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Catherine S. J. Cazin

Catherine S. J. Cazin

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D-Index
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Citations
9085
World Ranking
13971
National Ranking
171

Overview

Catherine S. J. Cazin is a researcher affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their academic work spans extensive investigations in Materials Science and Chemistry, with particular emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as leading subfields. The researcher has contributed significantly to topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in both organic and inorganic chemistry contexts.

Recent papers by Catherine S. J. Cazin include:

  • The "weak base route" leading to transition metal-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes (2021, Chemical Communications)
  • [Pd(NHC)(μ-Cl)Cl]2: Versatile and Highly Reactive Complexes for Cross-Coupling Reactions that Avoid Formation of Inactive Pd(I) Off-Cycle Products (2020, iScience)
  • Au⋅⋅⋅H−C Hydrogen Bonds as Design Principle in Gold(I) Catalysis (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Simple Synthetic Routes to Carbene-M-Amido (M=Cu, Ag, Au) Complexes for Luminescence and Photocatalysis Applications (2021, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • A Mechanistically and Operationally Simple Route to Metal-N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complexes (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)

Frequent coauthors illustrate the collaborative nature of Cazin's work and include:

  • Steven P. Nolan
  • Kristof Van Hecke
  • Nikolaos V. Tzouras
  • Luigi Cavallo
  • Thomas Scattolin

Catherine S. J. Cazin's research has been published repeatedly in established venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

The main areas of study pursued are focused on applying crystallographic techniques and synthesis methods that intersect with catalysis and organic-inorganic chemistry hybrid approaches. Key scientific themes addressed by Cazin include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Best Publications

  • The development of palladium catalysts for CC and Cheteroatom bond forming reactions of aryl chloride substrates

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine S.J. Cazin;Debbie Holder

  • Carboxylation of N ? H/C ? H Bonds Using N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Copper(I) Complexes

    Ine I. F. Boogaerts;George C. Fortman;Marc R. L. Furst;Catherine S. J. Cazin

  • N-heterocyclic carbene gold(I) and copper(I) complexes in C-H bond activation.

    Sylvain Gaillard;Sylvain Gaillard;Catherine S. J. Cazin;Steven P. Nolan

  • Copper–NHC complexes in catalysis

    Faïma Lazreg;Fady Nahra;Catherine S.J. Cazin

  • Copper N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in catalysis

    Jonathan D. Egbert;Catherine S. J. Cazin;Steven P. Nolan

  • High-Activity Catalysts for Suzuki Coupling and Amination Reactions with Deactivated Aryl Chloride Substrates: Importance of the Palladium Source.

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine S. J. Cazin;Simon J. Coles;Thomas Gelbrich

  • Simple mixed tricyclohexylphosphane-triarylphosphite complexes as extremely high-activity catalysts for the Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides.

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine S. J. Cazin;Samantha L. Hazelwood

  • [Pd(IPr*)(cinnamyl)Cl] : an efficient pre-catalyst for the preparation of tetra-ortho-substituted biaryls by Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling

    Anthony Chartoire;Mathieu Lesieur;Laura Falivene;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin

  • Simple and versatile synthesis of copper and silver N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in water or organic solvents

    Cécilia A. Citadelle;Erwan Le Nouy;Fabrice Bisaro;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin

  • A general synthetic route to [Cu(X)(NHC)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, X = Cl, Br, I) complexes

    Orlando Santoro;Alba Collado;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin;Steven P. Nolan

  • Room-temperature activation of aryl chlorides in Suzuki–Miyaura coupling using a [Pd(μ-Cl)Cl(NHC)]2 complex (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene)

    Olivier Diebolt;Pierre Braunstein;Steven P. Nolan;Catherine S. J. Cazin

  • Copper N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes as carbene transfer reagents

    Marc R. L. Furst;Catherine S. J. Cazin

  • A novel catalytic one-pot synthesis of carbazoles via consecutive amination and C-H activation

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine S. J. Cazin

  • Highly active catalysts for the Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine S. J. Cazin

  • Silica-supported imine palladacycles - recyclable catalysts for the Suzuki reaction?

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine Catherine Suzanne Julienne Cazin;Michael B. Hursthouse;Mark E. Light

  • Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective Formation of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Vinylboronates in Air

    Yannick D. Bidal;Faïma Lazreg;Catherine S. J. Cazin

  • Mixed phosphine/N-heterocyclic carbene palladium complexes: synthesis, characterization and catalytic use in aqueous Suzuki–Miyaura reactions

    Thibault E. Schmid;Dale C. Jones;Olivier Songis;Olivier Diebolt

  • Decarboxylation of aromatic carboxylic acids by gold(I)-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes

    Stéphanie Dupuy;Faïma Lazreg;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin;Catherine S. J. Cazin

  • The isolation of [Pd{OC(O)H}(H)(NHC)(PR3)] (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) and its role in alkene and alkyne reductions using formic acid

    Julie Broggi;Václav Jurčík;Olivier Songis;Albert Poater

  • Mixed Phosphite/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Studies

    Olivier Diebolt;Václav Jurčík;Rosenildo Correa da Costa;Pierre Braunstein

  • Erratum To: N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Transition Metal Catalysis and Organocatalysis

    Catherine S. J. Cazin

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven P. Nolan
Steven P. Nolan Ghent University
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin University of St Andrews
Luigi Cavallo
Luigi Cavallo King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David B. Cordes
David B. Cordes University of St Andrews
Albert Poater
Albert Poater University of Girona
Robin B. Bedford
Robin B. Bedford University of Bristol
Laura Falivene
Laura Falivene University of Salerno
Pierre Braunstein
Pierre Braunstein University of Strasbourg
Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton
Ifor D. W. Samuel
Ifor D. W. Samuel University of St Andrews

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