What is Richard F. Heck?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Richard F. Heck |image = Richard F. Heck2010.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = Richard Fred Heck |birth_date = {{birth date|1931|8|15}} |birth_place = [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], United States |death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|10|1931|8|15}} |death_place = [[Manila]], Philippines |nationality = American |fields = [[Chemistry]] |workplaces = [[University of Delaware]] |alma_mater = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] |known_for = [[Heck reaction]] |awards = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (2010) }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Richard Fred Heck''' (August 15, 1931 – October 10, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] chemist. He was known for the discovery and development of the [[Heck reaction]], which uses [[palladium]] to [[catalyst|catalyze]] [[organic chemical]] [[chemical reaction|reaction]]s that couple [[aryl halide]]s with [[alkene]]s. Heck was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] on October 6, 2010, with the Japanese chemists [[Ei-ichi Negishi]] and [[Akira Suzuki (chemist)|Akira Suzuki]], for their work in [[palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions]] in [[organic synthesis]]. Heck died on October 10, 2015 in [[Manila]] in hospital, aged 84. He suffered a bout of severe vomiting earlier in the week.<ref>{{cite news |last=Francisco |first=Rosemarie |date=2015-10-10 |title=Nobel laureate chemist Richard Heck, 84, dies in Manila |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/uk-nobel-prize-heck-philippines-idUKKCN0S40DD20151010 |agency=Reuters |access-date=2015-10-10 |archive-date=2015-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015024516/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/uk-nobel-prize-heck-philippines-idUKKCN0S40DD20151010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.udel.edu/chem/ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry] at the [[University of Delaware]] {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heck, Robert F.}} [[Category:1931 birth