F. Dean Toste

Dean Toste
Born
Francisco Dean Toste

1971 (age 52–53)
Terceira, Azores, Portugal
Alma materUniversity of Toronto B.Sc. (1993) M.Sc. (1995)
Stanford University Ph.D. (2000)
Known forOrganogold chemistry
asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
ThesisPart A. Phenols in palladium catalyzed reactions. Enantioselective total syntheses of (-)-galanthamine, (-)-aflatoxin B(1) and (-)-calanolide A and B. Part B. Ruthenium catalyzed carbon-carbon bond forming reactions (2001)
Doctoral advisorBarry Trost
Other academic advisorsRobert H. Grubbs
Ian Still
Websitewww.cchem.berkeley.edu/toste/index.html

F. Dean Toste (born 1971 in Terceira, Azores, Portugal) is the Gerald E. K. Branch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and faculty scientist at the chemical sciences division of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. He is a prominent figure in the field of organic chemistry and is best known for his contributions to gold chemistry[1] and asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis.[2] Toste was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020,[3][4] and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.[5]

  1. ^ Johansson, Magnus J.; Gorin, David J.; Staben, Steven T.; Toste, F. Dean (2005-12-01). "Gold(I)-Catalyzed Stereoselective Olefin Cyclopropanation". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127 (51): 18002–18003. doi:10.1021/ja0552500. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 16366541.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Gregory L.; Kang, Eun Joo; Mba, Miriam; Toste, F. Dean (2007-07-27). "A Powerful Chiral Counterion Strategy for Asymmetric Transition Metal Catalysis". Science. 317 (5837): 496–499. Bibcode:2007Sci...317..496H. doi:10.1126/science.1145229. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17656720. S2CID 14368583.
  3. ^ "2020 NAS Election".
  4. ^ "F. Dean Toste". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  5. ^ "F. Dean Toste". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-05-24.