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Michael Berg

Advanced Instructor
Michael Berg Portrait
109A Davidson Hall
bergm@vt.edu
540-231-2006

1.   M. A. G. Berg, M. K. Ritchie and J. S. Merola, Syntheses and Crystal Structures of 3-Alkylpentane-2,4-dionates and 3-Arylpentane-2,4-dionates of Palladium, Polyhedron, 2012, 38(1), 126-130.

2.     M. G. Stocksdale, M. K. Padgitt, M. A. G. Berg and C. Slebodnick, S-(2,2-Dimethyl-5-oxo-[1,3]dioxolan-4-yl)acetic acid, Acta Cryst. 2007, E63, o3767-o3768.

3.   M. A. G. Berg, R. D. Pointer, Using a Pre-made Grignard Reagent to Synthesize Tertiary Alcohols in a Convenient Investigative Organic Laboratory Experiment, Journal of Chemical Education 2007, 84(3), 483-484.

4.     C. P. Roy, L. A. Huff, N. A. Barker, M. A. G. Berg, J. S. Merola, Iridium(III) Hydrido Amino Acid Compounds: Chiral Complexes and a Helical Extended Lattice, Journal Organometallic Chemistry 2006, 691, 2270-2276.

5.   M. G. Stocksdale, S. E. S. Fletcher*, I. Henry*, P. J. Ogren, M. A. G. Berg, R. D. Pointer, B. W. Benson, Developing Investigation Skills in an Introductory Multistep Synthesis Using Fluorene Oxidation and Reduction,Journal of Chemical Education 2004, 81, 388.

  • Jimmy W. Viers Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 2012
  • Favorite Faculty Award, Department of Residence Life, Virginia Tech, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015.
  • B.S. Chemistry and Engineering, Washington and Lee University, 1986
  • Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 1992