Christopher Spencer Foote
American chemist
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Christopher Spencer Foote (June 5, 1935 – June 13, 2005) was a professor of chemistry at UCLA and an expert in reactive oxygen species, in particular, singlet oxygen.[1] He published over 250 research articles and has an h-index of 67.[2] He was also known for his textbook Organic Chemistry (with Brown and Iverson).[3][4]
Christopher Spencer Foote | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 5, 1935 |
| Died | June 13, 2005 (aged 70) |
| Alma mater | Yale University, Harvard University |
| Known for | Singlet oxygen |
| Awards | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award Tolman Award Fulbright Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | UCLA |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Burns Woodward |
The American Chemical Society gave him their Baekeland award in 1975, named him a Cope Scholar in 1994, and gave him the Tolman Award in 1995. In 2000 an international symposium in honor of his 65th birthday was held in Hawaii.[5] The Christopher S. Foote Chair of chemistry at UCLA, currently held by Neil Garg, is named after him.
Education
- B.S. Yale University (1957)
- Ph.D. Harvard University, Organic Chemistry, (1962)
Research advisor, R.B. Woodward, "Angle strain and solvolytic reactivity in bridged bicyclic systems."[6]
Research and Teaching Appointments
- Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1962–1969
- Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1969–2005
Research
Reactive oxygen species
Diels-Alder reaction with singlet oxygen,[7] oxidative damage of DNA.[8]