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Eric Clot is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

Their work extensively covers topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Hydrogen Storage and Materials, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Eric Clot's recent publications demonstrate a focus on chemical synthesis and catalysis, with notable papers including:

  • Ammonia Synthesis at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure from N2: A Boron-Radical Approach (2022), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Regiospecificity in Ligand-Free Pd-Catalyzed C-H Arylation of Indoles: LiHMDS as Base and Transient Directing Group (2020), ACS Catalysis
  • Molecular Electrochemical Reductive Splitting of Dinitrogen with a Molybdenum Complex (2022), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Stepwise Functionalization of N2 at Mo: Nitrido to Imido to Amido - Factors Favoring Amine Elimination from the Amido Complex (2020), European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Efficient alkene hydrosilation with bis(8-quinolyl)phosphine (NPN) nickel catalysts. The dominant role of silyl-over hydrido-nickel catalytic intermediates (2020), Chemical Science

Frequent coauthors in Eric Clot's research collaborations include:

  • Soukaina Bennaamane
  • Nicolas Mézailles
  • Mary Grellier
  • Samuel Quintero-Duque
  • Haoquan Li

Eric Clot has published extensively in several key scientific journals and databases. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • C-H bond activation in transition metal species from a computational perspective

    David Balcells;Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein

  • C-F and C-H bond activation of fluorobenzenes and fluoropyridines at transition metal centers: how fluorine tips the scales.

    Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein;Naseralla Jasim;Stuart A. Macgregor

  • Transition Metal Polyhydrides: From Qualitative Ideas to Reliable Computational Studies†

    Feliu Maseras;Agusti Lledós;Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein

  • Synthesis of Benzocyclobutenes by Palladium-Catalyzed C−H Activation of Methyl Groups: Method and Mechanistic Study

    Manon Chaumontet;Riccardo Piccardi;Nicolas Audic;Julien Hitce

  • Computed Ligand Electronic Parameters from Quantum Chemistry and Their Relation to Tolman Parameters, Lever Parameters, and Hammett Constants

    Lionel Perrin;Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein;Jennifer Loch

  • Linear-Selective Hydroarylation of Unactivated Terminal and Internal Olefins with Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Arenes

    Joseph S. Bair;York Schramm;York Schramm;Alexey G. Sergeev;Alexey G. Sergeev;Eric Clot

  • Imidazolium Carboxylates as Versatile and Selective N-Heterocyclic Carbene Transfer Agents: Synthesis, Mechanism, and Applications

    Adelina M. Voutchkova;Marta Feliz;Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein

  • Computational structure–activity relationships in H2 storage: how placement of N atoms affects release temperatures in organic liquid storage materials

    Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein;Robert H. Crabtree

  • Understanding d0-Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: Which Metal, Which Ligands?

    Albert Poater;Xavier Solans-Monfort;Eric Clot;Christophe Copéret

  • Exceptional sensitivity of metal-aryl bond energies to ortho-fluorine substituents: influence of the metal, the coordination sphere, and the spectator ligands on M-C/H-C bond energy correlations.

    Eric Clot;Claire Mégret;Odile Eisenstein;Robin N. Perutz

  • Intramolecular palladium-catalyzed alkane C-H arylation from aryl chlorides.

    Sophie Rousseaux;Michaël Davi;Julien Sofack-Kreutzer;Cathleen Pierre

  • An anion-dependent switch in selectivity results from a change of C-H activation mechanism in the reaction of an imidazolium salt with IrH5(PPh3)2.

    Leah N. Appelhans;Daniele Zuccaccia;Anes Kovacevic;Anthony R. Chianese

  • Ruthenium Bis(σ‐BH) Aminoborane Complexes from Dehydrogenation of Amine–Boranes: Trapping of H2BNH2

    Gilles Alcaraz;Gilles Alcaraz;Laure Vendier;Laure Vendier;Eric Clot;Sylviane Sabo-Etienne;Sylviane Sabo-Etienne

  • Agostic Interactions from a Computational Perspective: One Name, Many Interpretations

    Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein

  • Palladium-Catalyzed β-Arylation of Carboxylic Esters

    A. Renaudat;L. Jean-Gérard;R. Jazzar;C. E. Kefalidis

  • d0 Re-based olefin metathesis catalysts, Re(≡CR)(=CHR)(X)(Y): the key role of X and Y ligands for efficient active sites

    Xavier Solans-Monfort;Eric Clot;Christophe Copéret;Odile Eisenstein

  • Mechanism of Homogeneous Iridium-Catalyzed Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols from a DFT Study

    David Balcells;Ainara Nova;Eric Clot;Dinakar Gnanamgari

  • Ligand-controlled β-selective C(sp3)–H arylation of N-Boc-piperidines

    Anthony Millet;Paolo Larini;Eric Clot;Olivier Baudoin

  • A Weak Donor, Planar Chelating Bitriazole N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand for Ruthenium(II), Palladium(II), and Rhodium

    Macarena Poyatos;William McNamara;Chris Incarvito;Eric Clot

  • Reaction of H2 with IrHCl2P2 (P = PiPr3 or PtBu2Ph): Stereoelectronic Control of the Stability of Molecular H2 Transition Metal Complexes

    Alberto Albinati;Vladimir I. Bakhmutov;Kenneth G. Caulton;Eric Clot

Frequent Co-Authors

Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier
Philip Mountford
Philip Mountford University of Oxford
Laure Vendier
Laure Vendier Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Sylviane Sabo-Etienne
Sylviane Sabo-Etienne Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Olivier Baudoin
Olivier Baudoin University of Basel
Robert H. Crabtree
Robert H. Crabtree Yale University
Robin N. Perutz
Robin N. Perutz University of York
Kenneth G. Caulton
Kenneth G. Caulton Indiana University
Lutz H. Gade
Lutz H. Gade Heidelberg University
Alceo Macchioni
Alceo Macchioni University of Perugia

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