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Overview

Jérôme Lacour is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research covers a broad spectrum of subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their work focuses on several main topics:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods

Jérôme Lacour has published research in a variety of prominent scientific venues with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemical Science
  • Angewandte Chemie

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Bright Long-Lived Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Chiral Chromium(III) Complexes, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bright Long-Lived Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Chiral Chromium(III) Complexes, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Self-enhanced multicolor electrochemiluminescence by competitive electron-transfer processes, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Chiral control of spin-crossover dynamics in Fe(II) complexes, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Singlet Fission in a Flexible Bichromophore with Structural and Dynamic Control, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaborations form an integral part of Lacour's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Céline Besnard
  • Francesco Zinna
  • Laure Guénée
  • Adiran de Aguirre
  • Amalia I. Poblador-Bahamonde

Best Publications

  • Helicenes—A New Class of Organic Spin Filter

    Vankayala Kiran;Shinto P. Mathew;Sidney R. Cohen;Irene Hernández Delgado

  • Recent developments in chiral anion mediated asymmetric chemistry.

    Jérôme Lacour;Virginie Hebbe-Viton

  • Chiral anion-mediated asymmetric ion pairing chemistry

    Jérôme Lacour;Delphine Moraleda

  • Cationic triangulenes and helicenes: synthesis, chemical stability, optical properties and extended applications of these unusual dyes

    Johann Bosson;Jérôme Gouin;Jérôme Lacour

  • Synthesis and Resolution of the Configurationally Stable Tris(tetrachlorobenzenediolato)phosphate(V) Ion

    Jérôme Lacour;Catherine Ginglinger;Chantal Grivet;Gérald Hugues Bernardinelli

  • Mounting freestanding molecular functions onto surfaces: the platform approach.

    Belinda Baisch;Diego Raffa;Ulrich Jung;Olaf M. Magnussen

  • Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry: New Oxidation Reactions Using the Iodosylbenzene−Trimethylsilyl Azide Reagent Combination. Direct α- and β-Azido Functionalization of Triisopropylsilyl Enol Ethers

    Philip Magnus;Jérôme Lacour;P. Andrew Evans;and Michael B. Roe

  • A Highly Configurationally Stable [4]Heterohelicenium Cation†

    Christelle Herse;Delphine Bas;Frederik C. Krebs;Thomas Bürgi

  • Combined reversible switching of ECD and quenching of CPL with chiral fluorescent macrocycles.

    Alexandre Homberg;Elodie Brun;Francesco Zinna;Simon Pascal

  • Self-assembled hexanuclear arene ruthenium metallo-prisms with unexpected double helical chirality.

    Padavattan Govindaswamy;David Linder;Jérôme Lacour;Georg Süss-Fink

  • New trialkylsilyl enol ether chemistry. Direct .beta.-azido functionalization of triisopropylsilyl enol ethers

    Philip Magnus;Jerome Lacour

  • One-step synthesis of nitrogen-containing medium-sized rings via α-imino diazo intermediates.

    Florian Medina;Céline Besnard;Jérôme Lacour

  • Circularly-Polarized Electrochemiluminescence from a Chiral Bispyrene Organic Macrocycle.

    Francesco Zinna;Silvia Voci;Lorenzo Arrico;Elodie Brun

  • Resolution of [4]heterohelicenium dyes with unprecedented Pummerer-like chemistry.

    Benoît Laleu;Pierre Mobian;Christelle Herse;Bo W. Laursen

  • Functionalized cationic [4]helicenes with unique tuning of absorption, fluorescence and chiroptical properties up to the far-red range

    I. Hernández Delgado;S. Pascal;A. Wallabregue;R. Duwald

  • Efficient Enantioselective Extraction of Tris(diimine)ruthenium(II) Complexes by Chiral, Lipophilic TRISPHAT Anions

    Jérôme Lacour;Catherine Goujon‐Ginglinger;Sonya Torche‐Haldimann;Jonathan J. Jodry

  • Recent developments in enantioselective phase transfer catalysis using chiral ammonium salts

    Jérôme Vachon;Jérôme Lacour

  • Direct N-alkyl azidonation of N,N-dialkylarylamines with the iodosylbenzene/trimethylsilyl azide reagent combination

    Philip Magnus;Jerome Lacour;Wolfgang Weber

  • Diastereoselective Ion Pairing of TRISPHAT Anions and Tris(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine)iron(II).

    Jérôme Lacour;Jonathan J. Jodry;Catherine Ginglinger;Sonya Torche-Haldimann

  • Approaches to the Synthesis of the Vancomycin Antibiotics. Synthesis of Orienticin C (Bis-dechlorovancomycin) Aglycon

    David A. Evans;James C. Barrow;Paul S. Watson;Andrew M. Ratz

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérald Bernardinelli
Gérald Bernardinelli University of Geneva
Thomas Bürgi
Thomas Bürgi University of Geneva
Philip Magnus
Philip Magnus The University of Texas at Austin
Neso Sojic
Neso Sojic University of Bordeaux
Eric Vauthey
Eric Vauthey University of Geneva
Denis Jacquemin
Denis Jacquemin University of Nantes
Philip C. Bulman Page
Philip C. Bulman Page University of East Anglia
Claude Piguet
Claude Piguet University of Geneva
Eric Bakker
Eric Bakker University of Geneva
Juan M. Cuerva
Juan M. Cuerva University of Granada

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