James M. Bobbitt
James M. Bobbitt | |
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Bobbitt in 2019 | |
| Born | January 30, 1930 |
| Died | November 22, 2021 (aged 91) Windham, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | West Virginia University (BS) Ohio State University (PhD) |
| Awards | Tour Speaker of the Year Award of the American Chemical Society 1969 American Chemical Society Tour Speaker 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1975–1982 Alumni Teaching Award (University of Connecticut) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | Ohio State University Wayne State University University of Connecticut |
| Doctoral advisor | Melville L. Wolfrom |
James McCue Bobbitt (January 18, 1930 – November 22, 2021) was an American chemist and academic who taught chemistry at the University of Connecticut from 1956 to 1991 and developed the Bobbitt reaction.