Who among the following is not a recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022 ?
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Benjamin List
Morten Meldal
K. Barry Sharpless
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UPSC NDA-1 – 2023
The correct answer is B) Benjamin List.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless for their groundbreaking work on click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. Benjamin List was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the *previous* year, 2021, along with David W.C. MacMillan, for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis. Therefore, Benjamin List was not a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022.