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Christian Roussel

Christian Roussel

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Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6835
World Ranking
17228
National Ranking
762

Overview

Christian Roussel is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on chemistry and materials science. Within these areas, Roussel has contributed extensively to materials chemistry and organic chemistry, alongside specialized work in spectroscopy, physical and theoretical chemistry, and biochemistry.

The core topics addressed in their research include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, synthesis and reactivity of sulfur-containing compounds, and structural and chemical analysis of organic and inorganic compounds.

Roussel's recent publications highlight a range of subjects and journals. Notable papers include:

  • "On the Enantioselective Phosphoric-Acid-Catalyzed Hantzsch Synthesis of Polyhydroquinolines" (2021) in Organic Letters
  • "Relayed Proton Brake in N-Pyridyl-2-iso-propylaniline Derivative: Two Brakes with One Proton" (2020) in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Detection of Isotopic Atropisomerism Based on ortho-H/D Discrimination" (2021) in Organic Letters
  • "Rotational Behavior of N-(5-Substituted-pyrimidin-2-yl)anilines: Relayed Electronic Effect in Two N-Ar Bond Rotations" (2022) in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Regiospecific Synthesis and Structural Studies of 3,5-Dihydro-4H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]diazepin-4-ones and Comparison with 1,3-Dihydro-2H-benzo[b][1,4]diazepin-2-ones" (2020) in ACS Omega

Roussel has frequently published in journals including The Cambridge Structural Database, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, ACS Omega, and the New Journal of Chemistry.

Collaborations form an important part of Roussel's work, with several frequent co-authors such as Ibón Alkorta, José Elguero, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Rosa M. Claramunt, and Marion Jean contributing to multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Selective Preparation of 3,4,5-Trinitro-1H-Pyrazole: A Stable All-Carbon-Nitrated Arene

    Grégoire Hervé;Christian Roussel;Hervé Graindorge

  • Enantioselective Syntheses of Furan Atropisomers by an Oxidative Central-to-Axial Chirality Conversion Strategy

    Vivek S. Raut;Marion Jean;Nicolas Vanthuyne;Christian Roussel

  • Controlling chirality and optical properties of artificial antenna systems with self-assembling porphyrins

    Teodor Silviu Balaban;Anil Dnyanoba Bhise;Matthias Fischer;Myriam Linke-Schaetzel

  • Acid/Base‐Triggered Switching of Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Electronic Circular Dichroism in Organic and Organometallic Helicenes

    Nidal Saleh;Barry Moore;Monika Srebro;Nicolas Vanthuyne

  • Axial-to-central chirality transfer in cyclization processes

    Damien Campolo;Stéphane Gastaldi;Christian Roussel;Michèle P. Bertrand

  • Self-disproportionation of enantiomers via achiral chromatography: a warning and an extra dimension in optical purifications

    Vadim A. Soloshonok;Vadim A. Soloshonok;Christian Roussel;Osamu Kitagawa;Alexander E. Sorochinsky;Alexander E. Sorochinsky;Alexander E. Sorochinsky

  • Straightforward access to mono- and bis-cycloplatinated helicenes displaying circularly polarized phosphorescence by using crystallization resolution methods

    Chengshuo Shen;Emmanuel Anger;Monika Srebro;Nicolas Vanthuyne

  • Metallahelicenes: Easily Accessible Helicene Derivatives with Large and Tunable Chiroptical Properties

    Lucie Norel;Mark Rudolph;Nicolas Vanthuyne;J. A. Gareth Williams

  • Combining Organocatalysis with Central-to-Axial Chirality Conversion: Atroposelective Hantzsch-Type Synthesis of 4-Arylpyridines.

    Ophélie Quinonero;Marion Jean;Nicolas Vanthuyne;Christian Roussel

  • Metal−Bis(helicene) Assemblies Incorporating π-Conjugated Phosphole-Azahelicene Ligands: Impacting Chiroptical Properties by Metal Variation

    Sébastien Graule;Mark Rudolph;Nicolas Vanthuyne;Jochen Autschbach

  • Ruthenium-vinylhelicenes: remote metal-based enhancement and redox switching of the chiroptical properties of a helicene core.

    Emmanuel Anger;Monika Srebro;Nicolas Vanthuyne;Loïc Toupet

  • Chiral liquid chromatography contribution to the determination of the absolute configuration of enantiomers.

    Christian Roussel;Alberto Del Rio;Johanna Pierrot-Sanders;Patrick Piras

  • Atropisomerism and Axial Chirality in Heteroaromatic Compounds

    Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero;Christian Roussel;Nicolas Vanthuyne

  • enantio-Enriched CPL-active helicene–bipyridine–rhenium complexes

    Nidal Saleh;Monika Srebro;Thibault Reynaldo;Nicolas Vanthuyne

  • Synthesis and chiral recognition ability of helical polyacetylenes bearing helicene pendants

    Emmanuel Anger;Emmanuel Anger;Hiroki Iida;Tomoko Yamaguchi;Koutarou Hayashi

  • Comparison of racemization processes in 1-arylpyrimidine-2-thione and 3-arylthiazoline-2-thione atropisomers and their oxygen analogs

    Christian Roussel;Mohamed Adjimi;Ahmed Chemlal;Ayada Djafri

  • Influence of substituents on the rotational energy barrier of atropisomeric biphenyls — studies by polarimetry and dynamic gas chromatography

    Christian Wolf;Wilfried A. König;Christian Roussel

  • Structural characterization of artificial self-assembling porphyrins that mimic the natural chlorosomal bacteriochlorophylls c, d, and e.

    Teodor Silviu Balaban;Myriam Linke-Schaetzel;Anil D. Bhise;Nicolas Vanthuyne

  • Ethylenedithio-tetrathiafulvalene-helicenes: electroactive helical precursors with switchable chiroptical properties.

    Thomas Biet;Arnaud Fihey;Thomas Cauchy;Nicolas Vanthuyne

  • From hetero- to homochiral bis(metallahelicene)s based on a Pt(III)-Pt(III) bonded scaffold: isomerization, structure, and chiroptical properties.

    Emmanuel Anger;Mark Rudolph;Chengshuo Shen;Nicolas Vanthuyne

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeanne Crassous
Jeanne Crassous University of Rennes
Jochen Autschbach
Jochen Autschbach University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Vadim A. Soloshonok
Vadim A. Soloshonok University of the Basque Country
Loïc Toupet
Loïc Toupet University of Rennes
José Elguero
José Elguero Spanish National Research Council
Régis Réau
Régis Réau University of Rennes
Ibon Alkorta
Ibon Alkorta Spanish National Research Council
J. A. Gareth Williams
J. A. Gareth Williams Durham University
Christopher J. Welch
Christopher J. Welch Indiana Consortium for Analytical Science & Engineering
Jianlin Han
Jianlin Han Nanjing Forestry University

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