The American researcher Richard F. Heck , and the Japanese Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki , have been awarded today with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 for the development of reactions that allow the synthesis of complex molecules of organic chemistry.
The work of these three scientists is based on carbon-carbon relationships , and contributes to the creation of new compounds. In addition, it has helped develop revolutionary new drugs and materials, including certain plastics.
This award completes the "track record" of the 2010 Nobel Prize in science.
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