Our paper on “Quinoline-based Silylium ions. Synthesis, Structure and Lewis Acidity” (10.1002/ejoc.202100604) has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Congratulations to Claire and Nivesh !

Our paper on “Direct and Selective Access to Amino-Poly(Phenylene vinylenes)s with Switchable Properties by Spontaneous Dimerizing Polymerization of Aminoaryl Carbenes” has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications.

Congratulations to Quentin, Aravindu, Damien and Daiann !

Our article on ”The Trityl-cation Mediated Phosphine Oxides Reduction ” has been accepted for publication in Adv. Synth & Cat.

Congratulations to Claire and Jonathan !

Dr. Nivesh Kumar is leaving the team after one year as an ANR post-doctoral fellow to join the research group of Prof. David Berkowitz at the University of Nebraska (USA). Thank you Nivesh and good luck !

(Thank you to Laura Bourmeyster for the pictures !)

Our group pictures for 2021…

Margaux Badufle from ENSIACET (Toulouse) has joined us to carry out her PhD. Welcome Margaux !

L. Cluzeau and S. Le Garrec have started their master 1 training period in our laboratory. Welcome to the group.

On the 17th of December, Iman defended her PhD thesis entitled “”Radical addition onto functionalized chiral cyclobutenes. Application to the total synthesis of Eucophylline and Eburnamine. A biomimetic approach towards leucophyllidine”. This was done in front of a jury composed of Dr. G. Vincent (U. Paris-Saclay), Dr. F. Denes (U. Nantes), Dr. G. Masson (ICSN, Gif/Yvette) and Dr. D. Bassani (U. Bordeaux). Congratulations Iman and good luck for the future.

On the 14th of December, Claire defended her PhD thesis entitled “”Etude de nouveaux cations silyliums pour la synthèse et la catalyse” in front of a jury composed of Prof. L. Fensterbank (Sorbonne Université), Dr. M. Donnard (U. Strasbourg), Dr. A. Baceiredo (U. Toulouse) and Prof. D. Taton (U. Bordeaux). Congratulations Claire. We wish you good luck for the future.