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LIPSCOMB, William Nunn Junior. was born on December 9, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor William Lipscomb and Edna Porter Lipscomb.
( In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize–winning chemist ...)
In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize–winning chemist William N. Lipscomb elucidates his area of expertise: the general structural principles and reactions of boron hydrides and related compounds. Lipscomb's work appeared only a decade after the structures of boron hydrides were first elucidated and their chemistry formulated into a widely applicable framework. His observations led to a major reconsideration of how atoms bond to form stable molecules. A concise treatment of the many separate parts of the structural theory and its relation to chemistry, this volume begins with an overview of boron hydrides and related structures, progressing to three-center bonds and their applications, molecular orbitals, nuclear magnetic resonance studies of boron hydrides and related compounds, and reactions of the boron hydrides. More than 120 diagrams and figures illustrate a variety of structures.
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( In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize–winning chemist ...)
In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize–winning chemist William N. Lipscomb elucidates his area of expertise: the general structural principles and reactions of boron hydrides and related compounds. Lipscomb's work appeared only a decade after the structures of boron hydrides were first elucidated and their chemistry formulated into a widely applicable framework. His observations led to a major reconsideration of how atoms bond to form stable molecules. A concise treatment of the many separate parts of the structural theory and its relation to chemistry, this volume begins with an overview of boron hydrides and related structures, progressing to three-center bonds and their applications, molecular orbitals, nuclear magnetic resonance studies of boron hydrides and related compounds, and reactions of the boron hydrides. More than 120 diagrams and figures illustrate a variety of structures.
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LIPSCOMB, William Nunn Junior. was born on December 9, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Doctor William Lipscomb and Edna Porter Lipscomb.
Bachelor of Science, U. Kentucky, 1941; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Kentucky, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1946; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Munich, 1976; Doctor of Science (honorary), Long Island U., 1977; Doctor of Science (honorary), Rutgers University, 1979; Doctor of Science (honorary), Gustavus Adolphus College, 1980; Doctor of Science (honorary), Marietta College, 1981; Doctor of Science (honorary), Miami University, 1983; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Denver, 1985; Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, 1991.
Physical chemist, Office of Science Research and Development, 1942-1946;
faculty, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1946-1959;
assistant professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1946-1950;
associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950-1954;
acting chief physical chemistry division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1952-1954;
professor and chief physical chemistry division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1954-1959;
professor of chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1971;
Abbott and James Lawrence professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1990;
professor emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1990. Member United States National Common for Crystallography, 1954-1959, 60-63, 65-67. Chairman program committee 4th International Congress of crystallography, Montreal, 1957.
Member science advisory board Robert A. Welch Foundation. Member research advisory board Michigan Molecular Biology Institute. Member of advisory committee Institute Amorphus Studies;member science advising committee Nova Pharmaceuticals, Daltex Medical Svc., Gensia Pharmaceuticals, Binary Therapeutics.
( In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize–winning chemist ...)
( In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize–winning chemist ...)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society. Member NAS, American Chemical Society (Peter Debye award physical chemistry 1973, chairman Minnesota section 1949-1950), American Crystallographic Association (president 1955), The Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign), Mathematics Association Bioinorganic Scientists (honorary), Academie Europeenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres, Royal Society Chemistry (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi LambdaUpsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Mu Epsilon.
Married Mary Adele Sargent, May 20, 1944. Children: Dorothy Jean, James Sargent. Married Jean Craig Evans, 1983.
1 child, Jenna.