Leo A. Paquette
Leo Armand Paquette ( July 15, 1934 - January 21, 2019 ) was an American organic chemist . He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959 . In 1969 he became a professor of chemistry at Ohio State University . He succeeded in the first synthesis of dodecahedrane .
In 1965 Paquette received a research grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellowship ). In 1983 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . In 1992 he received the Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products from the American Chemical Society .
Works
- Encyclopedia of reagents for organic synthesis, 2009
- Handbook of reagents for organic synthesis, 1999-2007
- Organic Reactions, Editor-In-Chief, Vols. 38-55
- Encyclopedia of reagents for organic synthesis, 1995
- Comprehensive Organic Synthesis: Combining CC pi-bonds, 1992
- Polyquinane chemistry: syntheses and reactions, 1987
- Recent synthetic developments in polyquinane chemistry, 1984
- Organic chemistry, 1979
- Principles of modern heterocyclic chemistry, 1968
Web links
- Homepage
- Paquette Career in Review, Synthesis Literacy Group, Columbia University (PDF; 656 kB) Biography Leo Armand PaquetteCareer- In-Review (CIR)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leo Paquette. In: The Columbus Dispatch. Legacy.com, accessed January 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Leo A. Paquette, Robert J. Ternansky, Douglas W. Balogh, Gary Kentgen: In "Total synthesis of dodecahedrane" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1983 , 15 , 5446-5450
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| SURNAME | Paquette, Leo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paquette, Leo Armand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1934 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2019 |