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Researchers Benjamin List and David MacMillan independently discovered cheaper, greener ways to create new molecules

Benjamin List and David MacMillan were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry for coming up with a new tool for constructing molecules that has advanced pharmaceuticals and green technology.

Benjamin List, who worked at Scripps Research, will share the prize with David MacMillan, who worked at UC Berkeley.

Germany’s Benjamin List and the US’ David MacMillan yesterday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction, which has helped make chemistry greener, the jury said. The duo was awarded “for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction: organocatalysis. This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research, and has made chemistry greener,” the Nobel Committee said. Prior to their work, scientists believed the...

Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan each found a way to build molecules, a typically slow process, using small organic molecules.

Benjamin List and David MacMillan share the award for their work on asymmetric organocatalysis, a way of synthesizing molecules that can be used in anything from drugs to food flavorings.

STOCKHOLM: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to Benjamin List and David MacMillan for developing a new method for building molecules.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm said their work had advanced pharmaceutical research and "made chemistry greener."List and MacMillan, working independently of each other,...

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for finding an “ingenious” and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules that can be used to make a variety of compounds, including medicines and pesticides

Benjamin List and David MacMillan share the award for their work on asymmetric organocatalysis, a way of synthesizing molecules that can be used in anything from drugs to food flavorings.

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