The central theme of the Catalysis, Synthesis of Biomolecules and Sustainable Development Team (CSB2D Team) is the development of new synthetic methods and their application to the synthesis of organic molecules. Research in our group aimed toward the development of novel catalysts, catalytic reactions and methods for organic synthesis. We are interested in using these methods to address problems with a particular focus on synthetic targets of industrial and pharmaceutical interests as well as in the synthesis of molecules having interesting structural and biological properties. As such, the CSB2D Team has a recognized expertise in the design of novel organometallic catalysts and in the fields of transition-metal catalysis (asymmetric reductions, cycloadditions, cascade reactions, non-noble metal catalysis, photoredox catalysis applied to C-H functionalization) The CSB2D Team has a strong interest in the development of new methods applied in the context of industrial partnerships. A focus on mechanistic studies and reactivity analysis is also performed in the Team, in order to build a bridge between fundamental investigations and applications in organometallic catalysis. Innovative synthetic methodologies (e.g. continuous flow and ball-milling reactors) are also developed in the CSB2D Team.
Research Axes
- Development of new asymmetric reductions (Virginie Vidal, Phannarath Phansavath)
- Synthesis of biorelevant scaffolds/molecules (Virginie Vidal, Phannarath Phansavath)
- Catalysis of cycloaddition reactions (Virginie Vidal, Mansour Haddad)
- Cascade reactions (Sylvain Darses)
- Photoredox catalysis and C-H functionalization (Jean-François Soulé)
- Catalysis with non-noble metals (Guillaume Lefèvre)
Permanent staff members
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