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

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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