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My Take
John Hartwig sits in a different category for me entirely. To have a named reaction in organic chemistry, the Buchwald–Hartwig amination, is the kind of immortality most of us can only imagine, because that reaction is still run in labs and pharmaceutical plants every single day. The Wolf Prize, the Mukaiyama Award, and a long list of honours confirm this is substance, not fashion. I am genuinely thrilled to place him in this database. He represents the quiet, cumulative work that nudges human knowledge forward, and that is the kind of accomplishment I respect more than almost any amount of fame.
Overview
John F. Hartwig is an American organometallic chemist who holds the position of Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. His laboratory traditionally focuses on developing transition metal-catalyzed reactions.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- John F. Hartwig
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョン・ハートウィグ
- Reading
- じょん・はーとうぃぐ
- Born
- August 7, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Elmhurst, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- chemist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- 2006 American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry
- 2009 Joseph Chatt Award
- 2007 Sackler Prize for Chemistry
- 2019 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
- 2015 Willard Gibbs Award
- 2018 Tetrahedron Prize
- 2008 Mukaiyama Award
- 2018 Centenary Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Buchwald–Hartwig amination | — |
6. Links
Chemist — see all → · University teacher — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.