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This chemist erroneously predicted that a certain cyclization undergoes a two-plus-two mechanism followed by a migratory insertion, which was corrected by E. J. Corey’s three-plus-two mechanism in a decade-long feud. A reaction named for this chemist expands on one developed by the Upjohn Company and may use a (10[1])commercial “AD (“A-D”) mix” (10[1])containing various potassium salts and a quinine ligand. This chemist is the alphabetically latest of the developers of a copper-catalyzed variant of the Huisgen (“HOUSE-gun”) cycloaddition, which reacts an azide (10[1])with an alkyne. This chemist names an alkene dihydroxylation that uses osmium tetroxide, as well as an asymmetric epoxidation. For 10 (10[1])points, name this American chemist who coined the term “click chemistry” and twice received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ■END■ (0[6])

ANSWER: Karl Barry Sharpless [accept Sharpless epoxidation or Sharpless dihydroxylation]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell BRutgers A4710
Ryan RosenbergNYU APenn A5010
David BassJohns Hopkins AYale A7910
Noah ChenColumbia BJohn Jay College10010
Sam MacchiVassar AHaverford A1200
Arjun BothraHaverford AVassar A1200
Samuel KassoverGeorge Washington BMaryland A1200
Vedh RameshPenn BHaverford B1200
Kaiben BennettHaverford BPenn B1200
Chauncey LoColumbia CGeorge Washington A1200

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