Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist who shared half of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with William S. Knowles for developing asymmetric hydrogenation methods using rhodium and ruthenium catalysts based on the BINAP ligand, methods that enabled commercial production of pharmaceuticals such as naproxen with high purity.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, nationality there.
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1. Ryōji Noyori (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia 'Ryōji Noyori': stated occupation/field in article intro, checked 2026-09-27
- Wikipedia 'Ryōji Noyori': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
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