Citations for Chemical Breakthrough Awards
2006 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.) |
|---|---|---|
| M. Gomberg | “An Instance of Trivalent Carbon: Triphenylmethyl” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1900, 22, 757-771. |
University of Michigan |
| G. N. Lewis | “The Atom and the Molecule” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1916, 38, 762-785. |
University of California, Berkeley |
| E. O. Lawrence | “Method and Apparatus for the Acceleration of Ions” U.S. Patent 1,948,384 (20 February 1934), assignor to Research Corporation, New York, NY. |
University of California, Berkeley |
| A. O. Beckman and H. E. Fracker | “Apparatus for Testing Acidity” U.S. Patent 2,058,761 (27 October 1936), assignors to National Technical Laboratories, Pasadena, CA. |
Beckman Coulter |
| L. Pauling | The Nature of the Chemical Bond Cornell University Press, 1939. |
California Institute of Technology |
| R. J. Plunkett | “Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers” U.S. Patent 2,230,654 (4 February 1941), assignor to Kinetic Chemicals, Inc. of Wilmington, DE. |
DuPont |
| H. F. Fisher, E. C. Conn, B. Vennesland, and F. H. Westheimer | “The Enzymatic Transfer of Hydrogen. I. The Reaction Catalyzed by Alcohol Dehydrogenase” J. Biol. Chem. 1953, 202, 687-697. |
The University of Chicago |
| B. Merrifield | “Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. I. The Synthesis of a Tetrapeptide” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154. |
The Rockefeller University |
| R. B. Woodward and R. Hoffmann | “Stereochemistry of Electrocyclic Reactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1965, 87, 395-397. |
Harvard University |
| M. J. Molina and F. S. Rowland | “Stratospheric Sink for Chlorofluoromethanes: Chlorine Atom-Catalysed Destruction of Ozone” Nature 1974, 249, 810-812. |
University of California, Irvine |
