Amos Brittain Smith III (August 26, 1944 – February 3, 2025) was an American chemist and academic who was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Life and career
Smith is most notable for his research in the total synthesis of complex natural products, as well as the chemistry of mammalian pheromones[1] and chemical communication.
He held a co-appointment at the Monell Chemical Senses Center[2] and held the Rhodes-Thompson Professorship of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania's department of chemistry.[3]
Amos B. Smith III was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and member of the ESPCI ParisTech Scientific Council.[4]
In 2015, he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry "for his continued outstanding contributions to new organic reaction development, complex natural product total synthesis, and new small molecules for medicinal chemistry".[5]
Smith died on February 3, 2025, at the age of 80.[6]
References
- ^ Smith, Amos B.; Ott, Gregory R. (1 January 1996). "Total Synthesis of (−)-Macrolactin A". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118 (51). American Chemical Society (ACS): 13095–13096. doi:10.1021/ja963543a. ISSN 0002-7863.
- ^ "Scientific Staff". Monell Chemical Senses Center. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ "The Smith Research Group". University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ ESPCI ParisTech ISC Archived November 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "RSC Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry 2015 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Amos Brittain Smith III". Legacy. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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