Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai

NBC News reports: Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of “non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” Kagan discovered a new way of manipulating chemical reactions, allowing a greater excess of one of the mirror images to be created than was previously assumed possible. His discovery has been revolutionary for chemists who develop reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, flavours, scents and new materials. Meanwhile, Soai designed the first chemical reaction in which only one of the potential mirror images was formed.

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