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General Interests
"My research laboratory focuses on the design of environmentally benign catalysts to address important challenges in synthetic organic chemistry and materials science. Transition-metal organometallic catalysts provide an interesting platform for study given the variety of selective transformations that they can accomplish by the subtle tuning of their coordination environments. One goal in my research is inspired by an aspect of green chemistry known as atom economy. This involves efficiently transforming readily available reagents into valuable products while producing a minimum amount of chemical waste byproducts. A strong emphasis is placed on using mechanistic insight to drive future reaction discovery and development."
Years at Knox: 2011 to present
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, 2007, University of California-Berkeley.
B.A., Chemistry, 2001, Knox College, summa cum laude.
Teaching Interests
Reaction mechanism, homogeneous catalysis, organometallics, electronic structure, green chemistry.
Publications
"Synthesis and Electronic Structure of Cationic, Neutral, and Anionic Bis(imino)pyridine Iron Alkyl Complexes: Evaluation of Redox Activity in Single-Component Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts." Tondreau, A. M.; Milsmann, C.; Patrick, A. D.; Hoyt, H. M.; Lobkovsky, E.; Wieghardt, K.; Chirik, P. J. Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (2010): 15046-15059.
"Synthesis, structural characterization, and quantitative basicity studies of lithium zirconimidate complexes." Chiu, M. C.; Hoyt, H. M.; Michael, F. M.; van Halbeek, H. Bergman, R. G. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47 (2008): 6073-6076.
"Kinetic control and multiple mechanisms for C-H bond activation with Zr=N complexes." Hoyt, H. M.; Bergman, R. G. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 46 (2007): 5580-5582.
"Mechanistic study of the Staudinger Ligation." Lin, F.; Hoyt, H. M.; van Halbeek, H.; Bergman, R. G.; Bertozzi, C. R. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127 (2005): 2686-2695.
"C-H bond activation of hydrocarbons by an imidozirconocene complex." Hoyt, H. M.; Michael, F. E.; Bergman, R. G. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (2004): 1018-1019.
Presentations
"Single-component bis(imino)pyridine iron catalyzed olefin polymerization." Contributed Talk, with Chirik, P.J. INOR-707, 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 20, 2008.
"Selectivity of hydrocarbon C-H bond activation with imidozirconocene complexes." Bergman, R. G. Poster, Gordon Research Conference in Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, Rhode Island, July 2006.
"Tuning hydrocarbon C-H bond activation with imidozirconocene complexes." Michael, F. E.; Bergman, R. G. Poster, INOR-197, 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, California, March 2005.
"Hydrocarbon C-H bond activation by an imidozirconocene Complex." Contributed Talk with Michael F.E. and Bergman, R.G., INOR-945, 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, California, April 1, 2004.
Campus & Community Involvement
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Mark Konkol, a member of the Chicago Sun-Times team that won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize, converses about his work and offers tips to aspiring journalists about how to report and write high-quality news stories.
The National Endowment of the Arts' Big Read Blog interviews a Knox College student and faculty member who helped to create a unique audio archive that spotlights writers from across the United States.
"Horizons: A Celebration of Student Inquiry, Imagination, and Creativity" featured student research presentations in the humanities, sciences and social sciences on May 5, and student presentations in music in on May 8.
