On October 5, Beijing time, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced, and German chemist Benjamin Lister and American chemist David Mike Mirren won the award.

Cover News Reporter Yan Lei

Beijing time on October 5, Beijing time, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced, and German chemist Benjamin List and American chemist David W.C. MacMillan won the award. The reason for winning is due to its contribution to "development in asymmetric organic catalysis."

Officially believes that Benjamin Lister and David Mike Mirren have developed a new and clever molecular construction tool: organic catalysis. Its uses include researching new drugs, making chemistry more environmentally friendly, and making it easier to produce asymmetric molecules.

Benyamin Lister, German chemist, director of the Max Planck Institute of Coal Research, Millheim-sur-Ruer.

David McMillan, Fellow of the Royal Society (FRSE), is a chemist born in Scotland and an outstanding professor of chemistry at James S. McDonnell, Princeton University.

According to statistics, as of 2021, including the two most recent awards, 187 people have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in history.

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