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.
[3][4] 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.
Diels-Alder reaction with singlet oxygen,[7] oxidative damage of DNA.