Education
From the University of Montpellier in 1975 and his Doctor of Philosophy from the Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, in 1979.
From the University of Montpellier in 1975 and his Doctor of Philosophy from the Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, in 1979.
Bertrand obtained his Bachelor of Science He was a postdoctoral researcher at Sanofi Research, France, in 1981. The research interests of Bertrand and his co-workers lie mainly in the chemistry of with main group elements from group 13 to 16, at the border between organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry.
Especially their use in stabilizing carbenes, nitrenes, radicals and biradicals, 1,3-dipoles, anti-aromatic heterocycles, and more.
He has directed the synthesis of some original persistent carbenes, including bis(diisopropylamino)cyclopropenylidene, the first example of a carbene with all-carbon environment that is stable at room-temperature. Guy Bertrand is an honorific member or fellow of several scientific societies, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006), the French Academy of Sciences (2004), the European Academy of Sciences (2003), Academia Europaea (2002), and the recipient of various prizes and awards.
