‘Elegant’ catalysts that tell left from right scoop chemistry Nobel

Benjamin List and David MacMillan share the award for developing cheap, environmentally friendly organic catalysts.

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Two researchers who developed techniques to speed up and control chemical reactions have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Nature 598, 247-248 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02704-2

Additional reporting by Tosin Thompson.

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