Fred Basolo
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Fred Basolo was an American inorganic chemist. D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1943, under Prof. John C. Bailar, Jr. Basolo spent his professional career at Northwestern University.
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George S. HammondAlso won George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical EducationFred McLaffertyAlso won Oesper Award
Daniel G. NoceraAlso won American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic ChemistryRalph F. HirschmannAlso won American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
Farrington DanielsAlso won Priestley MedalAbout this person
Fred Basolo was an American inorganic chemist. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1943, under Prof. John C. Bailar, Jr. Basolo spent his professional career at Northwestern University. He was a prolific contributor to the fields of coordination chemistry, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry, publishing over 400 papers. He supervised many Ph.D. students. With colleague Ralph Pearson, he co-authored the influential monograph "Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions", which illuminated the importance of mechanisms involving coordination compounds. This work, which integrated concepts from ligand field theory and physical organic chemistry, signaled a shift from a highly descriptive nature of coordination chemistry to a more quantitative science.
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