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MG Finn

Who

MG Finn · Science & Medicine

What

Chemist known for click chemistry and bioconjugation

When

1958

Where

United States

Biography

MG Finn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist known for click chemistry and bioconjugation

How & why

M. G. Finn is an American chemist who, with K. Barry Sharpless and Hartmuth Kolb, coined and developed 'click chemistry' — a family of fast, reliable reactions, notably the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition, now central to drug discovery and bioconjugation. He chairs the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech. He is documented as Jewish in Jewish biographical sources.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Chemist known for click chemistry and bioconjugation

1958

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry