Photoredox catalysis and C-H

Keywords

Heterocycles, Rhodium, Palladium, Photoredox Catalysis, Phosphorus Chemistry

Research Themes

• Development of C–H Bond Functionalizations for Heterocycle Synthesis
• Catalysis to Upgrade Phosphorus-Containing Molecules
• Catalysis to Improve Properties of Luminescent Materials
• Catalysis under Light Activation

Members

• Jean-François Soulé | 📧

Selected recent publications:

1. M. Peng, H. Doucet, J.-F. Soulé, Rhodium-Catalyzed C−H Bond Annulation for the Synthesis of 5- and 6-Membered N-Heterocyclic Building Blocks, ChemCatChem 2024, e202400279.
2. A. A. Wayzani, K. Zhang, A. Benzai, M. Cordier, H. Doucet, V. Guerchais, L. He, J.-F. Soulé, From Molecules to Devices: Effect of Pd-Catalyzed C–H Bond Arylation to Improve Metrics, Organometallics 2024, 43, 889-894.
3. B. Lv, J.-F. Soulé, Nickel/Iridium Metallaphotoredox Catalysis for Allylic C–H Bond Arylation of N-Allyl Heterocycles, J. Org. Chem. 2024, accepted (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01912)
4. Merging C–H Bond Activation, Alkyne Insertion, and Rearrangements by Rh(III)-Catalysis: Oxindole Synthesis from Nitroarenes and Alkynes Peng, M.; Wang, C.-S.; Chen, P.-P.; Roisnel, T.; Doucet, H.; Houk, K. N.; Soulé, J.-F., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4508-4516.
5. Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Cascade C(sp²)-H Bond Alkylation – Amidation of Anilines: Phosphorus as Traceless Directing Group Peng, M.; Ari, D.; Roisnel, T.; Doucet, H.; Soulé, J.-F., Chem. Sci. 2023, 14,9055-9062.
6. Photoinduced Arylation of Acridinium Salts: Tunable Photoredox Catalysts for C–O Bond Cleavage Cao, Y.-X.; Zhu, G.; Li, Y.; Le Breton, N.; Gourlaouen, C.; Choua, S.; Boixel, J.; Jacquot de Rouville, H.-P.; Soulé, J.-F., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 5902-5909.
7. Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Arylation of Cyclometalated Difluorinated 2-Arylisoquinolinyl Iridium(III) Complexes Peng, M.; Lin, J.; Lu, W.; Roisnel, T.; Guerchais, V.; Doucet, H.; Soulé, J. F., Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 12552-12557.
8. Access to Functionalized Luminescent Pt(II) Complexes by Photoredox-Catalyzed Minisci Alkylation of 6-Aryl-2,2ʹ-bipyridines Hagui, W.; Cordier, M.; Boixel, J.; Soulé, J.-F., Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 1038-1041.