Abstract
JASON D. WEST, a third-year chemistry graduate student at the University of California, Merced, was arraigned last month on charges of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine, and possessing stolen property. West allegedly stole approximately $10,000 worth of equipment and chemicals from the university to make the illegal drug. West, 36, pleaded not guilty to the charges and as of press time was in jail on $1 million bail. Police have found materials traced to West at three different meth labs and in one vehicle, says Tom MacKenzie of the Merced County Sheriff ’s Department. West’s graduate research involves using kinetic isotope effects to probe the mechanism of stereoselective synthesis reactions ( J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 , 7816) under the direction of chemistry professor Matthew P. Meyer. Meyer’s report of a missing vacuum pump led campus police to investigate West, who was first arrested on Aug. 7 and is now suspended from the university. West ...
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