Charles A. Breskin Professor of Organic Chemistry Barry Snider has been named a Fellow by the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS members are selected as fellows to recognize and honor their outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and ACS. Fellows will be inducted at the ACS National Meeting in Denver on Aug. 29. Snider’s work in recent years has focused on total synthesis of natural products, a dazzling array of which are shown on his website: Recent stories on this blog discussing new syntheses from the Snider lab include:
- Biomimetic route to maldoxin
- New route to lycopodium alkaloids
- Phantasmidine, a Nicotinic Receptor Agonist from Ecuadoran Poison Frogs
