William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. (born December 9, 1919) is an American inorganic chemist, working in experimental and theoretical chemistry and biochemistry. December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Inorganic chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the properties and reactions of inorganic compounds. ... Theoretical chemistry is the use of non-experimental reasoning to explain or predict chemical phenomena. ... Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of life, a bridge between biology and chemistry that studies how complex chemical reactions give rise to life. ...

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and received his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Kentucky in 1941 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1946. Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Official website: http://www. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... It has been suggested that double degree be merged into this article or section. ... The University of Kentucky (also as UK or simply Kentucky) is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. ... The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

From 1946 to 1959 he taught at the University of Minnesota. Since 1959, he has been a professor of chemistry at Harvard University. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UMN redirects here. ... Chemistry (derived from the Arabic word kimia, alchemy, where al is Arabic for the) is the science that deals with the properties of organic and inorganic substances and their interactions with other organic and inorganic substances. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ...

He deduced the molecular structure of boranes using X-ray crystallography in the 1950s and developed theories to explain their bonds. Later he applied the same methods to related problems, including the structure of carboranes on which he directed the research of future Nobel Prize winner Roald Hoffmann. His later research focuses on the atomic structure of proteins, particularly how enzymes work. Geometry of the water molecule Molecules have fixed equilibrium geometries--bond lengths and angles--that are dictated by the laws of quantum mechanics. ... A borane is an inorganic chemical compound of boron and hydrogen. ... X-ray crystallography is a technique in crystallography in which the pattern produced by the diffraction of X-rays through the closely spaced lattice of atoms in a crystal is recorded and then analyzed to reveal the nature of that lattice. ... A chemical bond is the physical phenomenon of chemical substances being held together by attraction of atoms to each other through sharing, as well as exchanging, of electrons -or electrostatic forces. ... 3D model of carborane acid, colors: Hydrogen - white, Chlorine - yellow, Boron - green, Carbon - black A carborane is a cluster composed of boron and carbon atoms. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937) is a Polish theoretical chemist. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... Neuraminidase ribbon diagram An enzyme (in Greek en = in and zyme = blend) is a protein, or protein complex, that catalyzes a chemical reaction and also controls the 3D orientation of the catalyzed substrates. ...

He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. The International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science was created in Menton in 1967, with Professors Raymond Daudel (France), Per-Olov Löwdin (Sweden), Robert G. Parr (USA), John A. Pople (USA) and Bernard Pullman (France) as its founding members, under the inspiration and with the support of Professor Louis de...

He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1961, and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1976. President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External link

• Research page at Harvard