Leo Paquette

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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.[1] His career has been controversial, and he has been involved in two distinct instances of scientific misconduct involving plagiarism.[2][3] He was barred from holding federal funding for two years in the 1990's.[4]

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  1. ^ Leo A. Paquette, Robert J. Ternansky, Douglas W. Balogh, and Gary Kentgen (1983). "Total synthesis of dodecahedrane". Journal of the American Chemical Society 105 (16): 5446–5450. doi:10.1021/ja00354a043. 
  2. ^ Scientific Misconduct Charge Ruled Valid. Ohio State University news release (1993-08-09). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
  3. ^ Final Findings of Scientific Misconduct. National Institutes of Health Guide, Vol 22, No 23 (1993-06-25). Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
  4. ^ Chemical & Engineering News, March 9 1998

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