Education
Bachelor of Surgery Yale University (1957)
Doctor of Philosophy Harvard University, Organic Chemistry, (1962)
advisor, Rifle Brigade Woodward, "Angle strain and solvolytic reactivity in bridged bicyclic systems".
Bachelor of Surgery Yale University (1957)
Doctor of Philosophy Harvard University, Organic Chemistry, (1962)
advisor, Rifle Brigade Woodward, "Angle strain and solvolytic reactivity in bridged bicyclic systems".
He published 259 articles, editorials, and notes. He was cited over 14,000 times with an average of 450 citations per year since 1989. He has an h-index of 67.
He was also known for his textbook Organic Chemistry (with Brown and Iverson.
5th ed, Brooks/Cole Public Company, ). In 2000 an international symposium in honor of his 65th birthday was held in Hawaii.
The Christopher South. Foote Chair of chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles, currently held by Omar M. Yaghi, is named after him. Doctor of Philosophy and Teaching Appointments Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1962–1969 Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1969–2005 Reactive oxygen species Diels-Alder reaction with singlet oxygen, oxidative damage of deoxyribonucleic acid. C70 and C60 as photosensitizers.