Leo Paquette

Leo Paquette

Leo Armand Paquette (born July 15, 1934) is an American organic chemist. He received his Ph.D. in 1959 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been a Professor (later Distinguished Professor) of Chemistry at the Ohio State University since 1969. He is the author of over 1000 papers and has also edited works such as the Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis and Organic Reactions. He is perhaps best known for completing the first synthesis of dodecahedrane. [cite journal
author = Leo A. Paquette, Robert J. Ternansky, Douglas W. Balogh, and Gary Kentgen
year = 1983
title = Total synthesis of dodecahedrane
journal = Journal of the American Chemical Society
volume = 105
issue = 16
pages = 5446–5450
doi =10.1021/ja00354a043] His career has been controversial, and he has been involved in two distinct instances of research misconduct involving plagiarism. [cite web |url=http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/93-08-09_Scientific_Misconduct_Charge_Ruled_Valid|title=Scientific Misconduct Charge Ruled Valid
accessdate=2007-11-18|date=1993-08-09|work=Ohio State University news release] [cite web |url=http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not93-177.html|title=Final Findings of Scientific Misconduct
accessdate=2007-11-18|date=1993-06-25|work=National Institutes of Health Guide, Vol 22, No 23] He was barred from holding federal funding for two years in the 1990's. [Chemical & Engineering News, March 9 1998]

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External links

* [http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/~paquette/ Research Group Homepage]


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