= Ryōji Noyori
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<Ryōji Noyori> developed chiral catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation, in which addition of <hydrogen> preferentially produces one <enantiomer>. This work was recognized by the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2001/press-release/[Official announcement: chirally catalysed hydrogenation]{ref}
The catalyst creates competing reaction paths with different activation free energies. It can thus favour one molecular handedness while being regenerated, linking <catalysis> with <stereoselectivity>.
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