Barry Trost

Barry Martin Trost
Barry M. Trost in June 2012
BornJune 13, 1941 (1941-06-13) (age 83)
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania B.S. (1963)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (1965)
Known forTsuji-Trost reaction, Trost ligand, Atom economy
AwardsACS 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
FieldsOrganic Chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Stanford University
ThesisThe Structure and Reactivity of Enolate Anions (1965)
Doctoral advisorHerbert O. House
Doctoral studentsBrian 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]

  1. ^ "Barry Trost | Department of Chemistry". chemistry.stanford.edu. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.