Updated On: 06 October, 2021 03:54 PM IST | Stockholm | AP
They were cited for their work in developing a new way for building molecules known as 'asymmetric organocatalysis'

Members of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry at a press conference to announce the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Pic/ AFP
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute and Scotland-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan of Princeton University.
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The 2021 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.” pic.twitter.com/SzTJ2Chtge