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François-Xavier Felpin

François-Xavier Felpin

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
11580
World Ranking
15854
National Ranking
688

Overview

François-Xavier Felpin is affiliated with the University of Nantes in France. Their research spans across the fields of Chemistry and Engineering, with particular focus on Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. The scientist's work integrates aspects of Spectroscopy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Pharmacology as subfields of study.

Their main research topics include:

  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods

François-Xavier Felpin has contributed publications primarily to the following venues:

  • Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
  • Organic Process Research & Development
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Nature Medicine

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Signaling-specific inhibition of the CB1 receptor for cannabis use disorder: phase 1 and phase 2a randomized trials (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • Analytical Tools Integrated in Continuous-Flow Reactors: Which One for What? (2022, Organic Process Research & Development)
  • Synthesis of 5-Substituted 1H-Tetrazoles from Nitriles by Continuous Flow: Application to the Synthesis of Valsartan (2020, Organic Process Research & Development)
  • Direct C−H Arylation of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Derivatives Enabled by an Autonomous Self-Optimizing Flow Reactor (2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis)
  • Developing flow photo-thiol-ene functionalizations of cinchona alkaloids with an autonomous self-optimizing flow reactor (2022, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering)

The scientist collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Daniel Cortés-Borda
  • Patrick Giraudeau
  • Abollé Abollé
  • Margherita Bazzoni
  • Aurélie Bernard

Best Publications

  • Cu and Cu-Based Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis.

    Manoj B. Gawande;Anandarup Goswami;François Xavier Felpin;Tewodros Asefa

  • Recyclable Heterogeneous Palladium Catalysts in Pure Water: Sustainable Developments in Suzuki, Heck, Sonogashira and Tsuji–Trost Reactions

    Marc Lamblin;Luma Nassar-Hardy;Jean-Cyrille Hierso;Eric Fouquet

  • Recent Advances in the Total Synthesis of Piperidine and Pyrrolidine Natural Alkaloids with Ring‐Closing Metathesis as a Key Step

    François‐Xavier Felpin;Jacques Lebreton

  • Pd/C: An Old Catalyst for New Applications – Its Use for the Suzuki–Miyaura Reaction

    François-Xavier Felpin;Tahar Ayad;Soumya Mitra

  • Recent advances in the Heck–Matsuda reaction in heterocyclic chemistry

    François-Xavier Felpin;Luma Nassar-Hardy;François Le Callonnec;Eric Fouquet

  • Heterogeneous Multifunctional Catalysts for Tandem Processes: An Approach toward Sustainability

    François-Xavier Felpin;Eric Fouquet

  • Chemically Modified Cellulose Filter Paper for Heavy Metal Remediation in Water

    Martin d’Halluin;Jordi Rull-Barrull;Guillaume Bretel;Christine Labrugère

  • Biaryl synthesis with arenediazonium salts: cross-coupling, CH-arylation and annulation reactions

    François-Xavier Felpin;François-Xavier Felpin;Saumitra Sengupta

  • Efficient enantiomeric synthesis of pyrrolidine and piperidine alkaloids from tobacco.

    Felpin Fx;Girard S;Vo-Thanh G;Robins Rj

  • Aryl Diazonium versus Iodonium Salts: Preparation, Applications and Mechanisms for the Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction

    Hélène Bonin;Eric Fouquet;François-Xavier Felpin;François-Xavier Felpin

  • Transition Metal‐Mediated Direct CH Arylation of Heteroarenes Involving Aryl Radicals

    Hélène Bonin;Mathieu Sauthier;François-Xavier Felpin

  • A highly stereoselective asymmetric synthesis of (--)-lobeline and (--)-sedamine.

    François-Xavier Felpin;Jacques Lebreton

  • Practical and efficient Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of 2-iodocycloenones with arylboronic acids catalyzed by recyclable Pd(0)/C.

    François-Xavier Felpin

  • Biodiesel production from palm oil using sulfonated graphene catalyst

    Medy C. Nongbe;Medy C. Nongbe;Tchirioua Ekou;Lynda Ekou;Kouassi Benjamin Yao

  • History, chemistry and biology of alkaloids from Lobelia inflata

    François-Xavier Felpin;Jacques Lebreton

  • Suzuki−Miyaura Reactions of Arenediazonium Salts Catalyzed by Pd(0)/C. One-Pot Chemoselective Double Cross-Coupling Reactions†

    Rachel H. Taylor;François-Xavier Felpin

  • Using Aryl Diazonium Salts in Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions under Safer Conditions

    Nicolas Oger;Martin d’Halluin;Erwan Le Grognec;François-Xavier Felpin;François-Xavier Felpin

  • Flow reactors integrated with in-line monitoring using benchtop NMR spectroscopy

    Patrick Giraudeau;Patrick Giraudeau;François-Xavier Felpin;François-Xavier Felpin

  • An Autonomous Self-Optimizing Flow Reactor for the Synthesis of Natural Product Carpanone.

    Daniel Cortés-Borda;Eric Wimmer;Boris Gouilleux;Elvina Barré

  • Synthesis of oxindoles by tandem Heck-reduction-cyclization (HRC) from a single bifunctional, in situ generated Pd/C catalyst.

    François-Xavier Felpin;Oier Ibarguren;Luma Nassar-Hardy;Eric Fouquet

  • A Useful, Reliable and Safer Protocol for Hydrogenation and the Hydrogenolysis of O-Benzyl Groups: The In Situ Preparation of an Active Pd0/C Catalyst with Well-Defined Properties

    François‐Xavier Felpin;Eric Fouquet

  • Improved Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions of Aryldiazonium Salts with Boronic Acids by Tuning Palladium on Charcoal Catalyst Properties

    François-Xavier Felpin;Eric Fouquet;Cécile Zakri

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis Jacquemin
Denis Jacquemin University of Nantes
Manoj B. Gawande
Manoj B. Gawande Institute of Chemical Technology
Nicolas Barnich
Nicolas Barnich University of Clermont Auvergne
Xiaoxin Zou
Xiaoxin Zou Jilin University
Tewodros Asefa
Tewodros Asefa Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rajender S. Varma
Rajender S. Varma Environmental Protection Agency
Kenji Matsuda
Kenji Matsuda Kyoto University
Bernard Rousseau
Bernard Rousseau University of Paris-Saclay
Radek Zboril
Radek Zboril Palacký University, Olomouc

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