Clayton H. Heathcock

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Clayton Howell Heathcock (born July 21, 1936 in San Antonio , Texas ) is an American chemist (organic synthesis).

Heathcock studied at Abilene Christian College with a Bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1958 and was at the 1963 University of Colorado at Alfred Hassner with the work The synthesis and stereochemistry of some steroidal nitrogen compounds doctorate . As a post-doctoral student , he was with Gilbert Stork at Columbia University . From 1964 he was assistant professor and from 1975 professor at the University of California, Berkeley .

He succeeded in synthesizing complex alkaloids from plants and fungi, from steroids and terpenes, and he also developed new methods in organic synthesis.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991), the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society of Chemistry . In 1978 he received the Humboldt Research Prize , in 1986 the Ernest Guenther Award , in 1990 the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry , he was an Arthur C. Cope Scholar in 1990, the Centenary Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1996, and the HC in 2002 Brown Award from ACS and received the Prelog Medal in 1991 . From 1967 to 1969 he was a Sloan Research Fellow .

He was editor of Organic Syntheses and the Journal of Organic Chemistry, and wrote a textbook on organic chemistry.

He has been married since 1980 and has four children.

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  1. ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Clayton Heathcock in academictree.org, accessed on February 9, 2018th
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SURNAME Heathcock, Clayton H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heathcock, Clayton Howell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH San Antonio , Texas , United States