This annual award is given jointly by the ACS Portland, Puget Sound, and Oregon Sections
in recognition of outstanding contributions to chemistry in the spirit of Linus Pauling, a native
of the Pacific Northwest.
Trost is a pioneer in organic chemistry whose work on palladium-catalyzed substitution
reactions blazed new pathways to complex molecules with applications in medicine and
biology. Notably, the Tsuji-Trost reaction and the Trost ligand are named after him. Trost is
also known for advancing the concept of atom economy and the use of transition metal-
catalysts for orchestrating complex molecule formation in a chemically economical fashion.
Trost will be honored during an awards symposium and banquet at Oregon State University
in Corvallis, OR. More information on the symposium can be found at
http://oregon.sites.acs.org/.
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