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Germany's Benjamin List and US-based David MacMillan awarded Nobel Prize for work on catalysts which has helped make chemistry more environmentally friendly.
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist
Germany's Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the United States on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction, the jury said.
Their tool, which they developed independently of each other in 2000, can be used to control and accelerate chemical reactions, exerting a big impact on drugs research.
By Niklas Pollard, Ludwig Burger and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing new tools for building molecules that have helped make new drugs and are more environmentally friendly. Their work on asymmetric organocatalysis, which the award-giving body described as a new and ingenious tool for molecule building , has also helped in the development of plastics, perfumes and flavours. Organic catalysts can be used to drive multitudes of chemical reactions, the Royal Swedish Academy ...