Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc. and Organic Syntheses, Inc.
Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry.
Nature: The award consists of a medallion and a replica, a certificate, and $25,000. The award is presented biennially in odd-numbered years at the ACS national meeting. The recipient will deliver a lecture at the Biennial National Organic Chemistry Symposium of the ACS National Meeting and Symposium. Travel expenses to the symposium will be reimbursed.
Eligibility: The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background.
Deadline: November 1 (Presented biennially in odd-numbered years.)
Establishment & Support: Established in 1959 by Organic Syntheses, Inc. and Organic Reactions, Inc. Sponsored by Organic Syntheses, Organic Reactions, and the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2021 Kendall N. Houk
2019 Stephen L. Buchwald
2017: Hisashi Yamamoto
2015: Larry E. Overman
2013: David A. Evans
2011: Robert H. Grubbs
2009: Andrew Streitwieser
2007: Samuel J. Danishefsky
2005: Jerrold Meinwald
2003: Albert Eschenmoser
2001: Ryoji Noyori
1999: Dieter Seebach
1997: K. Barry Sharpless
1995: Barry M. Trost
1993: Elias J. Corey
1991: Gilbert J. Stork
1989: George A. Olah
1987: Jerome A. Berson
1985: Donald J. Cram
1983: A. R. Battersby
1981: Nelson J. Leonard
1979: Melvin S. Newman
1977: William S. Johnson
1975: Rolf Huisgen
1973: Georg Wittig
1971: Herbert C. Brown
1969: Vladimir Prelog
1967: John D. Roberts
1965: Arthur C. Cope
1963: Paul D. Bartlett
1961: Robert B. Woodward
1959: Sir Derek H. R. Barton
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