John E. Bercaw

Research.com Recognitions

• 2012 - Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1980 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• NMR Chemical Shifts of Trace Impurities: Common Laboratory Solvents, Organics, and Gases in Deuterated Solvents Relevant to the Organometallic Chemist

  Gregory R. Fulmer;Alexander J. M. Miller;Nathaniel H. Sherden;Hugo E. Gottlieb

  5038
  Citations

• Understanding and exploiting C–H bond activation

  Jay A. Labinger;John E. Bercaw

  3814
  Citations

• Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

  Aaron M. Appel;John E. Bercaw;Andrew B. Bocarsly;Holger Dobbek

  2225
  Citations

• Catalysis Research of Relevance to Carbon Management: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

  Hironori Arakawa;Michele Aresta;John N. Armor;Mark A. Barteau

  1650
  Citations

• .sigma.-Bond metathesis for carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons and Sc-R (R = H, alkyl, aryl) bonds of permethylscandocene derivatives. Evidence for noninvolvement of the .pi. system in electrophilic activation of aromatic and vinylic C-H bonds

  Mark E. Thompson;Mark E. Thompson;Steven M. Baxter;A. Ray Bulls;Barbara J. Burger

  1053
  Citations

• Homogeneous Oxidation of Alkanes by Electrophilic Late Transition Metals

  Shannon S. Stahl;Jay A. Labinger;John E. Bercaw

  705
  Citations

• Scandium complex [{(.eta.5-C5Me4)Me2Si(.eta.1-NCMe3)}(PMe3)ScH]2: a unique example of a single-component .alpha.-olefin polymerization catalyst

  Pamela J. Shapiro;Emilio Bunel;William P. Schaefer;John E. Bercaw

  680
  Citations

• Model Ziegler-Natta .alpha.-Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Derived from[{(.eta.5-C5Me4)SiMe2(.eta.1-NCMe3)}(PMe3)Sc(.mu.2-H)]2 and[{(.eta.5-C5Me4)SiMe2(.eta.1-NCMe3)}Sc(.mu.2-CH2CH2CH3)]2. Synthesis, Structures, and Kinetic and Equilibrium Investigations of the Catalytically Active Species in Solution

  P. J. Shapiro;W. D. Cotter;W. P. Schaefer;J. A. Labinger

  645
  Citations

• Reduction of carbon monoxide promoted by alkyl and hydride derivatives of permethylzirconocene

  Juan M. Manriquez;Donald R. McAlister;Robert D. Sanner;John E. Bercaw

  474
  Citations

• Mechanisms of carbon monoxide reduction with zirconium hydrides

  Peter T. Wolczanski;John E. Bercaw

  458
  Citations

• Titanocene as an intermediate in reactions involving molecular hydrogen and nitrogen

  John E. Bercaw;Robert H. Marvich;Larry G. Bell;Hans-Herbert Brintzinger

  456
  Citations

• Relative metal-hydrogen, -oxygen, -nitrogen, and -carbon bond strengths for organoruthenium and organoplatinum compounds; equilibrium studies of Cp*(PMe3)2RuX and (DPPE)MePtX systems

  Henry E. Bryndza;Lawrence K. Fong;Rocco A. Paciello;Wilson Tam

  450
  Citations

• Mechanistic Studies of the Ethylene Trimerization Reaction with Chromium−Diphosphine Catalysts: Experimental Evidence for a Mechanism Involving Metallacyclic Intermediates

  Theodor Agapie;Susan J. Schofer;Jay A. Labinger;John E. Bercaw

  442
  Citations

• Ethylene insertion and .beta.-hydrogen elimination for permethylscandocene alkyl complexes. A study of the chain propagation and termination steps in Ziegler-Natta polymerization of ethylene

  Barbara J. Burger;Mark E. Thompson;W. Donald Cotter;John E. Bercaw

  411
  Citations

• Exploring the Mechanism of Aqueous C−H Activation by Pt(II) through Model Chemistry: Evidence for the Intermediacy of Alkylhydridoplatinum(IV) and Alkane σ-Adducts

  Shannon S. Stahl;Jay A. Labinger;John E. Bercaw

  368
  Citations

• C-H Bond Activation by Cationic Platinum(II) Complexes: Ligand Electronic and Steric Effects

  H. Annita Zhong;Jay A. Labinger;John E. Bercaw

  357
  Citations

• Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)titanium(II) and its complexes with molecular nitrogen

  John E. Bercaw

  324
  Citations

• C−H Activation at Cationic Platinum(II) Centers

  Matthew W. Holtcamp;Jay A. Labinger;John E. Bercaw

  317
  Citations

• Coping With Extreme Lewis Acidity: Strategies for the Synthesis of Stable, Mononuclear Organometallic Derivatives of Scandium

  Warren E. Piers;Pamela J. Shapiro;Emilio E. Bunel;John E. Bercaw

  309
  Citations

• Structure and reactivity of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)(ethylene)titanium(II), a simple olefin adduct of titanium

  Steven A. Cohen;Pamela R. Auburn;John E. Bercaw

  298
  Citations