Barry M Trost | |
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Barry M. Trost in June 2012
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Born |
13 June 1941 (age 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Residence | Stanford |
Nationality | American |
Fields | Chemist |
Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison Stanford University |
Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Herbert O. House |
Doctoral students | Brian Coppola |
Known for | Trost ligand |
Notable awards |
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1977) Arthur C. Cope Award (2004) The Ryoji Noyori Prize (2013) Linus Pauling Award (2015) |
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 Tsuji Trost reaction and the Trost ligand are named after him. He is prominent for advancing the concept of atom economy.