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Who won the other half of the Nobel Prize not shared with Ryōji Noyori?

  • Richard F. Heck

  • Jean-Pierre Sauvage

  • K. Barry Sharpless

  • Robert H. Grubbs

Answer

K. Barry Sharpless won the other half of the Nobel Prize not shared with Ryōji Noyori. He was awarded the prize in 2001 for his work on asymmetric organocatalysis. This work led to the development of a new method for synthesizing chiral molecules, which are molecules that have two different enantiomers. Enantiomers are molecules that are mirror images of each other, but they cannot be superimposed on each other.
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