William Lipscomb
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William Lipscomb was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on chemical bonding in molecules, particularly in unusual compounds called boranes. His work advanced scientific understanding of how atoms bond together in complex molecules, which has applications in chemistry and materials science.
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William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (December 9, 1919 – April 14, 2011) was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.
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1919 births2011 deathsAmerican chemistsAmerican inorganic chemistsAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican theoretical chemistsCalifornia Institute of Technology alumniDeaths from pneumonia in MassachusettsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesHarvard University facultyMembers of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science