Benjamin List

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Benjamin List

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Benjamin List
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021

Born: 11 January 1968, Frankfurt, Germany

Affiliation at the time of the award: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Prize motivation: "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis."

Prize share: 1/2

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