New Delhi: Carolyn R Bertozzi and K Barry Sharpless from the United States and Morten Meldal from Denmark shared the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Sharpless and Meldal have laid the foundation for a functional form of chemistry, click chemistry, in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently, the Nobel prize committee said making the announcement.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.” pic.twitter.com/5tu6aOedy4
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2022
Bertozzi has taken click chemistry to a new dimension and started utilizing it in living organisms, the academy said in a statement.
“This year’s Prize in Chemistry deals with not overcomplicating matters, instead working with what is easy and simple. Functional molecules can be built even by taking a straightforward route,” said Johan Aqvist, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.
“I can hardly breathe!” Bertozzi said in the onsite telephone interview of her reactions. Of hearing the news in the middle of the night, she said, “a shock is an understatement!”
This year’s prize amount is 10 million Swedish kronor (nearly USD 900,000), to be shared equally between the three laureates.
Three scientists jointly won the prize in physics on Tuesday. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognised Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for “pioneering quantum information science.”
The awards will continue with literature on Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the economics award on Monday.
The winners will receive the cash prizes on December 10.
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