Science Oct 7, 2026 Updated Oct 7, 2026
2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for asymmetric synthesis breakthroughs
- The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their discovery of nonlinear effects and autokatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
- Their research explained how homochirality, or the dominance of one molecular mirror image, emerged in chemical systems.
- Kagan discovered a method to create an excess of one molecular mirror image in 1986, while Soai developed the first chemical reaction that produced only one mirror image of a molecule in 2003.
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Telegraf Oct 7, 2026
Proglašeni dobitnici Nobelove nagrade za hemiju
- The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
- Their research solved a long-standing mystery in chemistry about how homochirality, the preference for one "mirror image" of a molecule in living organisms, could arise spontaneously.
- Kagan's 1986 work enabled the creation of a larger excess of one molecular form, while Soai's 1995 research described the first chemical reaction capable of producing homochirality, which he successfully demonstrated in 2003.
Pink Oct 7, 2026
DODELJENA NOBELOVA NAGRADA ZA HEMIJU! Evo ko je osvojio prestižno priznanje
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 recognizes their solution to the mystery of how homochirality, the dominance of one molecular "mirror image" in life, could spontaneously arise.
- Henri Kagan made a decisive breakthrough in 1986 by discovering a new way to manipulate chemical reactions, while Kenso Soai developed the first chemical reaction with potential for homochirality in 1995.
Danas Oct 7, 2026
Nobelova nagrada za hemiju dodeljena Anriju Kaganu i Kensu Soaiju za „rešavanje dugogodišnje zagonetke“
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for "discovering nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis."
- Their discoveries helped solve a long-standing mystery in chemistry about how chemical asymmetry, characteristic of the living world, originated.
- Kagan made a key breakthrough in 1986 by discovering a new way to control chemical reactions, while Soai described the first chemical reaction with potential for homochirality in 1995.
N1 Oct 7, 2026
Nobelovu nagradu za hemiju ove godine dobili su Anri B. Kagan i Kenso Soai
- The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
- Their work addressed the origin of chemical asymmetry, explaining how living organisms contain only one of two mirror-image molecular variants.
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and has been given since 1901, with previous winners including scientists like Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard L. Feringa.
