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Henri Doucet is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and specializes in Chemistry and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. Their research covers several subfields including Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The main topics addressed in their work include Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions, and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions.

Douchet's research output includes numerous papers published across various journals. Some notable recent works are:

  • Effective Tools for the Metal-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Direct Arylations of (Hetero)arenes, 2020, The Chemical Record
  • Merging C-H Bond Activation, Alkyne Insertion, and Rearrangements by Rh(III)-Catalysis: Oxindole Synthesis from Nitroarenes and Alkynes, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed C−H Bond Annulation for the Synthesis of 5- and 6-Membered N-Heterocyclic Building Blocks, 2024, ChemCatChem
  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Regiodivergent C−H Arylations of Aryl-Substituted Azoles, 2022, European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Reactivity of antipyrine and haloantipyrines in Pd-catalyzed C H bond arylations, 2020, Tetrahedron Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Doucet include:

  • Jean-François Soulé
  • Thierry Roisnel
  • Marie Peng
  • Véronique Guerchais
  • Linhao Liu

The most common venues for Doucet's publications include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • ChemCatChem
  • Tetrahedron Letters
  • Synthesis

Best Publications

  • Palladium-based catalytic systems for the synthesis of conjugated enynes by Sonogashira reactions and related alkynylations

    Henri Doucet;Jean-Cyrille Hierso

  • trans‐[RuCl2(phosphane)2(1,2‐diamine)] and Chiral trans‐[RuCl2(diphosphane)(1,2‐diamine)]: Shelf‐Stable Precatalysts for the Rapid, Productive, and Stereoselective Hydrogenation of Ketones

    Henri Doucet;Takeshi Ohkuma;Kunihiko Murata;Tohru Yokozawa

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed C3 or C4 Direct Arylation of Heteroaromatic Compounds with Aryl Halides by C ? H Bond Activation

    Julien Roger;Aditya L. Gottumukkala;Aditya L. Gottumukkala;Henri Doucet

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Alkenyl, Cyclopropyl, and Aryl Ketones. RuCl2(xylbinap)(1,2-diamine) as a Precatalyst Exhibiting a Wide Scope

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Masatoshi Koizumi;Henri Doucet;Trang Pham

  • Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of Alkylboronic Acid Derivatives or Alkyltrifluoroborates with Aryl, Alkenyl or Alkyl Halides and Triflates

    Henri Doucet

  • Palladium‐Katalysatorsysteme für die Synthese von konjugierten Eninen durch Sonogashira‐Kupplungen und verwandte Alkinylierungen

    Henri Doucet;Jean‐Cyrille Hierso

  • Asymmetric Activation of Racemic Ruthenium(II) Complexes for Enantioselective Hydrogenation

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Henri Doucet;Trang Pham;Koichi Mikami

  • Regioselectivity in palladium-catalysed direct arylation of 5-membered ring heteroaromatics

    Charles Beromeo Bheeter;Lu Chen;Jean-François Soulé;Henri Doucet

  • The Scope of Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroboration/Oxidation with Rhodium Complexes of 1,1′-(2-Diarylphosphino-1-naphthyl)isoquinolines

    Henri Doucet;Elena Fernandez;Timothy P. Layzell;John M. Brown

  • General Synthesis of (Z)-Alk-1-en-1-yl Esters via Ruthenium-Catalyzed anti-Markovnikov trans-Addition of Carboxylic Acids to Terminal Alkynes

    Henri Doucet;Blanca Martin-Vaca;Christian Bruneau;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Greener solvents for ruthenium and palladium-catalysed aromatic C–H bond functionalisation

    Cedric Fischmeister;Henri Doucet

  • Phosphine-free palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with aryl bromides at low catalyst loading.

    Hai Yan Fu;Lu Chen;Henri Doucet

  • Ligand-less palladium-catalyzed direct 5-arylation of thiophenes at low catalyst loadings

    Julien Roger;Franc Požgan;Henri Doucet

  • A Versatile Palladium/Triphosphane System for Direct Arylation of Heteroarenes with Chloroarenes at Low Catalyst Loading

    David Roy;Sophal Mom;Matthieu Beaupérin;Henri Doucet

  • Ligand-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Thiazoles at Low Catalyst Loadings

    Julien Roger;Franc Pozgan;Henri Doucet

  • Regioselective C-2 or C-5 Direct Arylation of Pyrroles with Aryl Bromides using a Ligand-Free Palladium Catalyst

    Julien Roger;Henri Doucet

  • Aryl triflates: useful coupling partners for the direct arylation of heteroaryl derivatives via Pd-catalyzed C–H activation–functionalization

    Julien Roger;Henri Doucet

  • Functionalization of C–H Bonds via Metal-Catalyzed Desulfitative Coupling: An Alternative Tool for Access to Aryl- or Alkyl-Substituted (Hetero)arenes

    Kedong Yuan;Jean-François Soulé;Henri Doucet

  • Catalytic Efficiency of a New Tridentate Ferrocenyl Phosphine Auxiliary: Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reactions of Alkynes with Aryl Bromides and Chlorides at Low Catalyst Loadings of 10-1 to 10-4 Mol %

    Jean-Cyrille Hierso;Aziz Fihri;Régine Amardeil;Philippe Meunier

  • Carbonates: eco-friendly solvents for palladium-catalysed direct arylation of heteroaromatics

    Jia Jia Dong;Julien Roger;Cécile Verrier;Thibaut Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Bruneau
Christian Bruneau University of Rennes
Pierre H. Dixneuf
Pierre H. Dixneuf University of Rennes
Thierry Roisnel
Thierry Roisnel University of Rennes
Denis Jacquemin
Denis Jacquemin University of Nantes
Takeshi Ohkuma
Takeshi Ohkuma Hokkaido University
John M. Brown
John M. Brown University of Oxford
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori Nagoya University
İsmail Özdemir
İsmail Özdemir Inonu University
Vincent Dorcet
Vincent Dorcet University of Rennes
J. A. Gareth Williams
J. A. Gareth Williams Durham University

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