Robert Bergman
Robert Bergman · Science & Medicine
Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization
1942, Chicago, Illinois, United States
United States
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Bergman, an American chemist of Jewish background, discovered the first soluble metal complex able to activate the strong C–H bonds of alkanes, a breakthrough in organometallic chemistry, and earlier described the Bergman cyclization of enediynes. Long a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, he received the 2017 Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
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Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
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