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William S. Knowles

Chemistry

William S. Knowles was an American chemist who shared half of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Ryoji Noyori for their work on chirally catalyzed hydrogenation reactions used in asymmetric synthesis; the other half of that prize went to K. Barry Sharpless for chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions.

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Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Birth Year
1917 1
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1. William Standish Knowles (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia 'William Standish Knowles': stated occupation/field in article intro, checked 2026-09-27
  • Wikipedia 'William Standish Knowles': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
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