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Benjamin List
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German chemist (1968-)
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- Works
- 4
Top works
- Science of Synthesis : Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations Vol. 32
- Organocatalysis
- Science of synthesis
- Asymmetric organocatalysis
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-01-11 ) 11 January 1968 (age 58) , Frankfurt , West Germany
- Education
- Free University of Berlin ( Diplom ), Goethe University Frankfurt (PhD)
- Relatives
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (aunt)
- Awards
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2016), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021)
- Institutions
- University of Cologne , Max Planck Institute for Coal Research , Hokkaido University
- Thesis
- Synthese eines Vitamin B 12 Semicorrins (1997)
- Doctoral advisor
- Johann Mulzer
- Other academic advisors
- Richard Lerner , Carlos F. Barbas III
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2021
“for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Family name
- List
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Occupation
- scientist
- Educated at
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Employer
- Hokkaido University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Empfang für Benjamin List im Rathaus Köln-7597-crop.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1968-01-11
- name in native language
- Benjamin List
- Commons category
- Benjamin List
- interested in
- chemistry
- influenced by
- Richard Lerner
- relative
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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- Bob Morane (comics)
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Encyclopedic overview
Benjamin List ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɛnjamiːn ˈlɪst] ; born 11 January 1968) is a German chemist who is 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. He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".
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