Summary
Brian M. Stoltz is currently a professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.[2] The primary focus of his research is chemical synthesis with an emphasis on expanding the scope of allylic alkylation for the preparation of complex molecules possessing unique structural, biological, and physical properties. His research involves the total synthesis of natural products such as dragmacidin F[3] and (–)-cyanthiwigin F,[4] and development of synthetic reactions to access quaternary stereocenters.[5] Specifically, he has focused on the allylic alkylation of enolates, developing an enantioselective variant in 2004.[6]
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| Born | Brian M. Stoltz November 12, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1993) Yale (Ph.D., 1997) |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | John L. Wood |
| Other academic advisors | E. J. Corey |
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| Website | www |
Education edit
Stoltz received undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and German from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1993. As an undergraduate he spent a year abroad at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He went on to earn his M.S. and Ph.D. at Yale University,[7] where he studied organic chemistry under the supervision of John L. Wood, completing his studies in 1997. Upon completion of his graduate work, he held an NIH post-doctoral fellowship appointment in the laboratory of E. J. Corey at Harvard University from 1998 to 2000.
Career and research edit
Stoltz is the Editor-in-Chief of Tetrahedron. At present[when?] he is also an associate editor for the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry.[8]
Awards and honors edit
- Fellow of the American Chemical Society
- 2018 American Chemical Society, Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry[9]
- 2017 Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, California Institute of Technology
- National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2002)[10]
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)
- Sackler Prize (2009)[11]
- ACS E. J. Corey Award (2009)[12]
- Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award (2010)[13]
- Mukaiyama Award (2015)[14]
References edit
- ^ Nelson, Hosea (2013). A Unified Synthetic Approach to the Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products. caltech.edu (PhD thesis). California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/09DW-P586. OCLC 1014495702.
- ^ "Brian M. Stoltz". stoltz.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ Garg, Neil K.; Caspi, Daniel D.; Stoltz, Brian M. (July 20, 2004). "The Total Synthesis of (+)-Dragmacidin F" (PDF). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126 (31): 9552–9553. doi:10.1021/ja046695b. PMID 15291554.
- ^ Enquist, John A.; Stoltz, Brian M. (May 2, 2008). "The total synthesis of (-)-cyanthiwigin F by means of double catalytic enantioselective alkylation". Nature. 453 (7199): 1228–1231. Bibcode:2008Natur.453.1228E. doi:10.1038/nature07046. PMC 2474750. PMID 18580947.
- ^ "Press release: Potassium Salt Outperforms Precious Metals As a Catalyst | Caltech". The California Institute of Technology. February 4, 2015.
- ^ Stoltz, Brian; Behenna, Douglas (October 28, 2004). "The Enantioselective Tsuji Allylation" (PDF). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (46): 15044–15045. doi:10.1021/ja044812x. PMID 15547998.
- ^ "ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Brian M. Stoltz". C&EN Global Enterprise. 96 (2): 49–49. 2018-01-08. doi:10.1021/cen-09602-awards50. ISSN 2474-7408.
- ^ Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry Prof. Brian M. Stoltz
- ^ "American Chemical Society, Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry". C&EN Global Enterprise. 96 (2). acs.org: 49. 8 January 2018. doi:10.1021/cen-09602-awards50. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "NSF Award Recipient Details". nsf.gov. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ "Past Laureates of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in the Physical Sciences". 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator". Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- ^ "Alumnus Stoltz Honored with Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award". iup.edu. February 24, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ "Brian Stoltz Receives 2015 Mukaiyama Award". caltech.edu. October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.