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Jean-Marc Latour is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, focusing particularly on subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry, with additional work related to Molecular Biology and Oncology.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a primary interest in synthesis and catalytic processes involving metal catalysts, particularly iron species. Notable papers include:

  • "Fe-Catalyzed Aziridination Is Governed by the Electron Affinity of the Active Imido-Iron Species" (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Experiments and DFT Computations Combine to Decipher Fe-Catalyzed Amidine Synthesis through Nitrene Transfer and Nitrile Insertion" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Nitrene transfers mediated by natural and artificial iron enzymes" (2021, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry)
  • "Expedient Synthesis of 2-Iminothiazolidines via Telescoping Reactions Including Iron-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer and Domino Ring-Opening Cyclization (DROC)" (2020, European Journal of Organic Chemistry)
  • "Myoglobin-Catalyzed Azide Reduction Proceeds via an Anionic Metal Amide Intermediate" (2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

The topics and research themes covered in their work include:

  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions

Jean-Marc Latour frequently collaborates with coauthors such as Martin Clémancey, Pascale Maldivi, Patrick Dubourdeaux, Geneviève Blondin, and Guillaume Coin.

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • pH-controlled change of the metal coordination in a dicopper(II) complex of the ligand H-BPMP: crystal structures, magnetic properties, and catecholase activity.

    Stephane Torelli;C. Belle;I. Gautier-Luneau;J. Pierre

  • A New Bimetallic Ferromagnet, [Ni(en)2]3[Fe(CN)6]2.cntdot.2H2O, with a Rare Rope-Ladder Chain Structure

    Masaaki Ohba;Naomi Maruono;Hisashi Okawa;Toshiaki Enoki

  • Understanding Active Sites in Pyrolyzed Fe–N–CCatalysts for Fuel Cell Cathodes by Bridging Density Functional TheoryCalculations and 57 Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy

    Tzonka Mineva;Ivana Matanovic;Ivana Matanovic;Plamen Atanassov;Plamen Atanassov;Moulay-Tahar Sougrati

  • Direct inhibition by nitric oxide of the transcriptional ferric uptake regulation protein via nitrosylation of the iron

    Benoit d'Autreaux;Daniè Le Touati;Beate Bersch;Jean-Marc Latour

  • A mononuclear nonheme iron(IV)-oxo complex which is more reactive than cytochrome P450 model compound I†

    Mi Sook Seo;Nam Hee Kim;Kyung Bin Cho;Jeong Eun So

  • Synthesis, Structural, Magnetic, and Redox Properties of Asymmetric Diiron Complexes with a Single Terminally Bound Phenolate Ligand. Relevance to the Purple Acid Phosphatase Enzymes

    Elisabeth Lambert;Barbara Chabut;Sylvie Chardon-Noblat;Alain Deronzier

  • Mammalian frataxin controls sulfur production and iron entry during de novo Fe4S4 cluster assembly.

    Florent Colin;Alain Martelli;Martin Clémancey;Jean-Marc Latour

  • X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a new zinc site in the fur protein from Escherichia coli.

    Lilian Jacquamet;Daniel Aberdam;Annie Adrait;Jean-Louis Hazemann

  • Structural and density functional studies of uranium(III) and lanthanum(III) complexes with a neutral tripodal N-donor ligand suggesting the presence of a U-N back-bonding interaction.

    Marinella Mazzanti;Raphaël Wietzke;Jacques Pécaut;Jean-Marc Latour

  • Iron-Sulfur (Fe-S) Cluster Assembly THE SufBCD COMPLEX IS A NEW TYPE OF Fe-S SCAFFOLD WITH A FLAVIN REDOX COFACTOR

    Silke Wollers;Silke Wollers;Silke Wollers;Gunhild Layer;Gunhild Layer;Gunhild Layer;Ricardo Garcia-Serres;Ricardo Garcia-Serres;Ricardo Garcia-Serres;Luca Signor

  • An N-bridged high-valent diiron-oxo species on a porphyrin platform that can oxidize methane.

    Evgeny V Kudrik;Pavel Afanasiev;Leonardo X Alvarez;Patrick Dubourdeaux

  • Peroxotitanium(IV) porphyrins. Synthesis, stereochemistry, and properties

    Roger Guilard;Jean Marc Latour;Claude Lecomte;Jean Claude Marchon

  • Identification of Iron(III) Peroxo Species in the Active Site of the Superoxide Reductase SOR from Desulfoarculus baarsii

    Christelle Mathe;Tony A. Mattioli;Olivier Horner;Murielle Lombard

  • Structural and functional characterization of 2-oxo-histidine in oxidized PerR protein.

    Daouda A K Traore;Abdelnasser El Ghazouani;Lilian Jacquamet;Franck Borel

  • Structural characterization of the active form of PerR: insights into the metal-induced activation of PerR and Fur proteins for DNA binding

    L. Jacquamet;D. A. K. Traoré;J.-L. Ferrer;O. Proux

  • Nickel Complexes of Carboxylate-Containing Polydentate Ligands as Models for the Active Site of Urease

    Håkan Carlsson;Matti Haukka;Azzedine Bousseksou;Jean-Marc Latour

  • Lanthanide(III) Complexes of Tripodal N-Donor Ligands: Structural Models for the Species Involved in Solvent Extraction of Actinides(III)

    Raphaël Wietzke;Marinella Mazzanti;Jean-Marc Latour;Jacques Pécaut

  • Crystal structure of the apo-PerR-Zn protein from Bacillus subtilis.

    Daouda A. K. Traoré;Abdelnasser El Ghazouani;Sougandi Ilango;Jérôme Dupuy

  • Spectroscopic description of the two nitrosyl-iron complexes responsible for fur inhibition by nitric oxide.

    Benoît D'Autréaux;Olivier Horner;Jean-Louis Oddou;Claudine Jeandey

  • The Diabetes Drug Target MitoNEET Governs a Novel Trafficking Pathway to Rebuild an Fe-S Cluster into Cytosolic Aconitase/Iron Regulatory Protein 1

    Ioana Ferecatu;Sergio Gonçalves;Marie-Pierre Golinelli-Cohen;Marie-Pierre Golinelli-Cohen;Martin Clémancey

  • Synthesis and characterization of dinuclear copper(II) complexes of the dinucleating ligand 2,6-bis[(bis((1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methyl)amino)methyl]-4-methylphenol

    Kenneth J. Oberhausen;John F. Richardson;Robert M. Buchanan;James K. McCusker

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Fontecave
Marc Fontecave Collège de France
Jacques Pécaut
Jacques Pécaut Grenoble Alpes University
Alain Deronzier
Alain Deronzier Grenoble Alpes University
David E. Fenton
David E. Fenton University of Sheffield
Wonwoo Nam
Wonwoo Nam Ewha Womans University
Roger Guilard
Roger Guilard University of Burgundy
Yong-Min Lee
Yong-Min Lee Yonsei University
Harry Adams
Harry Adams University of Sheffield
Marinella Mazzanti
Marinella Mazzanti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jean-Luc Ravanat
Jean-Luc Ravanat Grenoble Alpes University

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