Fred Warren McLafferty (born May 11, 1923) is an American chemist known for his work in mass spectrometry. He is best known for the McLafferty rearrangement reaction that was observed with mass spectrometry. With Roland Gohlke, he pioneered the technique of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. He is also known for electron-capture dissociation, a method of fragmenting gas-phase ions.
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11 May 1923 Evanston, Illinois
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Died |
26 December 2021 (aged 98)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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