Which chemist, born in Mexico City in 1925, was part of the team that synthesised norethindrone, the active compound in the first oral contraceptive pill, in 1951?

• A Mario Molina
• B Andres Manuel del Rio
• C Luis Ernesto Miramontes ✓
• D Evangelina Villegas

Luis Miramontes was a 26-year-old student when he synthesised norethisterone, a discovery that enabled the contraceptive pill and changed global society.