Fred McLafferty | |
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Born | Fred Warren McLafferty May 11, 1923 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | December 26, 2021 Ithaca, New York, U.S. | (aged 98)
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 |
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.
McLafferty died on December 26, 2021 in Ithaca, New York at the age of 98.[5]