Fred McLafferty
Fred Warren McLafferty (May 11, 1923 – December 26, 2021) was an American chemist known for his work in mass spectrometry. He was best known for the McLafferty rearrangement reaction that was observed with mass spectrometry.[2] With Roland Gohlke, he pioneered the technique of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry.[3] He is also known for electron capture dissociation, a method of fragmenting gas phase ions.[4] In 1982, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Fred McLafferty | |
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| Born | Fred Warren McLafferty May 11, 1923 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 2021 (aged 98) Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska Cornell University |
| Known for | Mass Spectrometry |
| Awards | ACS Award in Chemical Instrumentation (1972 ) Fisher Award (1981) ACS Nichols Gold Medal (1984 ) Oesper Award (1985 ) Sir J.J. Thomson Gold Medal (1985 ) Field and Franklin Award (1989) ASMS Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award (2003) Lavoisier Medal (2004)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions | Purdue University Cornell University |
| Doctoral students | I. Jonathan Amster |
McLafferty died on December 26, 2021 in Ithaca, New York at the age of 98.[5]
References
- ↑ Seven Cornellians receive prestigious national and international honors. Cornell Chronicle (December 3, 2004). Retrieved 2014-08-28.
- ↑ F. W. McLafferty. Mass Spectrometric Analysis. Molecular Rearrangements. Analytical Chemistry 31 (1) (1959). p. 82–87. doi:10.1021/ac60145a015.
- ↑ Gohlke, Roland S.. Early gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 4 (5) (1993). p. 367–371. doi:10.1016/1044-0305(93)85001-E.
- ↑ Zubarev, R. A.. Electron Capture Dissociation of Multiply Charged Protein Cations - a Nonergodic Process. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120 (13) (1998). p. 3265–3266. doi:10.1021/ja973478k.
- ↑ Fred W. McLafferty