Later in the year 1968 he did his Ph.D from Stanford University.
Mr. Sharpless was first awarded half of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for working on “chirally catalysed oxidation reactions.” Chiral means molecules that appear in two mirroring forms.
Mr. Sharpless joined an elite group of scientists who have won two Nobel Prizes. John Bardeen won the physics prize twice. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for both physics and chemistry. Frederick Sanger won the Chemistry prize twice.
Carolyn Bertozzi created click reactions that function inside living organisms without interfering with the cell’s normal chemistry.
Mr. Aspect is French, Mr. Clauser American, and Mr. Zeilinger Austrian, potentially paving the way for new practical technology and further fundamental research.
