Arthur C. Cope Award (organic chemistry)
Jewish recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Award (organic chemistry) documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 22% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
11 documented recipients
Roald Hoffmann1981
Theoretical chemist and child survivor of the Holocaust who with Robert Woodward set out the orbital symmetry rules for the course of chemical reactions; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981, shared with…
Source: Wikipedia — Roald Hoffmann / NobelPrize.org Chemistry 1981
Gilbert Stork1921
Organic chemist renowned for advances in the total synthesis of complex molecules
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Frank Westheimer1912
Chemist known for physical organic and bioorganic chemistry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Ronald Breslow1931
Organic chemist known for artificial enzymes and biomimetic chemistry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Robert Bergman1942
Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Samuel Danishefsky1936
Chemist renowned for the total synthesis of complex natural products with anticancer activity.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Ralph Hirschmann2000
Chemist who achieved the first total synthesis of an enzyme; National Medal of Science (2000)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
George Olah1927
Chemist who used superacids to make fleeting carbocations stable enough to study; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994
Source: Wikipedia — George Olah
Barry Trost1941
Organic chemist known for atom economy and the Tsuji–Trost reaction
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Stephen Buchwald1955
Organic chemist known for the Buchwald–Hartwig amination reaction
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Scott Denmark1953
Organic chemist known for Lewis base catalysis in synthesis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry