Hokkaido University’s Specially Appointed Professor Benjamin List Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on October 6, 2021, that it would award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Benjamin List, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Germany, and Professor David MacMillan of Princeton University in the United States. The two received this award for their contribution to the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. Their development of small molecule catalysts that are simple in structure, easy to handle and more environmentally friendly than conventional catalysts has advanced the manufacture and development of a wide range of industrial products, from pharmaceuticals to solar cell components.
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