Richard F. Heck
American chemist
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Richard Frederick Heck 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. The analgesic naproxen is an example of... Wikipedia
Born: August 15, 1931, Springfield, MA
Died: October 10, 2015 (age 84 years), Manila, Philippines
Spouse: Socorro Nardo-Heck (m. ?–2012)
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Education: University of California, Los Angeles and University of Delaware
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