JEE Main Chemistry question

Emil Fischer was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on:

(A)Sugars and purines synthesisCorrect
(B)Ammonia discovery
(C)Optical activity
(D)Alkaloid synthesis

Answer: (A)

Solution

Emil Fischer received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering synthetic and structural work on sugars (establishing the configurations of the aldohexoses) and on purines.

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