James Crafts | |
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| 4th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| In office 1897–1900 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Amasa Walker |
| Succeeded by | Henry Smith Pritchett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1839 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 20, 1917 (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]
- ^ Friedel, C.; Crafts, J.-M. (1877). "Sur une nouvelle méthode générale de synthèse d'hydrocarbures, d'acétones, etc". Compt. Rend. 84: 1392–1395.
- ^ Friedel, C.; Crafts, J.-M. (1877). "Sur une nouvelle méthode générale de synthèse d'hydrocarbures, d'acétones, etc". Compt. Rend. 84: 1450–1454.