Benjamin List, David WC Macmillan win 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Benjamin List, David WC Macmillan win 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Daily Current Affairs / Benjamin List, David WC Macmillan win 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Category : Awards Published on: October 07 2021

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan in 2021 for their work on asymmetric organocatalysis.
The team created a precise new tool for molecular assembly that has had a significant impact on pharmaceutical research and has helped to make chemistry more environmentally friendly.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for developing a method for genome editing.

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Father of Chemistry: Antoine Lavoisier
World’s first chemist: Tapputi-Belatekallim
Old name of Chemistry: Alchemy
The Mother of Modern Chemistry: Marie Anne Paulze Lavoisier

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