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The Heinrich Wieland Prize for outstanding achievements in the synthesis and activity of natural products, which is named after the German Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for 1927, has been presented annually since 1964; since 2000 it has been sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. The recipient for 2009 is Steven V. Ley (University of Cambridge, UK), whose work covers the total synthesis of more than 120 compounds. His synthesis of the insecticide azadirachtin after 22 years work aroused much interest in Angewandte Chemie; [1a-d] an improved synthesis also appeared in that journal. [1e] Ley completed his doctorate in 1972 at Loughborough University (UK). He worked as a postdoctoral fellow for two years with L. Paquette at Ohio State University in Columbus, and then with D. Barton at Imperial College in London. In 1975, he was made lecturer there, and during the next 14 years rose to head of the chemistry department. In 1992, he was made professor at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a Commander of the British Empire in 2002 after serving as President of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Ley is a member of the editorial and advisory boards of Chemistry-A European Journal, ChemBioChem, ChemMed-Chem, and Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.
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