Nationality American Name Barry Trost Fields Chemist Role Chemist | ||
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Alma mater University of PennsylvaniaMassachusetts Institute of Technology Books Sulfur Ylides: Emerging Synthetic Intermediates Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1965), University of Pennsylvania (1962) | ||
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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.
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