Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for asymmetric synthesis.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for discovering non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Their work explains how homochirality can arise and has influenced how chemists design pharmaceutical reactions. The prize is 12 million Swedish kronor, shared equally. The announcement is unrelated to cybersecurity or AI.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis” Some molecules, such as amino acids, exist as two variants that are each other’s mirror image. However, living organisms only contain one of these mirror images.
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