Two researchers from a German research institute and an American university who have made significant contributions to the research of organic catalysts have been selected as winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The Nobel Prize Selection Committee in Stockholm, Sweden, announced the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry before 7:00 pm on the 6th of Japan time.
The winners were Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute in Germany and David MacMillan of Princeton University in the United States.
The two were praised for their significant contributions to research in the field of organic catalysts, and the selection committee said that they were able to efficiently create new medicines by using the organic catalysts they developed. increase.
Mr. Liszt also belongs to the research center of Hokkaido University
Benjamin List of the United States, who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, also belongs to the ICReDD = Chemical Reaction Creation Research Center of Hokkaido University as a principal investigator and is engaged in research activities.
Professor Osamu Maeda, the director of ICReDD, said, "I was hoping that I would win the Nobel Prize someday because of my excellent achievements. I am happy that my expectations have been met. Professor Liszt is a researcher in the field of organic synthesis without using metals, and the advantage of not using metals is that impurities do not enter when making medicines. I think it's an existence. "
"Our research center is conducting research to find new chemical reactions by successfully combining calculations, information, and experiments, and we have received a great deal of cooperation from Dr. Liszt. I think I'll be busy, but I want you to continue researching together. "