Background
He was born on July 15, 1934 and he received his Bachelor of Surgery degree from Holy Cross College in 1956 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959.
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- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 5 L - M
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 4 Dip - K
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 6 N - Sin
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 8 Trip-Z, Indexes
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 1 A - Bru
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 2 But - Dia
Leo Paquette
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After serving as a Research Associate at the Upjohn Company from 1959 to 1963, he joined the faculty of The Ohio State University. He was promoted to full professor in 1969 and was named Distinguished University Professor in 1987. Doctor As of this date, Doctor Paquette had authored more than 1000 papers, 38 book chapters, and 17 books, and had guided approximately 150 graduate students to their Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Achievements
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Doctor Paquette’s honors include Sloan Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, American College of Surgeons Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, and the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of the American College of Surgeons. Professor Paquette’s career has resulted in contributions to numerous areas in the field of organic chemistry, including synthesis and properties of unusual molecules, natural products total synthesis, synthetic methodology, rearrangement processes, and stereoelectronic control.
Works
book
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 5 L - M
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 4 Dip - K
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 6 N - Sin
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 8 Trip-Z, Indexes
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 1 A - Bru
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Volume 2 But - Dia
Membership
National Academy of Sciences]
A member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1984, Doctor Paquette has served on advisory committees for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, and has been a member of the editorial boards of publications such as the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organic Syntheses, Organic Reactions, and as the head editor of the Electronic Encyclopedia of Organic Reagents (eEros).
