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Olivier Baudoin is a researcher affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their work spans multiple areas within chemistry, with significant contributions to organic and materials chemistry. Baudoin's research portfolio includes over 100 publications in several subfields such as organic chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biotechnology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's primary areas of study focus on catalytic C-H functionalization methods, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, synthesis and catalytic reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, and cyclopropane reaction mechanisms.

Baudoin has published extensively in well-known scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some of Baudoin's recent publications include:

  • Multiple Catalytic C−H Bond Functionalization for Natural Product Synthesis, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Intermolecular Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Atropo-enantioselective C-H Arylation of Heteroarenes, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chiral Catalysts for Pd0-Catalyzed Enantioselective C−H Activation, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Direct Synthesis of Cyclopropanes from gem-Dialkyl Groups through Double C-H Activation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A C-H activation-based enantioselective synthesis of lower carbo[n]helicenes, 2023, Nature Chemistry

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Baudoin's scientific activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Marco Zuccarello
  • Takeru Miyakoshi
  • Anton Kudashev
  • Shu-Min Guo
  • Pierre Thesmar

The emphasis of Baudoin's research on catalytic methodologies, particularly those involving palladium-catalyzed C-H activation, aligns with major themes in synthetic organic chemistry and materials development. This body of work contributes to understanding reaction mechanisms and expanding the toolbox for chemical synthesis, spanning natural product synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, and novel cyclopropane formation.

Best Publications

  • Functionalization of Organic Molecules by Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed C(sp3) ? H Activation

    Rodolphe Jazzar;Julien Hitce;Alice Renaudat;Julien Sofack-Kreutzer

  • Transition metal-catalyzed arylation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds

    Olivier Baudoin

  • New approaches for decarboxylative biaryl coupling

    Olivier Baudoin

  • The Asymmetric Suzuki Coupling Route to Axially Chiral Biaryls

    Olivier Baudoin

  • Application of the palladium-catalyzed borylation/Suzuki coupling (BSC) reaction to the synthesis of biologically active biaryl lactams.

    Olivier Baudoin;Michèle Cesario;Daniel Guénard;Françoise Guéritte

  • Synthesis of Benzocyclobutenes by Palladium-Catalyzed C−H Activation of Methyl Groups: Method and Mechanistic Study

    Manon Chaumontet;Riccardo Piccardi;Nicolas Audic;Julien Hitce

  • The Palladium‐Catalyzed C–H Activation of Benzylic gem‐Dialkyl Groups

    Olivier Baudoin;Audrey Herrbach;Françoise Guéritte

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Borylation of Ortho-Substituted Phenyl Halides and Application to the One-Pot Synthesis of 2,2‘-Disubstituted Biphenyls

    Olivier Baudoin;Daniel Guénard;Françoise Guéritte

  • Ring Construction by Palladium(0)-Catalyzed C(sp3)-H Activation.

    Olivier Baudoin

  • Intramolecular palladium-catalyzed alkane C-H arylation from aryl chlorides.

    Sophie Rousseaux;Michaël Davi;Julien Sofack-Kreutzer;Cathleen Pierre

  • Palladium-Catalyzed β-Arylation of Carboxylic Esters

    A. Renaudat;L. Jean-Gérard;R. Jazzar;C. E. Kefalidis

  • Synthesis of Aromatic α‐Aminoesters: Palladium‐Catalyzed Long‐Range Arylation of Primary C sp 3H Bonds

    Sam Aspin;Anne-Sophie Goutierre;Paolo Larini;Rodolphe Jazzar

  • Multiple Catalytic C–H Bond Functionalization for Natural Product Synthesis

    Olivier Baudoin

  • Diastereo- and enantioselective intramolecular C(sp3)-H arylation for the synthesis of fused cyclopentanes.

    Nicolas Martin;Cathleen Pierre;Michaël Davi;Rodolphe Jazzar

  • Ligand-controlled β-selective C(sp3)–H arylation of N-Boc-piperidines

    Anthony Millet;Paolo Larini;Eric Clot;Olivier Baudoin

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Intramolecular C(sp3)H Functionalization: Catalyst Development and Synthetic Applications

    Julien Hitce;Pascal Retailleau;Olivier Baudoin

  • Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydroisoquinolines by a C(sp3) ? H Activation/Electrocyclization Strategy: Total Synthesis of Coralydine

    Manon Chaumontet;Riccardo Piccardi;Olivier Baudoin

  • Intermolecular Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Atropo-enantioselective C–H Arylation of Heteroarenes

    Qui-Hien Nguyen;Shu-Min Guo;Titouan Royal;Olivier Baudoin

  • Copper‐Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of N,N‐Dialkylhydrazones

    Etienne Pair;Nuno Monteiro;Didier Bouyssi;Olivier Baudoin

  • Asymmetric synthesis of an axially chiral antimitotic biaryl via an atropo-enantioselective Suzuki cross-coupling.

    Audrey Herrbach;Angela Marinetti;Olivier Baudoin;Daniel Guénard

  • Palladium(0)-catalyzed asymmetric C(sp3)-H arylation using a chiral binol-derived phosphate and an achiral ligand.

    Lei Yang;Romain Melot;Markus Neuburger;Olivier Baudoin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodolphe Jazzar
Rodolphe Jazzar University of California, San Diego
Françoise Guéritte
Françoise Guéritte Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles
Eric Clot
Eric Clot University of Montpellier
K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou
Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou University of Paris-Saclay
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg
Takashi Ohshima
Takashi Ohshima Kyushu University
Pascal Retailleau
Pascal Retailleau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Markus Neuburger
Markus Neuburger University of Basel
Véronique Michelet
Véronique Michelet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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