The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded for the development of _____ catalysis, a new tool for molecular construction.
- enzyme
- asymmetric organo
- metal
- photo
Answer: asymmetric organo
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a precise new tool for molecular construction that has greatly impacted pharmaceutical research.