Question: Which of the following two scientists jointly won the Nobel Prize 2021 for Chemistry?
a) Benjamin List & David WC MacMillan
b) David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian
c) Syukuro Manabe & Klaus Hasselmann
d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- The Nobel Prize 2021 for Chemistry has been awarded jointly to Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan.
- They were honoured for their work in developing a new way for building molecules known as “asymmetric organocatalysis.
- Benjamin List is a German scientist associated with the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David WC MacMillan associated with Princeton University.
- The winners were announced by Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- The Nobel panel said Mr List and Mr MacMillan in 2000 independently developed a new way of catalysis.