Arthur C. Cope Award
The Arthur C. Cope Award is a prize awarded for achievement in the field of organic chemistry research. It is sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Fund, and has been awarded annually since 1973 by the American Chemical Society.
The award is generally considered one of the highest honors in the field. It consists of $25,000, a medallion, and $150,000 in funding for research in organic chemistry.[1]
Recipients include:
- 2018 Steven Ley
- 2017 Carolyn R. Bertozzi
- 2016 Eric N. Jacobsen
- 2015 Paul A. Wender
- 2014 Stuart Schreiber
- 2013 Stephen L. Buchwald
- 2012 Chi-Huey Wong
- 2011 Nicholas Turro
- 2010 Kendall N. Houk
- 2009 Manfred T. Reetz
- 2008 J. Fraser Stoddart
- 2007 Jean Fréchet
- 2006 Peter G. Schultz
- 2005 K.C. Nicolaou
- 2004 Barry M. Trost
- 2003 Larry E. Overman
- 2002 Robert H. Grubbs
- 2001 George A. Olah
- 2000 David A. Evans
- 1999 Ralph F. Hirschmann
- 1998 Samuel J. Danishefsky
- 1997 Ryōji Noyori
- 1996 Robert G. Bergman
- 1995 George M. Whitesides
- 1994 John D. Roberts
- 1993 Peter B. Dervan
- 1992 K. Barry Sharpless
- 1991 Gerhard L. Closs
- 1990 Koji Nakanishi
- 1989 William S. Johnson
- 1988 Kenneth B. Wiberg
- 1987 Ronald Breslow
- 1986 Duilio Arigoni
- 1984 Albert J. Eschenmoser
- 1982 Frank H. Westheimer
- 1980 Gilbert J. Stork
- 1978 Orville L. Chapman
- 1976 Elias J. Corey
- 1974 Donald J. Cram
- 1973 Roald Hoffmann and Robert B. Woodward
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards
The Arthur C. Cope Fund also sponsors an additional ten awards each year called the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards.[2]
References
- ^ "Arthur C. Cope Award". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 14 September 2018.