Packet 5: Bonus 6

For 10 points each, answer the following about the two-time Nobel laureate Barry Sharpless.
[10e] Sharpless blinded his eye after a tube made of this material exploded. This material comprises most Erlenmeyer flasks and beakers.
ANSWER: glass
[10h] Sharpless won a share of the 2022 Nobel Prize for the development of this type of chemistry, also called bio-orthogonal chemistry. This type of chemistry is named because it joins molecules quickly and efficiently.
ANSWER: click chemistry.
[10m] Sharpless won the 2001 Nobel Prize partly for the development of enantioselective catalysts for the formation of epoxides, a cyclic type of this functional group. Alkyl halides and alcohols react to form this functional group in the Williamson Synthesis.
ANSWER: ethers
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chattahoochee AExhibition1010020EH
HooverChattahoochee B10101030EHM
Innovation ANorthview B1001020EM
Lambert AJohns Creek10101030EHM
Lambert BMidtown1001020EM
Northview AInnovation B10101030EHM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24625.00100%83%67%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13215.00100%0%50%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13316.67100%67%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13415.00100%25%25%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13422.50100%50%75%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24313.33100%0%33%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24417.5075%50%50%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30420.00100%50%50%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19415.00100%25%25%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17828.75100%100%88%