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Louis Fensterbank

Louis Fensterbank

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
16391
World Ranking
4344
National Ranking
133

Overview

Louis Fensterbank is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work focuses significantly on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, with additional contributions in Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research encompasses several specialized topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Fensterbank has contributed to various scholarly venues, often publishing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis

Frequent collaborators include Cyril Ollivier, Gilles Lemière, Geoffrey Gontard, Jérémy Forté, and Virginie Mouriès-Mansuy.

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on catalysis, radical chemistry, and chemical synthesis innovations. Selected papers include:

  • "Iron and cobalt catalysis: new perspectives in synthetic radical chemistry," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Boron, silicon, nitrogen and sulfur-based contemporary precursors for the generation of alkyl radicals by single electron transfer and their synthetic utilization," 2022, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "β-Cyclodextrin-NHC-Gold(I) Complex (β-ICyD)AuCl: A Chiral Nanoreactor for Enantioselective and Substrate-Selective Alkoxycyclization Reactions," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Permethylated NHC-Capped α- and β-Cyclodextrins (ICyDMe) Regioselective and Enantioselective Gold-Catalysis in Pure Water," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Synthesis of Aliphatic Amides through a Photoredox Catalyzed Radical Carbonylation Involving Organosilicates as Alkyl Radical Precursors," 2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Transition Metal Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of 1,n-Allenynes and -Allenenes

    Corinne Aubert;Louis Fensterbank;Pierre Garcia;Max Malacria

  • Synthesis and reactions of N-heterocyclic carbene boranes.

    Dennis P. Curran;Andrey Solovyev;Malika Makhlouf Brahmi;Louis Fensterbank

  • Molecular complexity from polyunsaturated substrates: the gold catalysis approach.

    Louis Fensterbank;Max Malacria

  • Gold‐Catalyzed Cross‐Couplings: New Opportunities for CC Bond Formation

    Pierre Garcia;Max Malacria;Corinne Aubert;Vincent Gandon

  • Golden Carousel in Catalysis: The Cationic Gold/Propargylic Ester Cycle

    Andrea Correa;Nicolas Marion;Louis Fensterbank;Max Malacria

  • Recent advances in the use of phosphorus-centered radicals in organic chemistry

    Dominique Leca;Louis Fensterbank;Emmanuel Lacôte;Max Malacria

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boryl Radicals: A New Class of Boron-Centered Radical

    Shau-Hua Ueng;Andrey Solovyev;Xinting Yuan;Steven J Geib

  • Silicates as Latent Alkyl Radical Precursors: Visible-Light Photocatalytic Oxidation of Hypervalent Bis-Catecholato Silicon Compounds

    Vincent Corcé;Lise-Marie Chamoreau;Etienne Derat;Jean-Philippe Goddard;Jean-Philippe Goddard

  • Complexes of Borane and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: A New Class of Radical Hydrogen Atom Donor

    Shau-Hua Ueng;Malika Makhlouf Brahmi;Étienne Derat;Louis Fensterbank

  • Photoredox Catalysis for the Generation of Carbon Centered Radicals

    Jean-Philippe Goddard;Cyril Ollivier;Louis Fensterbank

  • Generation and trapping of cyclopentenylidene gold species: four pathways to polycyclic compounds.

    Gilles Lemière;Vincent Gandon;Kevin Cariou;Alexandra Hours

  • PtCl2-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of 5-En-1-yn-3-ol Systems

    Youssef Harrak;Christophe Blaszykowski;Matthieu Bernard;Kevin Cariou

  • Visible-light-induced photoreductive generation of radicals from epoxides and aziridines.

    Marie-Hélène Larraufie;Rémy Pellet;Louis Fensterbank;Jean-Philippe Goddard

  • EPR Studies of the Generation, Structure, and Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Borane Radicals

    John C. Walton;Malika Makhlouf Brahmi;Louis Fensterbank;Emmanuel Lacôte

  • The effect of a hydroxy protecting group on the PtCl2-catalyzed cyclization of dienynes--a novel, efficient, and selective synthesis of carbocycles.

    Emily Mainetti;Virginie Mouriès;Louis Fensterbank;Max Malacria

  • Tandem gold(I)-catalyzed cyclization/electrophilic cyclopropanation of vinyl allenes.

    Gilles Lemière;Vincent Gandon;Kevin Cariou;Takahide Fukuyama

  • Aryl Radical Formation by Copper(I) Photocatalyzed Reduction of Diaryliodonium Salts: NMR Evidence for a CuII/CuI Mechanism

    Alexandre Baralle;Louis Fensterbank;Jean-Philippe Goddard;Cyril Ollivier

  • AuI-catalyzed cycloisomerization of 1,5-enynes bearing a propargylic acetate: formation of unexpected bicyclo[3.1.0]hexene

    Nicolas Marion;Pierre de Frémont;Gilles Lemière;Edwin D. Stevens

  • Gold(I)‐ and Gold(III)‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Allenynes: A Remarkable Halide Effect

    Gilles Lemière;Vincent Gandon;Nicolas Agenet;Jean-Philippe Goddard

  • Oxidation of Alkyl Trifluoroborates: An Opportunity for Tin‐Free Radical Chemistry

    Geoffroy Sorin;Rocio Martinez Mallorquin;Yohan Contie;Alexandre Baralle

Frequent Co-Authors

Max Malacria
Max Malacria Sorbonne University
Emmanuel Lacôte
Emmanuel Lacôte Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Vincent Gandon
Vincent Gandon University of Paris-Saclay
Corinne Aubert
Corinne Aubert Sorbonne University
Dennis P. Curran
Dennis P. Curran University of Pittsburgh
Ilhyong Ryu
Ilhyong Ryu Osaka Metropolitan University
Steven P. Nolan
Steven P. Nolan Ghent University
Takahide Fukuyama
Takahide Fukuyama Osaka Metropolitan University
Anny Jutand
Anny Jutand École Normale Supérieure
Giovanni Palmisano
Giovanni Palmisano Khalifa University

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