Citations for Chemical Breakthrough Awards
2008 Awardees
| Scientists/Inventors | Breakthrough Publication (If text is in color, this is a live link to the plaque.) | Location of Award (If text is in color, this is a live link to photographs and other materials related to the presentation.) |
|---|---|---|
| H. C. Brown and B.C. Subba Rao | “A New Technique for the Conversion of Olefins into Organoboranes and Related Alcohols,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1956, 78, 5694-5695. |
Purdue University |
| T. Katsuki and K. B. Sharpless | “The First Practical Method for Asymmetric Epoxidation,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1980, 102, 5974-5976. |
Stanford University * |
| G. Binnig and H. Rohrer | “Scanning Tunneling Microscope,” U.S. Patent 4,343,993 (10 August 1982), assignors to International Business Machines Corporation. |
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, R�schlikon, Switzerland |
| R. Adams, Senior Editor | First volume of Organic Reactions, John Wiley, 1942 | University of Illinois |
| J. A. Osborn, F. M. Jardine, J. F. Young and G. Wilkinson | “The preparation and properties of tris(triphenylphosphine)halogeno-rhodium(I) and some reactions thereof including catalytic homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins and acetylenes and their derivatives” J. Chem. Soc. (A) 1966, 1711-1732. | Imperial College London |
| C. M. Hall | “Process of Reducing Aluminium by Electrolysis” US Patent 400,766 (April 2, 1889) | Oberlin College and Oberlin Heritage Center |