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Nicolas Mézailles

Nicolas Mézailles

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Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9181
World Ranking
14360
National Ranking
596

Overview

Nicolas Mézailles is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France and has an extensive publication record that spans primarily materials science and chemistry disciplines. Their research covers a variety of subfields with a focus on materials chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, catalysis, and aspects related to renewable energy and sustainability.

The main themes in Mézailles' work include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, hydrogen storage and materials, and carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mézailles include Nathalie Saffon-Merceron, Marie Fustier-Boutignon, Noel Nebra, Julien Petit, and Lionel Magna.

Publication venues where Nicolas Mézailles has contributed regularly include:

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

Recent papers authored by or involving Mézailles address a range of chemical synthesis and catalytic transformation topics:

  • Conversion of Dinitrogen into Nitrile: Cross-Metathesis of N2-Derived Molybdenum Nitride with Alkynes, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Ammonia Synthesis at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure from N2: A Boron-Radical Approach, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Alkene oligomerization via metallacycles: Recent advances and mechanistic insights, 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Catalytic Reduction of N2 to Borylamine at a Molybdenum Complex, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Aluminum-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Carbon Dioxide, 2021, Inorganic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Nanoscaled metal borides and phosphides: recent developments and perspectives

    Sophie Carenco;David Portehault;Cédric Boissière;Nicolas Mézailles

  • Phosphine gold(I) bis-(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imidate complexes as new highly efficient and air-stable catalysts for the cycloisomerization of enynes.

    Nicolas Mézailles;Louis Ricard;Fabien Gagosz

  • Controlled Design of Size-Tunable Monodisperse Nickel Nanoparticles

    Sophie Carenco;Sophie Carenco;Cédric Boissière;Lionel Nicole;Clément Sanchez

  • The U=C double bond: synthesis and study of uranium nucleophilic carbene complexes.

    Thibault Cantat;Thérèse Arliguie;Anne Noël;Pierre Thuéry

  • Nickel phosphide nanocatalysts for the chemoselective hydrogenation of alkynes

    Sophie Carenco;Sophie Carenco;Antonio Leyva-Pérez;Patricia Concepción;Cédric Boissière

  • A bis(thiophosphinoyl)methanediide palladium complex: coordinated dianion or nucleophilic carbene complex?

    Thibault Cantat;Nicolas Mézailles;Louis Ricard;Yves Jean

  • Nucleophilic scandium carbene complexes.

    Marie Fustier;Xavier F. Le Goff;Pascal Le Floch;Nicolas Mézailles

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

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

  • Mechanistic Insight and Optimization of InP Nanocrystals Synthesized with Aminophosphines

    Aude Buffard;Sébastien Dreyfuss;Brice Nadal;Hadrien Heuclin

  • Direct Synthesis of Silylamine from N2 and a Silane: Mediated by a Tridentate Phosphine Molybdenum Fragment.

    Qian Liao;Anthony Cavaillé;Nathalie Saffon-Merceron;Nicolas Mézailles

  • Silacalix-[n]-phosphaarenes: Macrocyclic Ligands Based on Dicoordinate Phosphorus Centers

    Narcis Avarvari;Nicolas Mézailles;Louis Ricard;Pascal Le Floch

  • New mono- and bis-carbene samarium complexes: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and reactivity.

    Thibault Cantat;Florian Jaroschik;François Nief;Louis Ricard

  • Phosphorus-Stabilized Geminal Dianions

    Thibault Cantat;Louis Ricard;and Pascal Le Floch;Nicolas Mézailles

  • Thulium Alkylidene Complexes: Synthesis, X-ray Structures, and Reactivity

    Thibault Cantat;Florian Jaroschik;Louis Ricard;Pascal Le Floch

  • Bis-phosphorus stabilised carbene complexes

    Thibault Cantat;Nicolas Mézailles;Audrey Auffrant;Pascal Le Floch

  • N2 Reduction into Silylamine at Tridentate Phosphine/Mo Center: Catalysis and Mechanistic Study

    Qian Liao;Nathalie Saffon-Merceron;Nicolas Mézailles

  • Easy access to uranium nucleophilic carbene complexes

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

  • Improving the Li-Electrochemical Properties of Monodisperse Ni2P Nanoparticles by Self-Generated Carbon Coating

    Sophie Carenco;C. Surcin;M. Morcrette;D. Larcher

  • Cationic dimetallic gold hydride complex stabilized by a xantphos-phosphole ligand: synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, and density functional theory study.

    Aurélie Escalle;Guilhem Mora;Fabien Gagosz;Nicolas Mézailles

  • A σ4, λ5-phosphinine palladium complex: a new type of phosphorus ligand and catalyst. Application to the Pd-catalyzed formation of arylboronic esters

    Marjolaine Doux;Nicolas Mézailles;Mohand Melaimi;Louis Ricard

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascal Le Floch
Pascal Le Floch École Polytechnique
Louis Ricard
Louis Ricard École Polytechnique
Cédric Boissière
Cédric Boissière Sorbonne University
Clément Sanchez
Clément Sanchez Collège de France
Thibault Cantat
Thibault Cantat University of Paris-Saclay
François Mathey
François Mathey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pierre Thuéry
Pierre Thuéry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andreas W. Ehlers
Andreas W. Ehlers University of Amsterdam
Ovidiu Ersen
Ovidiu Ersen University of Strasbourg
Christian Müller
Christian Müller Freie Universität Berlin

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