Nobel laureate in chemistry for discovering new molecular techniques

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute in Germany and David W. C. Macmillan of Princeton University, who laid the foundations for green chemistry by creating new molecules with the help of carbon catalysts. The award is being presented to him for his asymmetric carbon induction technique, said Goran Hansen, general secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

In chemistry, metals and vitreous are the only two catalysts. But while these two scientists were building the specific structure of the molecules, they discovered new devices for carbon catalysts, beginning with green chemistry. It is also used in the field of pharmaceuticals. Their research was done independently. This technique is already being used by humanity. Only now is it being sealed, the Nobel Committee said.
Reacting to the award, List said, "It was a moment of surprise for me to receive the Nobel Prize. We are currently on vacation in Amsterdam with our families. It was not initially known that Macmillan was working on the issue. At first, some people thought that this new chemical technique was a misnomer, but then it came to fruition. In my opinion this research is huge. Scientists in this field are familiar with this.

Developed in 2000 by Benjamin List and David Macmillan, this third catalyst is called unlimited organocatalysis. This chemical is considered to be the most unique invention in the world. Last year, Emmanuel Shapenti of France and Jennifer Dodna of the United States were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for genetic editing. This made it possible to make changes to the DNA.