Nobel recognizes three for handy chemistry

The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced Oct. 10, honors research that led to

Mirror images: Right-handed limonene (left) smells like oranges, while left-handed limonene (right) has a lemon scent. R. Savidge

new chemicals, materials, and drugs, including widely used heart medicines and the

Parkinson’s disease treatment L-dopa.