# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-f-heck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:25:45.701Z

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name: "Richard F. Heck"
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description: "Richard Frederick Heck was an American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes. The analgesic naproxen is an example of a compound that is prepared industrially using the Heck reaction."
tagline: "American chemist (1931–2015)"
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birthDate: "1931-08-15"
deathDate: "2015-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump