Leo Paquette
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| Leo Paquette | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 15, 1934 (age 77) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | chemist |
| Institutions | The Ohio State University, Upjohn |
| Alma mater | Holy Cross College,[disambiguation needed  ] MIT |
| Known for | Dodecahedrane synthesis |
| Notable awards |
Arthur P. Sloan Fellowship |
Leo Armand Paquette (born July 15, 1934) is an American organic chemist. He received his Ph.D. in 1959 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been a Professor (later Distinguished Professor) of Chemistry at the Ohio State University since 1969. He is the author of over 1000 papers and has also edited works such as the Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis and Organic Reactions. He is perhaps best known for completing the first synthesis of dodecahedrane.[1]
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[edit] Books
- Encyclopedia of reagents for organic synthesis, 2009
- Handbook of reagents for organic synthesis, 1999-2007
- Organic Reactions, Editor-In-Chief, Vols. 38-55
- Encyclopedia of reagents for organic synthesis, 1995
- Comprehensive Organic Synthesis: Combining C-C pi-bonds, 1992
- Polyquinane chemistry : syntheses and reactions, 1987
- Recent synthetic developments in polyquinane chemistry, 1984
- Organic chemistry, 1979
- Principles of modern heterocyclic chemistry, 1968
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Leo A. Paquette, Robert J. Ternansky, Douglas W. Balogh, and Gary Kentgen (1983). "Total synthesis of dodecahedrane". Journal of the American Chemical Society 105 (16): 5446–5450. doi:10.1021/ja00354a043.
[edit] External links
- Research Group Homepage
- Paquette Career in Review, Synthesis Literacy Group, Columbia University
- ISI Highly Cited Researchers bio
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