Pedersen. Charles

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PEDERSEN, CHARLES JOHN (1904-1989). An American bom in Korea, Pedersen received a M.S. from M.I.T. in 1927. In 1987 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in elucidating mechanisms of molecular recognition, which are fundamental to the enzymic catalysis, regulation and transport. He reported that alkali metal ions could be bonnd by crown ethers into a more rigid, layered structure, in which the alkali metal ion was bound into the center of the ring. This field of study is called host-guest chemistry,... 

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