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Benjamin List

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Benjamin List (born 11 January 1968) is a German chemist, one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and professor of organic chemistry at the University of Cologne. He co-developed organocatalysis, a method of accelerating chemical reactions and making them more efficient, and shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1968 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1968-01-11 1
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Chemistry, Disciplines
Additional Source Benjamin List (Wikipedia)Lead section, 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: 11 January 1968 (age 58), Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: 11 January 1968 (age 58), Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Works In: Chemistry, Lead section, 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
    He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".
  • Associated With: David MacMillan, Lead section, 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-laureates
    He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".
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