The Chirality Medal, instituted by the Società Chimica Italiana in 1991 to honor internationally recognized scientists who have made a distinguished contribution to all aspects of chirality, is awarded each year by a Chirality Medal Honor Committee composed of the Chirality International Committee members and the most recent recipients of the Chirality Medal.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The medal is awarded to the recipient at the International Conference on Chirality.[4][5][6]
Year | Winner | Country |
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1991 | Emanuel Gil-Av[1][7][8] | Israel |
Jean Jacques[1][7] | France | |
1992 | Vladimir Prelog[9] | Switzerland |
1993 | Kurt Mislow[3] | United States |
1994 | William H. Pirkle[9] | United States |
1995 | Koji Nakanishi[10][11] | United States |
1996 | Ernest. L. Eliel[12] | United States |
1997 | Ryoji Noyori[9][13] | Japan |
1998 | Henri B. Kagan[5] | France |
1999 | Vadim Davankov[5] | Russia |
2000 | K. Barry Sharpless[14] | United States |
2001 | Yoshio Okamoto[5] | Japan |
2002 | Dieter Seebach[5] | Switzerland |
2003 | Daniel W. Armstrong[6][15][16] | United States |
2004 | Volker Schurig[6][17] | Germany |
2005 | Kensō Soai[6] | Japan |
2006 | Meir Lahav | Israel |
2007 | Nina Berova[18][19] | United States |
2008 | Wolfgang Lindner[20] | Austria |
2009 | Bernard L. Feringa[21] | Netherlands |
2010 | Kenji Mori[22] | Japan |
2011 | Laurence D. Barron | United Kingdom |
2012 | Eric N. Jacobsen | United States |
2013 | Eiji Yashima[23] | Japan |
2014 | Manfred T. Reetz | Germany |
2015 | Christopher J. Welch | United States |
2016 | Andreas Pfaltz | Switzerland |
2017 | Takuzo Aida | Japan |
2018 | Bert Meijer | Netherlands |
2019 | Laurence A. Nafie | United States |
2022 | David MacMillan | United States |
2023 | Ron Naaman | Israel |