Guy Bertrand

Education

PhD in Physical Sciences - Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (France) (1979)

Awards and Academic Honors

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Primary Research Area

• Organic Chemistry
• SMCB
• Inorganic Chemistry

Interdisciplinary Interests

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Selected Publications

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. Gold-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Alkynes and Allenes with Parent Hydrazine. R. Kinjo, B. Donnadieu, G. Bertrand, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5560-5563.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Stable Singlet Carbenes as mimics for Transition Metal Centers, D. Martin, M. Soleilhavoup, G. Bertrand, Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 389-399

8. Stable Cyclic Carbenes and Related Species beyond Diaminocarbenes, M. Melaimi, M. Soleilhavoup, G. Bertrand, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 8810-8849

9. 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.

10. Soluble Allotropes of Main Group Elements, C. A. Dyker, Guy Bertrand, Science 2008, 321, 1050-1051