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Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Chemistry Nobel Winners Announced
Researchers established a new kind of environmentally friendly and cost-effective catalyst.
Two Share Chemistry Nobel Prize for Developing New Way to Make Organic Molecules
Researchers established a new kind of environmentally friendly and cost-effective catalyst.
Chris Gorski, Editor
October 6, 2021
(Inside Science) -- The 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List from the Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenforschung in Germany and David MacMillan of Princeton University in New Jersey for "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis."
Both researchers were recognized for independently establishing a new way to construct molecules. Chemists use catalysts to facilitate chemical reactions. The catalysts aren't changed by the reaction, but their presence either speeds up or otherwise encourages the reaction to proceed. Until about 20 years ago, there were two kinds of recognized catalysts, metals and enzymes. The metals used in this process can be harmful to the environment, or require very carefully maintained and energy-intensive conditions. Enzymes are a crucial part of reactions inside living organisms, but they are typically huge molecules.
Organocatalysis adds a third way to encourage chemical reactions...
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