• 1960 Wöhler - Award


• 1970 Dozenten - Award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie


• 1985 Centenary Lecturer, Royal Society of Chemistry


• 1985 Award of the Minister of Sciences in France


• 1986 French Alexander-von-Humboldt-Award


• 1987 Leibniz-Award


• 1990 Alfred-Stock-Memorial Award


• 1994 Manfred and Wolfgang Flad Award


• 1995 Literature Award of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie


• 1997 Carus Medal of Leopoldina


• 1998 Carus Award of the City of Schweinfurt


• 1998 Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie


• 1999 ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry


• 1998 Wilkinson Prize


• 2004 Rao Award of the Chemical Research Society of India


• 2004 ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry


• 2004/2005 Wittig-Grignard-Award, France


• 2015 Blaise Pascal Medaille, Europ. Academy of Sciences, Belgien

Siehe auch Bericht im Göttinger Tageblatt