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Fred McLafferty
American chemist and Purple Heart medal recipient · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1923 to 2021 · aged 98
Fred Warren McLafferty was an American chemist known for his work in mass spectrometry. He is best known for the McLafferty rearrangement reaction that was observed with mass spectrometry. With Roland Gohlke, he pioneered the technique of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
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2021Died26 December 20212015Nakanishi PrizeAward2004Lavoisier MedalAward1999Heyrovský medalAward1997Bijvoet MedalAward1996Chemical Pioneer AwardAward1985Oesper AwardAward1984William H. Nichols MedalAward1981ACS Award in Analytical ChemistryAward1923Born11 May 1923
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He is also known for electron-capture dissociation, a method of fragmenting gas-phase ions.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1923 to 2021 · aged 98
