James Crafts

James Crafts
4th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office
1897–1900
Preceded byFrancis Amasa Walker
Succeeded byHenry Smith Pritchett
Personal details
Born(1839-03-08)March 8, 1839
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedJune 20, 1917(1917-06-20) (aged 78)
Ridgefield, Connecticut
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James Mason Crafts (March 8, 1839 – June 20, 1917) was an American chemist, mostly known for developing the Friedel–Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876.[1][2]

  1. ^ Friedel, C.; Crafts, J.-M. (1877). "Sur une nouvelle méthode générale de synthèse d'hydrocarbures, d'acétones, etc". Compt. Rend. 84: 1392–1395.
  2. ^ Friedel, C.; Crafts, J.-M. (1877). "Sur une nouvelle méthode générale de synthèse d'hydrocarbures, d'acétones, etc". Compt. Rend. 84: 1450–1454.