Barry Trost

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Barry Trost
Barry M. Trost in June 2012
Born13 June 1941
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forTrost ligand
AwardsArthur C. Cope Award (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison Stanford University
Doctoral advisorHerbert O. House

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]

References

  1. ^ Trost, Barry M. (1991). "Atom Economy: A Search for Synthetic Efficiency". Science. 254 (5037): 1471–1477. Bibcode:1991Sci...254.1471T. doi:10.1126/science.1962206. PMID 1962206.
  2. ^ 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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