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Keith Fagnou (June 27, 1971 – November 11, 2009) was a Canadian organic chemist and associate professor of organic chemistry at the University of Ottawa. His research focused on developing new reactions that avoid unnecessary activation of substrates and that can instead directly functionalize C–H bonds of simple molecules and introduce C–C bonds. ==Biography== Dr. Keith Fagnou was born on June 27, 1971 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Fagnou, a former naval reserve officer, pursued studies at the University of Saskatchewan and received a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in 1995. After teaching at the high school level for a short period, he continued his studies in chemistry at the University of Toronto in 1998 under the supervision of Mark Lautens. In 2000 he received his M.Sc. degree, and in 2002 his Ph.D. Professor Lautens said that Keith "was exceptionally bright and exceptionally down-to-earth and was the most productive person, in the history of his research group."〔("Ottawa 'star' researcher mourned after H1N1 death" ), ''CBC News'', Ottawa, 13 November 2009. Retrieved on 2009-3-8.〕 After his PhD, he joined the faculty at the University of Ottawa as an assistant professor and in 2007 was promoted to associate professor with tenure and awarded a University of Ottawa Research Chair in the Development of Novel Catalytic Transformations.〔("Fagnou Research Group - About Keith" ), Retrieved on 2010-3-8.〕 While at the University of Ottawa, he established a research program primarily devoted to the development of novel "direct arylation" reactions which allow for the rapid synthesis of important building blocks in medicinal chemistry.〔("Fagnou Research Group - Research" ), Retrieved on 2010-3-8.〕 Of note, the development of direct arylation of benzene and pyridine N-oxide. Members of his research group are sometimes referred to as "The Fagnou Factory".〔Casey, D. ("Popular professor dies of swine flu" ), ''The Ottawa Sun'', Ottawa. Retrieved on 2009-3-8.〕 His contributions in the field were rewarded with numerous awards and have been included in reviews published on the subject. Dr. Keith Fagnou died of complications resulting from a H1N1 influenza infection on November 11, 2009 at the age of 38.〔Page, S. ("H1N1 suspected in death of U of O professor: Loss of father of three, 38, shocks scientists around the world" ), ''The Ottawa Citizen'', Ottawa. 13 Novembre 2009. Retrieved on 2009-2-27.〕 The University of Ottawa established the "Keith Fagnou Scholarship in Science" in his memory.〔("Keith Fagnou Scholarship in Science" ), Retrieved on 2010-3-8.〕 The members of his research group also organized a symposium (KFOS) in his honour which was held May 5–7, 2010.〔("Keith Fagnou Organic Chemistry Symposium" ), Retrieved on 2010-2-27.〕 The Pacifichem chemistry conference also held a memorial symposium titled "C-H Functionalization, Memorial Symposium for Professor Keith Fagnou".〔("PACIFICHEM 2010" ), Retrieved on 2010-3-9.〕 In 2011, Keith was recognized as the #77 chemist in the world over the period 2000-2010 on the basis of citations per paper, according to Thomson-Reuters' Sciencewatch.com.〔("Top 100 Chemists, 2000-2010 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keith Fagnou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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