On the 23h of March, Martin defended his PhD thesis entitled “”New Processes for the Synthesis of Urethanes and Polyurethanes” in front of a jury composed of Dr. L. Grimault (U. Paris Sciences & Lettres), Dr. C. Gosmini (Ecole Polytechnique), Prof. J. Lalevée (U. Haute Alsace), Prof. H. Cramail (U. Bordeaux) and Prof. D. Taton (U. Bordeaux). Congratulations Martin. We wish you good luck for the future.
After the PhD thesis, Dr. C. Gosmini and Dr. L. Grimault gave two stimulating lectures, respectively on cobalt catalysis and electrochemistry tools.

Our article on the total synthesis of (+)-Eucophylline has been featured on ChemistryViews, Wiley-VCH’s chemistry portal.

Here is the new group picture !

Dr. Mohamed Ould M’hamed has joined us as a post-doctoral researcher.
Welcome Mohamed !

Our paper on the “Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Eucophylline“  (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200088) has been accepted for publication in Chemistry, A European Journal.

Congratulations to Iman, Nitin and Vincent for their nice piece of work !

Elyse Uwonkunda and Lucile Cluzeau have respectively started their master 1 and Master 2 training period in our laboratory. Welcome to the group.

M. Jiwang Fang from Renmin, University of China (Beijing, China) has joined us as a PhD student.
Welcome Jiwang !

Dr. Gülbin Kurtay from the University of Ankara (Turkey) has joined us as a Post-doctoral fellow.
Welcome Gülbin !

Our paper, “On the Origin of the Non-planarity in Biarylsilyloxonium Ions“ has been accepted for publication in Chemistry, A European Journal.

Congratulations to Sandra and Anthony !

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. The article was rated as “Very Important” by the Editorial Office

Congratulations to Claire and Nivesh !