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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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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1976
“for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Kentucky
- Employer
- University of Minnesota
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Linus Pauling
- Student of
- Linus Pauling
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Image
- William n lipscomb jr.jpg
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- name in native language
- William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.
- Commons category
- William Lipscomb
- date of birth
- 1919-12-09
- date of death
- 2011-04-11
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- member of
- American Physical Society
- manner of death
- natural causes
- student
- Roald Hoffmann
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