Chinese name: Wolff Prize in Chemistry Foundation: Wolff Foundation Times: Selected once a year: Overview of Wolff Prize, winners, overview The purpose of this award is to recognize scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of chemistry except Nobel Prize winners. This is one of the most influential awards in chemistry. Winner's Year Winner's Research Contents 1978 carl djerassi (USA) bioorganic chemistry, Application of Spectral Technology, First Artificial Contraceptive 1979 Herman Mark (Austria/USA) Structure and Properties of Natural and Synthetic Polymers 1980 Henry Eyring (Mexico/Absolute Rate Theory198. Joseph Chatter (UK) Transition metal chemistry, especially transition metal hydride and diazonium complex chemistry 1982 George Pimentel (USA) uses matrix isolation spectroscopy 1983/4 Herbert Gu Tauschi (USA) uses nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine molecular structure. Harden McConnell (USA) used paramagnetism. Study on electronic structure and spin labeling technology of molecules by vibration spectroscopy. John wall (USA) High Resolution NMR Spectroscopy 1984/5 Rudolph Arthur Markus (Canada/USA) Chemical Kinetics, especially the Mechanism of Single Molecule Reaction and Electron Transfer 1986 elias James Corey (USA) In terms of total synthesis and synthesis theory of natural products, Albert Eisenmercer (Switzerland) Organic Synthesis, Stereochemistry and Reaction Mechanism 1987 david phillips (UK) David Bloch (UK) X-ray crystallography technology to analyze proteins and explain the structure and action mechanism of enzymes 1988 Theoretical calculation of energy gain and consumption Joshua Jotnew (Israel) Raphael David Levin. 989 Duilio arrigoni (Switzerland) Allen Batbie (UK) Enzymatic Reaction Mechanism 1990 Biosynthesis of Natural Products 199 1 year Richard Ernst (Switzerland) NMR spectrum, especially the Fourier transform and two-dimensional NMR spectrum of Alexander Pines for 6 years Gilbert storck (USA). Samuel Danevsky (USA) Organic Synthesis, Study on the Synthesis of Polysaccharides and Biomolecules/No Prize in Kloc-0/996/7/Gerhard Ertl (Germany) Surface Chemistry of Gabor Somorjai (Hungary), Clarification of Heterogeneous Catalytic Mechanism/Study on Kloc-0/999 Raymond Lemieux (Addition) Oligosaccharides. Frank Albert Cotton (USA) Transition Metal Cluster Chemistry 2000, Henry Kagan (France), Noyori Ryori (Japan), Barry Sharples (USA), Asymmetric Synthesis 2002/3, Harry Gray (USA), Bioinorganic Chemistry 2004, explaining the electron transfer mechanism in protein. In 2005, Richard Zall (USA) explained the reaction mechanism with laser technology. In 2006/2007, ada yonath (Israel) and George Feher (USA) synthesized ribosomal proteins. Light Reaction in Photosynthesis 2008 william moerner (USA) Allen Bader (USA) Single Molecular Spectroscopy 2009/20 10 Not Awarded 201Deng Qingyun (USA) stewart rice (USA) Krzysztof Matyashevsky (USA) 20/KLOC-0. Charles Lieber (USA) 20 13 Bert S Langer (USA) 20 14 Synthesis of Polysaccharides and Glycoproteins in Chi-Huey Wong (Taipei, China/USA) 2016K C Necolau (Cypress/ USA); Stuart L. Schreiber (USA) 20 17 Robert Bergman (USA) 20 18 Omar Yaki (Jordan/USA); Fujita Seiji (Japan)