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词条 John E. Bercaw
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Awards

  4. References

  5. External links

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|thesis_title = Titanocene as a reactive intermediate in the reduction of molecular hydrogen and nitrogen
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|thesis_year = 1971
|doctoral_advisor = Hans-Herbert Brintzinger
|academic_advisors = Jack Halpern
|doctoral_students = Peter T. Wolczanski
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|known_for = Metallocene chemistry
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|prizes = 1980 ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
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}}John E. Bercaw (born December 3, 1944) is an American chemist and Centennial Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology.[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bercaw obtained his bachelor of science in 1967 from North Carolina State University and later his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1971 under the direction of Hans-Herbert Brintzinger,[3] followed by postdoctoral research with Jack Halpern at the University of Chicago.[4]

Career

He joined the faculty at the Caltech in 1972. Bercaw was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991.[5]

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (elected 1990), and he has received several national awards from the American Chemical Society (see below).[6]

His research interests are in synthetic, structural and mechanistic organotransition metal chemistry, including most recently catalysts for polymerization and trimerization of olefins and investigations of hydrocarbon hydroxylation; fundamental transformations and thermodynamics of organotransition metal chemistry; catalysts for hydrocarbon partial oxidation; catalysts for olefin trimerization and polymerization; homogeneous transformations of carbon monoxide and dihydrogen to fuels and chemicals.

Prof. Bercaw has greatly enhanced our understanding of the mechanisms of Ziegler-Natta (ZN) olefin polymerizations. This metal-catalyzed polymerization process is operated on a vast scale and produces, worldwide, over 200 billion pounds of polyolefins per year. Bercaw’s work has led to a fundamental understanding of the detailed mechanisms of chain growth in ZN polymerizations and the factors which control syndio- and isotacticities and the degree of comonomer incorporation in copolymerizations; these variables are critical in determining the physical properties of the resultant polymers and copolymers.

Commercial processes have been based on Bercaw’s discoveries. For example, new and superior ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymers are now industrially produced with titanium catalysts utilizing (η5- C5Me4)SiMe2NCMe3 and related ligands devised in Bercaw’s laboratories. These copolymers have proved to have superior properties. These types of systems have also allowed superior methods for production of ethylene/propylene and ethylene/propylene/diene elastomers.

Awards

Year Awards
1980 ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
1990 ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
1997 ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry
1999 ACS George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry
1999 American Institute of Chemists Chemical Pioneer Award
2000 [https://web.archive.org/web/20150609055202/http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/arthur-c-cope-scholar-awards.html ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award]
2005 Northwestern University - Chemistry Department's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131217111724/http://www.chemistry.northwestern.edu/events/basolo.html Basolo Medal]
2008 University of Chicago Chemistry Department Closs Lecturer
2013 Southern California Section of the ACS Tolman Medal
2014 Chicago Section of the ACS Willard Gibbs Award
2017 [https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/gabor-a-somorjai-award-for-creative-research-in-catalysis.html ACS] Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/bercaw/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-07-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026002122/http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/bercaw/ |archivedate=2009-10-26 |df= }}
2. ^http://directory.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/search.cgi?searchtext=bercaw
3. ^{{cite thesis |url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/302503406/ |title=Titanocene as a reactive intermediate in the reduction of molecular hydrogen and nitrogen |date=1971 |publisher=University of Michigan |type=Ph.D. |last=Bercaw |first=John Edward |via=ProQuest |subscription=yes |oclc=68280047}}
4. ^http://www.chemistry.illinois.edu/events/lectures/bailar/John_Bercaw.html
5. ^{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=June 15, 2011}}
6. ^http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/Lectureships/lectures.asp?series=MTR&Year=1993

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090726085250/http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/bercaw/index.html Bercaw's profile at Caltech]
  • Bercaw Group at Caltech
  • "John E. Bercaw", Scientific Commons
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9 : 1944 births|21st-century American chemists|California Institute of Technology faculty|Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Living people|Educators from Cincinnati|University of Michigan alumni|Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences|Scientists from Cincinnati

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