PersonRyoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori
Japanese chemist and one of the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He advanced the application of BINAP catalysts in asymmetric synthesis, contributing to the industrial production of chiral drugs.
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Oct 12
The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to William Knowles, Ryoji Noyori, and Barry Sharpless in recognition of their pioneering contributions to chiral catalytic hydrogenation and chiral catalytic oxidation reactions.
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