Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
AEEon Collective
2025 Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of alternate electrode electrolysis and applications in organic synthesis.
Chiral Vicinal Diamines
For the development of asymmetric reductive coupling of imines to form chiral vicinal diamines through the discovery of diboron-enabled [3,3]-sigma...
Molecular Strainers
For the creative advancement of strained intermediates involving cumulated cyclic dienes and trienes.
Multidimensional Click Chemistry
For the development of multidimensional click chemistry, a next-generation click-technology that extends bond creation into the three-dimensional w...
Pericyclases
For the discovery of a new class of enzymes, the pericyclases, that catalyse reactions in biosynthesis of complex natural products, and for identif...
Team P(V)
For the discovery of a sustainable and scalable platform of P(V) reagents for the synthesis of stereodefined and variable phosphate chimeric oligon...
The Molecular Ratcheteers
For breakthroughs in catalysed non-equilibrium systems, particularly molecular ratchet mechanisms, that have provided fundamental insights into the...
Uncovering the hidden paths in C–H activation catalysis
For the development of a unique approach for directly observing transient species and key bond-forming steps that underpin transition metal-catalys...