Asymmetric organocatalysis scoops 2021 chemistry Nobel prize

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Benjamin List and David MacMillan recognised for research that makes chemistry greener

Research into new, environmentally friendly ways of making molecules has won the 2021 Nobel prize in chemistry. Benjamin List and David MacMillan were recognised by the Nobel committee ‘for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis’.