Publications

Inner-Sphere Electron Transfer is Rate Limiting in the Photoreduction of N-Oxides by Re-complexes

Z. El Moqaouil, M. Kjellberg, W. Leibl, T. Cantat, L. Anthore-Dalion, A. Quaranta*, E. Nicolas*, Preprint, Organometallics 2025.

Simplified Carbonylation Catalysts Based on [Co₂(CO)₈] and Coordinating Solvents for the Carbonylation of β-Lactones and α,β-Unsaturated Acids to Cyclic Anhydrides

M.-H. Pietraru, A. Homassel, T. Cantat*, E. Nicolas*, Preprint, ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2025.

Water-Mediated Rhenium-Catalyzed Photodeoxygenation of Polyfunctional Organic N-Oxides

N. Joly, M. Kjellberg, A. Bouchet, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat, L. Anthore-Dalion*, Preprint, Synthesis 2025.

Experimental Evaluation of the Hydricity of Hydrosilanes

L. Sévery, E. Nicolas, A. Mifleur, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Inorg. Chem. 2025.

Scandium-Catalyzed Highly Selective Deoxygenation of Alcohols by Using Hydrosilanes as Reductants

R. Buhaibeh, N. Thyagarajan, G. Bousrez, L. Monsigny, T. Cantat, E. Nicolas*, Preprint, Chem. Eur. J. 2025.

H-Bond-Assisted Cleavage of N–O Bond in the Electrochemical Reduction of N₂O Catalyzed by Iron Tetraphenylporphyrin

C. Naddour, R. Deeba, C. Chartier, E. Nicolas, S. Chardon-Noblat, C. Costentin*, ACS Catal. 2025.

Zirconium(IV)-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Organic Carbonates and Polycarbonates Household Wastes into Alcohol Derivatives

C. Theulier, J.-C. Berthet*, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Chem. Eur. J. 2025.

Catalyst-Free Depolymerization of Aromatic and Aliphatic Polyesters Using Me₃SiI

X. Liu, M. Kobylarski, J.-C. Berthet*, T. Cantat*, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025.

Catalytic Reduction of Imines with Silylformates: Formation of Silyl Carbamates through CO₂ Insertion

N. Thyagarajan, R. Buhaibeh, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat, Preprint, Chem. Eur. J. 2025.

Cyclodextrin-Encapsulated NHCs: Increased Selectivity and Reactivity of CO₂ in Amine Formylation

K. Bijouard, E. Nicolas, L. Anthore-Dalion, M. Sollogoub*, T. Cantat*, Chem. Eur. J. 2024.

Hydrogenolysis of Haloboranes: from Synthesis of Hydroboranes to Formal Hydroboration Reactions

G. Zwart, A. Mifleur, G. Durin, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024.

Direct Enthalpy Measurement for Hydrogenation of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry under H₂ Pressure

F. D’Ambra, V. Faucheux, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat, G. Gébel, P. Hajiyev, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2024.

Additive-Free Pd/In₂O₃-Catalyzed N-methylation of Primary Amides by Using Formic Acid

I. Benaissa, K. Dembélé, T. Cantat, C. Genre*, ChemCatChem 2024.

Production of Methane by Catalytic Decarboxylation of Methyl Formate as a Liquid Surrogate

N. de Riggi, A. Imberdis, E. Nicolas*, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Organometallics 2024.

Formoxyboranes as hydroborane surrogates for the catalytic reduction of carbonyls through transfer hydroboration

G. Durin, R. M. Romero, T. Godou, C. Chauvier, P. Thuéry, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Catal. Sci. Tech. 2024.

Fluorophosphoniums as Lewis acids in organometallic catalysis: application to the carbonylation of β-lactones

M.-H. Pietraru, L. Ponsard, N. Lentz, P. Thuéry, E. Nicolas*, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Chem. Commun. 2024.

CO₂/¹³CO₂ Dynamic Exchange in the Formate Complex [(2,9-(^tBu)₂-phen)Cu(O₂CH)] and Its Catalytic Activity in the Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid

K. Phung, P. Thuéry, J.-C. Berthet*, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Organometallics 2023.

Metal-Free Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Chlorosilanes into Hydrosilanes with “Inverse” Frustrated Lewis Pairs

G. Durin, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Chem. Eur. J. 2023.

Catalyst-free depolymerization of polycaprolactone to silylated monoesters and iodide derivatives using iodosilanes

X. Liu, M. Kobylarski, J.-C. Berthet*, T. Cantat*, Chem.Commun. 2023.

Catalytic Carbonylation of Acrylic Acid to Succinic Anhydride

M.-H. Pietraru, N. Lentz, L. Ponsard, E. Nicolas*, T. Cantat*, Preprint, ChemCatChem 2023.

Activation of N−O σ Bonds with Transition Metals: A Versatile Platform for Organic Synthesis and C−N Bonds Formation

U. Todorovic, R. M. Romero, L. Anthore-Dalion*, Preprint, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023.

Evaluation of acetophenone as a novel alcohol-cycloalkane bifunctional liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC)

F. D’Ambra, J. Levy, P. Hajiyev, T. Cantat, G. Gébel, V. Faucheux, E. Nicolas*, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2023.

Catalytic Methoxylation of Aryl Halides Using ¹³C- and ¹⁴C-Labeled CO₂

A. Ohleier, A. Sallustrau, B. Mouhsine, F. Caillé*, D. Audisio*, T.Cantat*, Chem. Commun. 2022.

Zirconium-catalysed hydrosilylation of esters and depolymerisation of polyester plastic waste

M. Kobylarski, L. J. Donnelly*, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Green Chem. 2022.

Alkyl Formates as Transfer Hydroalkylation Reagents and Their Use in the Conversion of Imines to Alkylamines

E. Crochet, L. Anthore-Dalion, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022.

Selective Reduction of Secondary Amides to Imines Catalysed by Schwartz’s Reagent

L. J. Donnelly*, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022.

Metal-free Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Silyl Triflates and Halides into Hydrosilanes

G. Durin, A. Fontaine, J.-C. Berthet, E. Nicolas, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022.

Reductive depolymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates with hydroboranes by using a lanthanum(iii) tris(amide) catalyst

M. Kobylarski, J.-C. Berthet*, T. Cantat*, Chem. Commun. 2022.

Silyl formates as hydrosilane surrogates for the transfer hydrosilylation of ketones

R. M. Romero, N. Thyagarajan, N. Hellou, C. Chauvier, T. Godou, L. Anthore-Dalion, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Chem. Commun. 2022.

Additive-free selective methylation of secondary amines with formic acid over a Pd/In₂O₃ catalyst

C. Genre*, I. Benaissa, T. Godou, M. Pinault, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2022.

Uranyl(VI) Triflate as Catalyst for the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley Reaction

M. Kobylarski, L. Monsigny, P. Thuéry, J.-C. Berthet*, T. Cantat*, Inorg. Chem. 2021.

The Role of (tBuPOCOP)Ir(I) and iridium(III) Pincer Complexes in the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Silyl Triflates into Hydrosilanes

G. Durin, J.-C. Berthet, E. Nicolas, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Organometallics 2021.

A copper(I)-catalyzed sulfonylative Hiyama cross-coupling

A. Adenot, L. Anthore-Dalion, E. Nicolas, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Chem. Eur. J. 2021.

Unlocking the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Chlorosilanes into Hydrosilanes with Superbases

G. Durin, J.-C. Berthet, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat*, Preprint, ACS Catal. 2021.

Photocatalytic deoxygenation of N–O bonds with rhenium complexes: from the reduction of nitrous oxide to pyridine N-oxides

M. Kjellberg, A. Ohleier, P. Thuéry, E. Nicolas, L. Anthore-Dalion*, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Chem. Sci. 2021.

Copper–Ligand Cooperativity in H₂ Activation Enables the Synthesis of Copper Hydride Complexes

A. Aloisi, É. Crochet, E. Nicolas, J.-C. Berthet, C. Lescot, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Preprint, Organometallics 2021.

Additive-Free Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by a Cobalt Complex

N. Lentz, A. Aloisi, P. Thuéry, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat, Preprint, Organometallics 2021.

Direct Carbon Isotope Exchange of Pharmaceuticals via Reversible Decyanation

M. Feng, J. De Oliveira, A. Sallustrau, G. Destro, P. Thuéry, S. Roy, T. Cantat, C. S. Elmore, J. Blankenstein, F. Taran, and D. Audisio*, Preprint, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021.

Coupling Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction with Thermocatalysis Enables the Formation of a Lactone Monomer

L. Ponsard, E. Nicolas, N. H. Tran, S. Lamaison, D. Wakerley, T. Cantat*, M. Fontecave, ChemSusChem 2021.

Catalytic challenges and strategies for the carbonylation of σ-bonds

T. Nasr Allah, L. Ponsard, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat*, Green Chem. 2021.

Catalytic Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Methanol using Recyclable Silylformates

C. Chauvier, A. Imberdis, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020.

Transition‐Metal‐Free Carbon Isotope Exchange of Phenyl Acetic Acids

G. Destro, K. Horkka, O. Loreau, D.‐A. Buisson, L. Kingston, A. Del Vecchio, M. Schou, C. S. Elmore, F. Taran, T. Cantat, D. Audisio*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020.

Catalytic Metal-Free Deoxygenation of Nitrous Oxide with Disilanes

L. Anthore-Dalion*, E. Nicolas, T. Cantat*, ACS Catalysis 2019.

Transition-Metal-Free Acceptorless Decarbonylation of Formic Acid Enabled by a Liquid Chemical-Looping Strategy

A. Imberdis, G. Lefèvre, T. Cantat*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019.

SO₂ conversion to sulfones: development and mechanistic insights of a sulfonylative Hiyama cross-coupling

A. Adenot, J. Char, N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, L. Anthore-Dalion, T. Cantat*, Chem. Commun. 2019.

Breaking C–O Bonds with Uranium: Uranyl Complexes as Selective Catalysts in the Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes

L. Monsigny, P. Thuéry, J.-C. Berthet, T Cantat*, ACS Catal. 2019.

Carbonylation of C−N Bonds in Tertiary Amines Catalyzed by Low‐Valent Iron Catalysts

T. N. Allah, S. Savourey, J.-C. Berthet, E. Nicolas, T Cantat*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019.

Activation of SO₂ by N/Si⁺ and N/B Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Experimental and Theoretical Comparison with CO₂ Activation

A. Adenot, N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat*, Chem. Eur. J. 2019.

Dynamic Carbon Isotope Exchange of Pharmaceuticals with Labeled CO₂

G. Destro, O. Loreau, E. Marcon, F. Taran, T.Cantat*, D. Audisio*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019.

Depolymerization of Waste Plastics to Monomers and Chemicals Using a Hydrosilylation Strategy Facilitated by Brookhart’s Iridium(III) Catalyst

L. Monsigny, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018.

Efficient reductive depolymerization of hardwood and softwood lignins with Brookhart’s iridium(III) catalyst and hydrosilanes

L. Monsigny, E. Feghali, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat, Green Chem. 2018.

Metal-Free and Alkali-Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Isoureas from Alcohols and Carbodiimides

A. Imberdis, G. Lefèvre, P. Thuery, T. Cantat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018.

Silylation of O-H bonds by catalytic dehydrogenative and decarboxylative coupling of alcohols with silyl formates

C. Chauvier, T. Godou, T. Cantat, Chem. Commun. 2017.

Iron-Catalyzed Silylation of Alcohols by Transfer Hydrosilylation with Silyl Formates

T. Godou, C. Chauvier, P. Thuery, T. Cantat, Synlett 2017.

Synthesis of Aromatic Sulfones from SO₂ and Organosilanes, Under Metal-free Conditions

N. von Wolff^†, J. Char^†, X. Frogneux, T. Cantat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017.

A Viewpoint on Chemical Reductions of Carbon–Oxygen Bonds in Renewable Feedstocks Including CO₂ and Biomass

C. Chauvier, T. Cantat, ACS Catal. 2017.

Structural insights into the nature of Fe0 and FeI low-valent species obtained upon reduction of Iron salts by Aryl Grignard reagents

M. Clémancey, T. Cantat, G. Blondin, J.-M. Latour*, P. Dorlet*, G. Lefèvre*, Inorg. Chem. 2017.

Reactivity and Structural Diversity in the Reaction of Guanidine 1,5,7-Triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene with CO₂, CS₂, and Other Heterocumulenes

N. von Wolff, C. Villiers, P. Thuéry, G. Lefèvre, M. Ephritikhine, T. Cantat, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017.

Silyl Formates as Surrogates of Hydrosilanes and Their Application in the Transfer Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes

C. Chauvier, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016.

Complexes of the tripodal phosphine ligands PhSi(XPPh₂)₃ (X = CH₂, O): synthesis, structure and catalytic activity in the hydroboration of CO₂

A. Aloisi, J.-C. Berthet, C. Genre, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, Dalton Trans. 2016.

Implications of CO₂ Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs in the Catalytic Hydroboration of CO₂: A View Using N/Si+ Frustrated Lewis Pairs

N. von Wolff, G. Lefèvre, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, ACS Catal. 2016.

Synergistic effects in ambiphilic phosphino-borane catalysts for the hydroboration of CO₂

A. Tlili, A. Voituriez, A. Marinetti, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, Chem. Commun. 2016.

Metal-free disproportionation of formic acid mediated by organoboranes

C. Chauvier, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, Chem. Sci. 2016.

Synthesis, structure and electrochemical behavior of new RPONOP (R = tBu, iPr) pincer complexes of Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺ and Zn²⁺ ions

C. Lescot, S. Savourey, P. Thuéry, G. Lefèvre, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat, C. R. Chimie 2016.

CO₂ Conversion into Esters by Fluoride-Mediated Carboxylation of Organosilanes and Halide Derivatives

X. Frogneux^†, N. von Wolff^†, P. Thuéry, G. Lefèvre, T. Cantat, Chem. Eur. J. 2016.

Bridging Amines with CO₂: Organocatalyzed Reduction of CO₂ to Aminals

X. Frogneux, E. Blondiaux, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, ACS Catal. 2015.

Room Temperature Organocatalyzed Reductive Depolymerization of Waste Polyethers, Polyesters, and Polycarbonates

E. Feghali, T. Cantat, ChemSusChem 2015.

Convergent reductive depolymerization of wood lignin to isolated phenol derivatives by metal-free catalytic hydrosilylation

E. Feghali, G. Carrot, P. Thuéry, C. Genre, T. Cantat, Energy Environ. Sci. 2015.

Metal-free dehydrogenation of formic acid to H₂ and CO₂ using boron-based catalysts

C. Chauvier, A. Tlili, C. das Neves Gomes, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, Chem. Sci. 2015.

Reductive functionalization of CO₂ with amines: an entry to formamide, formamidine and methylamine derivatives

A. Tlili, E. Blondiaux, X. Frogneux, T. Cantat, Green Chem. 2015.

Catalytic methylation of aromatic amines with formic acid as the unique carbon and hydrogen source

S. Savourey, G. Lefèvre, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat, Chem. Commun. 2014.

Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Methylamines under Metal-Free Conditions

E. Blondiaux, J. Pouessel, T. Cantat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014.

Efficient Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Methanol Using Molecular Ruthenium Catalysts

S. Savourey, G. Lefèvre, J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, C. Genre, T. Cantat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014.

Efficient metal-free hydrositylation of tertiary, secondary and primary amides to amines

E. Blondiaux, T. Cantat, Chem. Commun. 2014.

Metal-Free Reduction of CO₂ with Hydroboranes: Two Efficient Pathways at Play for the Reduction of CO₂ to Methanol

C. das Neves Gomes, E. Blondiaux, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, Chem. Eur. J. 2014.

Catalytic hydrosilylation of oxalic acid: chemoselective formation of functionalized C-2-products

E. Feghali, O. Jacquet, P. Thuéry, T. Cantat, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014.

Iron–catalyzed hydrosilylation of CO₂: CO₂ conversion to formamides and methylamines

X. Frogneux, T. Cantat, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014.

Creating Added Value with a Waste: Methylation of Amines with CO₂ and H₂

A. Tlili, X. Frogneux, E. Blondiaux, T. Cantat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014.

Unprecedented organocatalytic reduction of lignin model compounds to phenols and primary alcohols using hydrosilanes

E. Feghali, T.Cantat, Chem. Commun. 2013.

Nitrite complexes of the rare earth elements

J. Pouessel, P. Thuéry, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat, Dalton Trans. 2013.

Pushing Back the Limits of Hydrosilylation: Unprecedented Catalytic Reduction of Organic Ureas to Formamidines

J. Pouessel, O. Jacquet, T. Cantat, ChemCatChem 2013.

Revisiting the Chemistry of the Actinocenes [(η8-C8H8)2An] (An = U, Th) with Neutral Lewis Bases. Access to the Bent Sandwich Complexes [(η8-C8H8)2An(L)] with Thorium (L = py, 4,4′-bipy, tBuNC, R4phen)

J.-C. Berthet, P. Thuéry, N. Garin, J.-P. Dognon, T. Cantat, M. Ephritikhine, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013.

CO₂ as a C₁-building block for the catalytic methylation of amines

O. Jacquet, X. Frogneux, C. Das Neves Gomes, T. Cantat, Chem. Sci. 2013.

Nitrite complexes of uranium and thorium

F. Dulong, J. Pouessel, P. Thuéry, J.-C. Berthet, M. Ephritikhine, T. Cantat, Chem. Commun. 2013.

Synthesis of N-Aryloxy-β-diketiminate Ligands and Coordination to Zirconium, Ytterbium, Thorium, and Uranium

F. Dulong, P. Thuéry, M. Ephritikhine, T. Cantat, Organometallics 2013.

Complete Catalytic Deoxygenation of CO₂ into Formamidine Derivatives

O. Jacquet, C. Das Neves Gomes, M. Ephritikhine, T. Cantat, ChemCatChem 2013.

Recycling of Carbon and Silicon Wastes: Room Temperature Formylation of N–H Bonds Using Carbon Dioxide and Polymethylhydrosiloxane

O. Jacquet, C. Das Neves Gomes, M. Ephritikhine, T. Cantat, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012.

A Diagonal Approach to Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide: Organocatalytic Transformation for the Reductive Functionalization of CO₂

C. Das Neves Gomes, O. Jacquet, C. Villiers, P. Thuéry, M. Ephritikhine, T. Cantat, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012.

A N-aryloxy-beta-diketiminate ligand in 4d, 4f and 5f-metals complexes

F. Dulong, O. Bathily, P. Thuery, M. Ephritikhine, T. Cantat,, Dalton Trans. 2012.

Uranium(IV) Nucleophilic Carbene Complexes

J. C. Tourneux, J. C. Berthet, T. Cantat, P. Thuéry, N. Mézailles, P. Le Floch, M. Ephritikhine, Organometallics 2011.

Exploring the Uranyl Organometallic Chemistry: From Single to Double Uranium−Carbon Bonds

J. C. Tourneux, J. C. Berthet, T. Cantat, P. Thuéry, N. Mézailles, M.Ephritikhine, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011.