Gary Keck Explained

Gary E. Keck
Citizenship:American
Fields:Organic Chemistry
Workplaces:University of Utah
Alma Mater:Bowling Green State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard University[1]
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Known For:Keck asymmetric allylation
Awards:Alfred Sloan Fellow[2]
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Gary E. Keck is an American chemist.

Biography

Education

Gary Keck received a BS from Bowling Green State University in 1971, a PhD from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1975 (studying with Howard E. Zimmerman) and was a postdoctoral with E. J. Corey at Harvard University from 1975-1977.[3]

Career

Keck spent his academic career in the department of chemistry at the University of Utah. His research group pioneered the use of transient acylnitroso compounds for alkaloid synthesis, macrolactonization methods, and the use of allylic stannanes for the stereocontrolled synthesis of polyketide chains. Throughout his career, he pursued the total synthesis of complex natural products, culminating in his work on bryostatins. Keck named several compounds after Merle Haggard.[4] Gary Keck was a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, was named an Arthur C. Cope Scholar of the American Chemical Society in 2014, and was made a distinguished professor at University of Utah in 2014.[5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gary E. Keck - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah . chem.utah.edu . 4 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Gary E. Keck - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah . chem.utah.edu.
  3. Web site: Gary E. Keck - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah . chem.utah.edu . 10 August 2020.
  4. Web site: Research Spotlight: Gary Keck - Department of Chemistry - The University of Utah . chem.utah.edu . 10 August 2020.
  5. Web site: Distinguished Professors List . utah.edu . February 11, 2017 . January 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170112153024/http://academic-affairs.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/03/Distinguished-Professors-List-2016-5.pdf . dead .
  6. Web site: Gary E. Keck . utah.edu . February 11, 2017.
  7. Web site: Keck Retirement . utah.edu . February 11, 2017.