Kagan and Soai share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

French chemist Henri B Kagan and Japanese organic chemist Kensō Soai have jointly won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Kagan is at Paris-Saclay University. Soai is at the Tokyo University of Science. The prize is the chemistry award for 2026.

The citation credits the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Those chemical ideas are the stated basis of the prize. The award is joint. Both chemists are named.

Kagan is identified as a French chemist. Soai is identified as a Japanese organic chemist. Their universities are Paris-Saclay and the Tokyo University of Science. The field is asymmetric organic synthesis.

Non-linear effects are one part of the cited discovery. Autocatalysis is the other part named. Both sit inside asymmetric organic synthesis. The Nobel announcement is the source of that description.

The prize does not, in this announcement, add a third winner. The two laureates are Kagan and Soai. The countries attached to them are France and Japan. The institutions are the two universities named.

The recorded science news is a shared chemistry Nobel. The winners are Henri B Kagan and Kensō Soai. The subject is non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. The year of the prize announcement is 2026.