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WiredNobel PrizeChemistryAsymmetric Synthesis

Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

By Fernanda González · Oct 8, 2026, 5:30 AM CDT

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Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological substances.

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