On Saturday, May 2, 2026
The 2026 Willard Gibbs Award was given to Stephen L. Buchwald by the American Chemical Society Chicago Section. Buchwald has a transformative influence on many areas of chemical research. Buchwald, the Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is honored for his fundamental advances in metal-catalyzed coupling reactions.
Buchwald is also well-regarded for establishing the Buchwald-Hartwig coupling reaction. This specific reaction is needed to form many carbon-nitrogen bonds, which have been valuable to the creation of modern chemistry, the organic synthesis of pharmaceuticals, the design of new agrochemicals, and the development of new materials.
Buchwald is one of just a few chemists to have been presented multiple prizes from the American Chemical Society. Included in his award list is the Award in Organometallic Chemistry, the Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, the Northeastern Section Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest, the Arthur C. Cope Award, the New York Local Section William H. Nichols Medal, and the Delaware Section Carothers Award.
The Chicago Section will conduct the award ceremony on May 15, 2026. In the added activity surrounding the award, Buchwald will present his lecture, “Pd-Catalyzed Carbon-Nitrogen Coupling Reactions: How Did We Get Here and Why Do We Care?” which is about his cross-coupling methods and carbon-nitrogen bond formation.
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