The Horst Pracejus Prize is awarded to scientists for outstanding work in the field of enantioselectivity or chirality. The GDCh created the award in 1997. The namesake Pracejus was known for his research in the field of chiral catalysis and Head of the Catalysis Research Institute in Rostock. This was a branch of the Central Institute for Organic Chemistry of the GDR Academy of Sciences.
The Horst Pracejus Prize is awarded to Professor Varinder Aggarwal for his fundamental contributions to the diastereo- and enantioselective preparation of chiral boronic acid esters, their stereospecific transformation, and their application in natural product synthesis. The German Chemical Society (GDCh) recognizes Professor Aggarwal as one of the world's leading chemists in the field of stereoselective synthesis. His fundamental achievements in the preparation of boronates have established an innovative approach to the construction of defined stereogenic carbon centers, which he has elegantly implemented in various syntheses. The international visibility of this work, manifested in a consistently high number of citations, invitations to lecture, and numerous honors, is particularly noteworthy.
The prize will be awarded at the GDCh Award Dinner as part of the Science Forum Chemistry on September 29, 2025.
| 2025 | Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol/UK |
| 2023 | Oliver Trapp, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| 2019 | Albrecht Berkessel, Cologne |
| 2017 | Thorsten Bach, Munich |
| 2015 | Dean Toste, Berkeley/USA |
| 2013 | Benjamin List, Mühlheim ad Ruhr |
| 2011 | Uwe Meierhenrich, Nice/France |
| 2009 | Hans-Ulrich Blaser, Basel/Switzerland |
| 2007 | Henri B. Kagan, Paris/France |
| 2005 | John M. Brown, Oxford/UK |
| 2003 | Andreas Pfaltz, Basel/Switzerland |
| 2001 | Günter Helmchen, Heidelberg |
| 1999 | Henri Brunner, Regensburg |
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach, Technical University of Munich (lead management)
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Berkessel, University of Cologne
Prof. Dr. Olga Garcia Mancheno, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Prof. Dr. René Peters, University of Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider, University of Leipzig
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