Nobel prize in chemistry 2021
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be
awarded in 2021 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Benjamin List from
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany and David
W.C. MacMillan from Princeton University, USA for the for the development of
“asymmetric organocatalysis”.
An ingenious tool for building molecules
Molecule construction is a challenging
skill to master. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded to Benjamin List
and David MacMillan in 2021 for their creation of organocatalysis, a precise
new technique for molecular assembly. This would have a significant influence
on medicinal chemistry, as well as making chemistry more environmentally
friendly. Chemists' capacity to synthesize molecules that can produce elastic
and durable materials, store energy in batteries, or limit disease development
is critical in many study fields
Catalysts, which are chemicals that
regulate and accelerate chemical processes without becoming part of the final
product, are required for this task. Catalysts in automobiles, for example,
convert hazardous chemicals in exhaust gases into innocuous ones. Enzymes,
which carve out the molecules required for life, are among the millions of
catalysts found in our biology.
Catalysts are therefore essential
tools for chemists, but scientists previously assumed that there were only two
types of catalysts: metals and enzymes. Benjamin List and David MacMillan will
share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2021 for developing a third form of
catalysis independently in 2000. Asymmetric organocatalysis is based on tiny
organic molecules and is known as asymmetric organocatalysis.
Organic catalysts have a stable carbon
atom framework to which additional active chemical elements can be attached.
Common elements like oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, and phosphorus are frequently
found in these. As a result, these catalysts are both ecologically benign and
inexpensive to manufacture.
Organic catalysts have become
increasingly popular due to their ability to promote asymmetric catalysis. When
molecules are formed, scenarios frequently arise in which two separate
molecules develop that are mirror images of one other, exactly like our hands.
Chemists usually only need one of these, especially when making medications.
Because of their potential to induce
asymmetric catalysis, organic catalysts have grown in popularity. When
molecules form, it's not uncommon for two different molecules to form that are
mirror copies of one another, just like our hands. When producing drugs,
chemists normally only need one of them.
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