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Science & Medicine

Robert Bergman

Who

Robert Bergman · Science & Medicine

What

Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization

When

1942, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Robert Bergman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization

How & why

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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Organometallic chemist known for C–H bond activation and the Bergman cyclization

1942

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry