Barry Martin Trost | |
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 Barry M. Trost in June 2012 | |
| Born | June 13, 1941 (age 83) |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania B.S. (1963) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (1965) |
| Known for | Tsuji-Trost reaction, Trost ligand, Atom economy |
| Awards | ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1977) Ernest Guenther Award (1990) William H. Nichols Medal (2000) Arthur C. Cope Award (2004) The Ryoji Noyori Prize (2013) Linus Pauling Award (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison Stanford University |
| Thesis | The Structure and Reactivity of Enolate Anions (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert O. House |
| Doctoral students | Brian Coppola Michael J. Krische F. Dean Toste |
Barry M. Trost (born June 13, 1941, in Philadelphia) is an American chemist who is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor Emeritus in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.[1] The Tsuji-Trost reaction and the Trost ligand are named after him. He is prominent for advancing the concept of atom economy.[2][3]
- ^ "Barry Trost | Department of Chemistry". chemistry.stanford.edu. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.