Benjamin List
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Benjamin List is a German chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organocatalysis, for which he shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David W. C. MacMillan.
All labels observed (1)
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| Benjamin List canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4196937 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin List Context triple: [David W. C. MacMillan, sharesNobelPrizeWith, Benjamin List]
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A.
K. Barry Sharpless
K. Barry Sharpless is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and for co-founding the field of click chemistry, achievements that earned him multiple Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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B.
Richard F. Heck
Richard F. Heck was an American chemist best known for developing the Heck reaction, a pioneering palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling method that transformed organic synthesis.
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C.
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
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D.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
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E.
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin List Target entity description: Benjamin List is a German chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organocatalysis, for which he shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David W. C. MacMillan.
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A.
K. Barry Sharpless
K. Barry Sharpless is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and for co-founding the field of click chemistry, achievements that earned him multiple Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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B.
Richard F. Heck
Richard F. Heck was an American chemist best known for developing the Heck reaction, a pioneering palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling method that transformed organic synthesis.
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C.
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
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D.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
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E.
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German chemist
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ Tetrahedron Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1968-01-11 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Johann Mulzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Free University of Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ⓘ |
| employer |
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
ⓘ
surface form:
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
University of Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | List ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
ⓘ
organic chemistry ⓘ organocatalysis ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasAcademicTitle | Professor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
asymmetric organocatalysis
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organocatalysis ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
ⓘ
Max Planck Society ⓘ |
| name | Benjamin List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | List family ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of asymmetric organocatalysis using proline ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Frankfurt am Main
NERFINISHED
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Hesse ⓘ West Germany ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director at Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
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professor at University of Cologne ⓘ |
| publicationType | scientific articles ⓘ |
| relative | Franz List ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
asymmetric catalysis
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green chemistry ⓘ |
| residence | Germany ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith | David W. C. MacMillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace |
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
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surface form:
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
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