William Lipscomb

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William N. Lipscomb (around 1980)

William Nunn Lipscomb (born December 9, 1919 in Cleveland , Ohio , † April 14, 2011 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American chemist .

Lipscomb studied chemistry and at times physics at the University of Kentucky and the California Institute of Technology . He received his doctorate in 1946 at CalTec under Linus Pauling with the thesis Part 1, Electron diffraction investigations of vanadium tetrachloride, dimethylketene dimer, tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethylene; Part 2, The crystal structure of methylammonium chloride . During his studies he was involved in research and development work in the military field.

After graduation, he taught from 1946 to 1959 at the University of Minnesota . He had been a professor at Harvard University since 1959 and worked, among other things, in the field of X-ray structure analysis and crystal growth . For his research into the stereochemical structure and the theoretical explanation of the boranes , he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1976 . He also transferred his results to related groups of substances such as the carboranes .

Later he dealt with the structure and function of proteins , also with the help of protein crystallography .

In addition to other honors, Lipscomb received an honorary doctorate from the University of Munich . In 1960 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1961 to the National Academy of Sciences .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas H. Maugh II: Obituary: William N. Lipscomb dies at 91; won Nobel Prize in chemistry. In: Los Angeles Times. April 16, 2011, accessed June 14, 2013 .
  2. ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of William N. Lipscomb at academictree.org, accessed on May 26, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Lipscomb, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lipscomb, William Nunn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist and Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2011
Place of death Cambridge , Massachusetts