Bertrand, Guy
Contact Information
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Director of the UCSD/CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory
Office: Pacific Hall 5100A
Phone: 858-534-5412
Email: gbertrand@ucsd.edu
Web: bertrandgroup.ucsd.edu
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Director of the UCSD/CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory
Office: Pacific Hall 5100A
Phone: 858-534-5412
Email: gbertrand@ucsd.edu
Web: bertrandgroup.ucsd.edu
Group: View group members
Education
1979 PhD, Physical Sciences, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (France)
1979 PhD, Physical Sciences, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (France)
Awards and Academic Honors
2010
Senior Humboldt Research Award Reinvitation
2010
Grand Prix Le Bel of the French Chemical Society
2009-2010
Sir Ronald Nyholm Lectureship and Medal of the RSC
2006
Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science
2004
Elected at the French Academy of SCiences
2003
Elected at the European Academy of Sciences
2002
Elected at the Academia Europea
2000
Elected at the French Academy of Technology
1999
Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Award
1998
Médaille d'Argent du CNRS
1996
Elected "Membre Correspondant" of the French Academy of Sciences
1994
French-German Senior Humboldt Award
1993
International Council on Main Group Chemistry Award
1989
Humboldt Junior Award
Primary Research Area
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Interdisciplinary interests
Synthesis
Physical Organic
Physical Organic
Selected Publications
- A Stable Acyclic Ligand Equivalent of an Unstable 1,3-Dithiol-5-ylidene G. Ung, D. Mendoza-Espinosa, J. Bouffard, G. Bertrand, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 4215-4218
- Bond Activation with an Apparently Benign Ethynylcarbamodithioate [Ar-CaC-S-C(S)NR2] G. Ung, G. D. Frey, W. W. Schoeller, G. Bertrand Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9923-9925.
- Cyclic Diaminocarbene with a Pyramidalized Nitrogen Atom: A Stable N-Heterocyclic Carbene with Enhanced Electrophilicity, D. Martin, N. Lassauque, B. Donnadieu, G. Bertrand, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6172-6175.
- Gold-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Alkynes and Allenes with Parent Hydrazine. R. Kinjo, B. Donnadieu, G. Bertrand, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5560-5563.
- Isolation of a C-5-Deprotonated Imidazolium, a Crystalline Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbene E. Aldeco-Perez, A. J. Rosenthal, B. Donnadieu, P. Parameswaran, G. Frenking, G. Bertrand, Science 2009, 326, 556-559.
- Protonolysis of a Ruthenium-Carbene Bond and Applications in Olefin Metathesis. B. K. Keitz, J. Bouffard, G. Bertrand, R. H. Grubbs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8498-8501
- Soluble Allotropes of Main Group Elements, C. A. Dyker, Guy Bertrand, Science 2008, 321, 1050-1051
- Stable Cyclic Carbenes and Related Species beyond Diaminocarbenes, M. Melaimi, M. Soleilhavoup, G. Bertrand, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 8810-8849
- Stable Singlet Carbenes as mimics for Transition Metal Centers, D. Martin, M. Soleilhavoup, G. Bertrand, Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 389-399
- Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral Tricoordinate Organoboron Isoelectronic with Amines. R. Kinjo, B. Donnadieu, M. Ali Celik, G. Frenking, G. Bertrand, Science 2011, 333, 610-613.