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Kagan and Soai were recognized for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
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UnverifiedThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to French chemist Henri Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai in recognition of their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalytic reactions in asymmetric organic synthesis.67% similarUnverifiedKagan has done pioneering work in the field of chiral phosphine ligands, which can selectively generate products of a specific chiral configuration in metal-catalyzed reactions.66% similarUnverifiedKagan challenged the dogma that the ratio of product enantiomers is linearly related to the ratio of the catalyst, proposing that two or more chiral ligands can simultaneously bind to the metal center of a catalyst.60% similarUnverifiedIn 1986, Kagan published findings on nonlinear effects, discovering that product ratios do not change linearly with the catalyst but follow a curve, which can significantly increase the proportion of the target mirror-image molecule.60% similarUnverifiedIn 1995, Soai Kenso published a breakthrough experiment using pyrimidyl alcohol to achieve asymmetric autocatalysis, in which the starting enantiomeric excess of one isomer was only 2%, and by the end of the reaction the enantiomeric excess had risen to 87%.59% similar
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