Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry

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The Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry is a prestigious award established in 2008 by the Royal Society of Chemistry for sustained originality and achievement in research in any area of organic chemistry. The prize is named after Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), inventor of the first aniline dye, and is awarded on a biennial basis. The winner receives £5000, a medal and a certificate at an awards ceremony in November and undertakes a UK lecture tour.

Winners

2015 (2015): Professor Amos Smith, "for his continued outstanding contributions to new organic reaction development, complex natural product total synthesis, and new small molecules for medicinal chemistry"

2013 (2013): Varinder Kumar Aggarwal, "for his truly original contributions to the field of synthetic organic chemistry"

2011 (2011): Stephen G. Davies, "for fundamental contributions that his research has made to the areas of stereocontrol in organometallic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis and total synthesis over 15 years"

2009 (2009): Steven V. Ley, "for his outstanding creative work and innovative solutions in the art of organic synthesis"

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Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry Wikipedia

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