Amos B. Smith III

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academic chemist organic chemist person

Amos B. Smith III is a prominent American organic chemist known for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to organic methodology.

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instanceOf	academic ⓘ chemist ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ
affiliation	Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
awardReceived	ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry ⓘ surface form: American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry Arthur C. Cope Award ⓘ Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award ⓘ RSC Centenary Prize ⓘ surface form: Centenary Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry ⓘ Royal Society of Chemistry Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Bucknell University ⓘ Rockefeller University ⓘ
employer	University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
familyName	Smith ⓘ
fieldOfWork	natural product synthesis ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ organic methodology ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Amos ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor	William C. Agosta ⓘ
hasPublishedIn	Angewandte Chemie ⓘ surface form: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Journal of the American Chemical Society ⓘ Organic Letters ⓘ Platonic solids ⓘ surface form: Tetrahedron
hasTitle	Amos B. Smith III Professor of Chemistry ⓘ
knownFor	complex natural product synthesis ⓘ development of new organic reactions ⓘ total synthesis of bioactive natural products ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ American Chemical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableContribution	design and execution of multi-step synthetic routes to architecturally complex molecules ⓘ
notableRole	leader in complex molecule total synthesis ⓘ
notableStudent	Amir H. Hoveyda ⓘ Phil S. Baran ⓘ Scott D. Rychnovsky ⓘ
notableWork	total synthesis of complex polyketides ⓘ total synthesis of discodermolide ⓘ total synthesis of epothilones ⓘ
occupation	professor ⓘ researcher ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
researchInterest	C–C bond-forming reactions ⓘ asymmetric synthesis ⓘ medicinally relevant natural products ⓘ
workLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ

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ACS Award in Organic Chemistry → hasRecipient → Amos B. Smith III ⓘ

Elias J. Corey → doctoralStudent → Amos B. Smith III ⓘ