What major honor did Ryoji Noyori receive in 2001?
He was elected as a Foreign Associate of Royal Society
The Presidential Medal of Freedom
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
He became a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
Answer
Ryoji Noyori received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for his work on asymmetric catalysis. Asymmetric catalysis is a process that uses a catalyst to create a product with a specific handedness. This is important because many molecules in nature, such as proteins, have a specific handedness and will not function properly if they are not created with the correct handedness.
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