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Jean-Claude Berthet is affiliated with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in France. Their research primarily focuses on chemistry and materials science, with a particular emphasis on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's recent publications reflect work in catalysis, polymer depolymerization, and organometallic chemistry. Notable recent papers include the following:

  • Reductive depolymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates with hydroboranes by using a lanthanum(iii) tris(amide) catalyst (2022) published in Chemical Communications
  • Selective Reduction of Secondary Amides to Imines Catalysed by Schwartz's Reagent (2022) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Zirconium-catalysed hydrosilylation of esters and depolymerisation of polyester plastic waste (2022) published in Green Chemistry
  • Copper-Ligand Cooperativity in H 2 Activation Enables the Synthesis of Copper Hydride Complexes (2021) published in Organometallics
  • A Copper(I)-Catalyzed Sulfonylative Hiyama Cross-Coupling (2021) published in Chemistry - A European Journal

Berthet has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Thibault Cantat, Emmanuel Nicolas, P. Thuéry, Gabriel Durin, and Pierre Thuéry, indicating a consistent engagement in collaborative research projects.

The scientist's work is commonly published in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Organometallics, Chemistry - A European Journal, and Angewandte Chemie. These journals illustrate their focus on structural chemistry as well as organometallic and synthetic methodologies.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Catalytic cross-coupling reactions
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis

Jean-Claude Berthet's body of work contributes broadly to the understanding of catalytic processes, advanced synthesis techniques, and material properties related to both organic and inorganic compounds. The research integrates experimental approaches in organic and materials chemistry with advanced structural analysis, underlining a multidisciplinary scientific profile.

Best Publications

  • Regioselective and Stereospecific Deuteration of Bioactive Aza Compounds by the Use of Ruthenium Nanoparticles

    Grégory Pieters;Céline Taglang;Eric Bonnefille;Torsten Gutmann

  • Depolymerization of Waste Plastics to Monomers and Chemicals Using a Hydrosilylation Strategy Facilitated by Brookhart’s Iridium(III) Catalyst

    Louis Monsigny;Jean-Claude Berthet;Thibault Cantat

  • The affinity and selectivity of terdentate nitrogen ligands towards trivalent lanthanide and uranium ions viewed from the crystal structures of the 1 ∶ 3 complexes

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Yannick Miquel;Peter B. Iveson;Martine Nierlich

  • Lanthanide(III)/actinide(III) differentiation in the cerium and uranium complexes [M(C5Me5)2(L)]0,+ (L=2,2'-bipyridine, 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine): structural, magnetic, and reactivity studies.

    Thouraya Mehdoui;Jean-Claude Berthet;Pierre Thuéry;Lionel Salmon

  • Implications of CO2 Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs in the Catalytic Hydroboration of CO2: A View Using N/Si+ Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    N von Wolff;G Lefèvre;J.-C Berthet;Pierre Thuéry

  • Exploring the uranyl organometallic chemistry: from single to double uranium-carbon bonds.

    Jean-Christophe Tourneux;Jean-Claude Berthet;Thibault Cantat;Pierre Thuéry

  • New advances in the chemistry of uranium amide compounds

    J.C. Berthet;M. Ephritikhine

  • Easy access to stable pentavalent uranyl complexes

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Gérald Siffredi;Pierre Thuéry;Michel Ephritikhine

  • Synthesis and crystal structure of pentavalent uranyl complexes. The remarkable stability of UO2X (X = I, SO3CF3) in non-aqueous solutions

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Gérald Siffredi;Pierre Thuéry;Michel Ephritikhine

  • Isolation of a uranyl [UO2]+ species: crystallographic comparison of the dioxouranium(V) and (VI) compounds [UO2(OPPh3)4](OTf)n (n=1, 2).

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Martine Nierlich;Michel Ephritikhine

  • Oxygen and nitrogen Lewis base adducts of [UO2(OTf)2]. Crystal structures of polypyridine complexes with out-of-plane uranyl equatorial coordination

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Martine Nierlich;M. Ephritikhine

  • Lanthanide(III)/actinide(III) differentiation in coordination of azine molecules to tris(cyclopentadienyl) complexes of cerium and uranium.

    Thouraya Mehdoui;Jean-Claude Berthet;Pierre Thuéry;Michel Ephritikhine

  • Catalytic methylation of aromatic amines with formic acid as the unique carbon and hydrogen source.

    Solène Savourey;Guillaume Lefèvre;Jean-Claude Berthet;Thibault Cantat

  • Easy access to uranium nucleophilic carbene complexes

    Jean-Christophe Tourneux;Jean-Claude Berthet;Pierre Thuéry;Nicolas Mézailles

  • Efficient Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Methanol Using Molecular Ruthenium Catalysts

    Solène Savourey;Guillaume Lefèvre;Jean-Claude Berthet;Pierre Thuéry

  • A comparison of analogous 4f- and 5f-element compounds: syntheses and crystal structures of triphenylphosphine oxide complexes of lanthanide(III) and uranium(III) triflates and iodides [MX2(OPPh3)4][X] (X=OTf and M=Ce or U; X=I and M=Nd, Ce, La, U)

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Martine Nierlich;Michel Ephritikhine

  • Synthesis and crystal structure of the oxo-bridged bimetallic organouranium complex [(Me3SiC5H4)3U]2[μ-O]

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Jean-François Le Maréchal;Martine Nierlich;Monique Lance

  • Unprecedented reduction of the uranyl ion [UO2]2+ into a polyoxo uranium(IV) cluster: Synthesis and crystal structure of the first f-element oxide with a M6(μ3-O)8 core

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Pierre Thuéry;Michel Ephritikhine

  • Catalytic Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Isonitriles Promoted by Organoactinide Complexes

    Eyal Barnea;Tamer Andrea;Moshe Kapon;Jean-Claude Berthet

  • The remarkable efficiency of N-heterocyclic carbenes in lanthanide(III)/actinide(III) differentiation.

    Thouraya Mehdoui;Jean-Claude Berthet;Pierre Thuéry;Michel Ephritikhine

  • A novel coordination geometry for the uranyl ion. Rhombohedral uranium environment in [UO2(OTf)2(bpy)2] and [UO2(phen)3][OTf]2

    Jean-Claude Berthet;Martine Nierlich;Michel Ephritikhine

  • Dehydrocoupling reactions of amines with silanes catalyzed by [(Et2N)3U][BPh4]

    Jia Xi Wang;Aswini K Dash;Jean Claude Berthet;Michel Ephritikhine

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Ephritikhine
Michel Ephritikhine University of Paris-Saclay
Pierre Thuéry
Pierre Thuéry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thibault Cantat
Thibault Cantat University of Paris-Saclay
Moris S. Eisen
Moris S. Eisen Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Charles Madic
Charles Madic French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
David K. Shuh
David K. Shuh Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nicolas Mézailles
Nicolas Mézailles Paul Sabatier University
Tolek Tyliszczak
Tolek Tyliszczak Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lionel Salmon
Lionel Salmon Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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