David W.C. MacMillan
Nobel Lecture
Asymmetric organocatalysis: Democratizing catalysis for a sustainable world
David W.C. MacMillan delivered his Nobel Prize lecture on Wednesday 8 December 2021. He was introduced by Professor Peter Somfai.
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