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  • Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    October 11, 2021

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    The Max Planck Institute for Coal Research is - unlike the other Max Planck Institutes - a non-profit, independent foundation; The purpose of the foundation is to promote basic scientific research for the benefit of the general public.

    The main focus of research is the development of selective catalysts. In 2021 the director of the institute, Prof. D. Benjamin List, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”.

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    Scientific research institute that has produced two Nobel Prize winners.
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    The institute was founded in 1912 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research and opened in 1914. Research topics included the extraction of gasoline from coal, the synthesis of high-molecular polyethylene and the production of decaffeinated coffee. The Max Planck Institute for Coal Research is considered a historic site of chemistry.

    More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max-Planck-Institut_f%C3%BCr_Kohlenforschung
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