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Christophe M. Thomas

Christophe M. Thomas

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Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9551
World Ranking
13927
National Ranking
568

Overview

Christophe M. Thomas is affiliated with Chimie ParisTech in France. Their research focuses primarily on materials science, chemistry, and engineering, with particular expertise in organic chemistry, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, and process chemistry and technology.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics including biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, catalysis for biomass conversion, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, synthetic organic chemistry methods, and crystallization and solubility studies.

Frequent publication venues for Christophe M. Thomas include The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, and ChemCatChem.

Notable recent papers authored by Christophe M. Thomas are:

  • Generation and nature of water-tolerant Lewis acid sites in In x Sn 10− x O y /Al 2 O 3 catalysts as active centers for the green synthesis of methyl lactate from glucose (2023, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe))
  • Controlling polymer stereochemistry in ring-opening polymerization: a decade of advances shaping the future of biodegradable polyesters (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Incorporation of Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes into Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Production and Polymerization of Biobased Acrylates and Analogs (2021, Macromolecular Rapid Communications)
  • Catalyst Design for Alkene Epoxidation by Molecular Analogues of Heterogeneous Titanium-Silicalite Catalysts (2020, ACS Catalysis)

Christophe M. Thomas has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Kanokon Upitak, Régis M. Gauvin, Gilles Gasser, Hugo Fouilloux, and Malaury Simon.

Best Publications

  • Stereocontrolled ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters: synthesis of new polyester microstructures.

    Christophe M. Thomas

  • Cobalt-based complexes for the copolymerization of propylene oxide and CO2: active and selective catalysts for polycarbonate synthesis.

    Zengquan Qin;Christophe M. Thomas;Stephen Lee;Geoffrey W. Coates

  • Ring-opening polymerization of lactide with group 3 metal complexes supported by dianionic alkoxy-amino-bisphenolate ligands: combining high activity, productivity, and selectivity.

    Abderramane Amgoune;Christophe M. Thomas;Thierry Roisnel;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Synthesis of biodegradable polymers from renewable resources

    Mathieu J.-L. Tschan;Emilie Brulé;Pierre Haquette;Christophe M. Thomas

  • Highly active, productive, and syndiospecific yttrium initiators for the polymerization of racemic Β butyrolactone

    Abderramane Amgoune;Christophe M. Thomas;Simona Ilinca;Thierry Roisnel

  • Artificial metalloenzymes: proteins as hosts for enantioselective catalysis

    Christophe M. Thomas;Thomas R. Ward

  • Polymerization of enantiopure monomers using syndiospecific catalysts: a new approach to sequence control in polymer synthesis.

    John W. Kramer;Daniel S. Treitler;Erin W. Dunn;Pascal M. Castro

  • Ligand effects in the rhodium-catalyzed carbonylation of methanol

    Christophe M Thomas;Georg Süss-Fink

  • Tandem synthesis of alternating polyesters from renewable resources

    Carine Robert;Frédéric de Montigny;Christophe M. Thomas

  • Direct amination of aryl halides with ammonia

    Yoann Aubin;Cédric Fischmeister;Christophe M Thomas;Jean-Luc Renaud

  • Exploring Electronic versus Steric Effects in Stereoselective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Lactide and β‐Butyrolactone with Amino‐alkoxy‐bis(phenolate)–Yttrium Complexes

    Miloud Bouyahyi;Noureddine Ajellal;Evgueni Kirillov;Christophe M. Thomas;Christophe M. Thomas

  • Syndiotactic-Enriched Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)s via Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Racemic β-Butyrolactone with Discrete Yttrium Catalysts

    Noureddine Ajellal;Miloud Bouyahyi;Abderramane Amgoune;Christophe M. Thomas

  • Yttrium Complexes as Catalysts for Living and Immortal Polymerization of Lactide to Highly Heterotactic PLA

    Abderramane Amgoune;Christophe M. Thomas;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and carbon dioxide using (salen)Co(III) complexes: synthesis and characterization of syndiotactic poly(cyclohexene carbonate)

    Claire T. Cohen;Christophe M. Thomas;Kathryn L. Peretti;Emil B. Lobkovsky

  • Bis(guanidinate) Alkoxide Complexes of Lanthanides: Synthesis, Structures and Use in Immortal and Stereoselective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

    Noureddine Ajellal;Dmitrii M. Lyubov;Mikhail A. Sinenkov;Georgii K. Fukin

  • Nickel Complexes Based on Tridentate Pyrazolyl Ligands for Highly Efficient Dimerization of Ethylene to 1-Butene

    Noureddine Ajellal;Maria C. A. Kuhn;Andressa D. G. Boff;Manfredo Hörner

  • Polymer encapsulation of ruthenium complexes for biological and medicinal applications

    Elise Villemin;Yih Ching Ong;Christophe M. Thomas;Gilles Gasser

  • Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide by Group 3 Metal Complexes

    Abderramane Amgoune;Christophe M. Thomas;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Aluminum and Yttrium Complexes of an Unsymmetrical Mixed Fluorous Alkoxy/Phenoxy-Diimino Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Ring-Opening Polymerization Catalysis

    Ali Alaaeddine;Christophe M. Thomas;Thierry Roisnel;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Controlling polymer stereochemistry in ring-opening polymerization: a decade of advances shaping the future of biodegradable polyesters.

    Mathieu J.-L. Tschan;Régis M. Gauvin;Christophe M. Thomas

  • Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Alternating Copolymers

    Emilie Brulé;Jia Guo;Geoffrey W. Coates;Christophe M. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Carpentier
Jean-François Carpentier University of Rennes
Thierry Roisnel
Thierry Roisnel University of Rennes
Laurent Maron
Laurent Maron Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Tomasz Skwarnicki
Tomasz Skwarnicki Syracuse University
Jean-Luc Renaud
Jean-Luc Renaud Université de Caen Normandie
Georg Süss-Fink
Georg Süss-Fink University of Neuchâtel

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