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:
- 2020 – Dennis A. Dougherty[2]
- 2019 – Dieter Seebach[3]
- 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, Norman Allinger
- 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.[4]
See also
- List of chemistry awards
References
- ^ "Arthur C. Cope Award". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/programs/ACS-2020-national-award-winners/97/i33
- ^ https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/programs/ACS-2019-national-award-winners/96/i37
- ^ "Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 14 September 2018.