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| Born | (1944-08-26)August 26, 1944 Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 3, 2025(2025-02-03) (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | The Rockefeller University |
| Known for | Total synthesis of natural products |
| Awards | Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award Ernest Guenther Award(1993) William H. Nichols Medal(2014) |
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| Fields | Organic chemistry,bioorganic chemistry,materials chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania/Monell Chemical Senses Center |
| Thesis | The solution photochemistry of simple cyclopentenones (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | William C. Agosta |
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Amos Brittain Smith III (August 26, 1944 – February 3, 2025) was an American chemist and academic who was a professor at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.
Smith is most notable for his research in the total synthesis of complex natural products, as well as the chemistry ofmammalianpheromones[1] and chemical communication.
He held a co-appointment at theMonell Chemical Senses Center[2] and held the Rhodes-Thompson Professorship of Chemistry at theUniversity of Pennsylvania's department of chemistry.[3]
Amos B. Smith III was a fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences and member of theESPCI ParisTech Scientific Council.[4]
In 2015, he was awarded theRoyal Society of Chemistry'sPerkin 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]
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