Barry Trost
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| Barry Trost | |
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| Born | 13 June 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Residence | Stanford |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison Stanford University |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert O. House |
| Known for | Trost ligand |
| Notable awards | Arthur C. Cope Award (2004) |
Barry M. Trost (born June 13, 1941 in Philadelphia) is an American chemist, Tamaki Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.
He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and obtained his B.A. in 1962. His Ph.D. thesis research on The Structure and Reactivity of Enolate Anions was conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1965 until his appointment to Stanford University in 1987.
The Trost asymmetric allylic alkylation, Tsuji Trost reaction, and the Trost ligand are named after him. He is prominent for advancing the concept of atom economy.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Trost, Barry M. (1991). "Atom Economy: A Search for Synthetic Efficiency". Science 254 (5037): 1471–1477. doi:10.1126/science.1962206. PMID 1962206.
- ^ Trost, Barry M. (1995). "Atom Economy - A Challenge for Organic Synthesis: Homogeneous Catalysis Leads the Way". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 34 (3): 259–281. doi:10.1002/anie.199502591.
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