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Richard F. Heck

1931 - 2015

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Richard Frederick Heck (August 15, 1931 – October 9, 2015) was an American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard F. Heck has received more than 227,621 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard F. Heck is the 235th most popular chemist (down from 188th in 2019), the 1,536th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Chemist.

Richard F. Heck is most famous for his work on palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reactions, which he developed in the early 1980s.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Richard F. Heck ranks 235 out of 509. Before him are William Lipscomb, Nikolay Semyonov, William Hyde Wollaston, Mária Telkes, John E. Walker, and Sidney Altman. After him are Nikolay Zelinsky, Mario J. Molina, Paul L. Modrich, Joseph L. Goldstein, Henri Victor Regnault, and Ida Noddack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Richard F. Heck ranks 77. Before him are Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Hamilton O. Smith, Anthony de Mello, Carroll Baker, Stephen Boyd, and Margarita Lozano. After him are Larry Silverstein, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Igor Oistrakh, Stig Anderson, Toshiki Kaifu, and Márta Mészáros. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard F. Heck ranks 66. Before him are Assia Djebar, Maureen O'Hara, Kurt Masur, Alfred G. Gilman, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Setsuko Hara. After him are Cynthia Lennon, Geraldine McEwan, Rod Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Jin Youzhi, and Zhelyu Zhelev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard F. Heck ranks 1,536 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Beyoncé (1981), Janet Yellen (1946), Dorothy Malone (1924), and Carson McCullers (1917). After him are Robert B. Wilson (1937), Brad Dourif (1950), Jennifer Garner (1972), Chief Seattle (1786), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), and Martha Stewart (1941).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Richard F. Heck ranks 47. Before him are Robert H. Grubbs (1942), William Standish Knowles (1917), Robert Curl (1933), Elias James Corey (1928), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), and William Lipscomb (1919). After him are Paul L. Modrich (1946), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Edward W. Morley (1838), Donald J. Cram (1919), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), and Karl Barry Sharpless (1941).

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