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Pierre H. Dixneuf

Pierre H. Dixneuf

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Chemistry
France
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
30656
World Ranking
2152
National Ranking
43

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Pierre H. Dixneuf is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of chemistry. Their work spans various subfields, including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, and renewable energy, sustainability and the environment.

Their research focuses on several main topics, notably asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, radical photochemical reactions, synthesis and catalytic reactions, and sulfur-based synthesis techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Dixneuf include the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organic Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and Nature Communications.

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • Metal-catalyzed silylation of sp3C-H bonds (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Room Temperature Construction of Vicinal Amino Alcohols via Electroreductive Cross-Coupling of N-Heteroarenes and Carbonyls (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Reductive Coupling of Nitroarenes and HCHO for General Synthesis of Functional Ethane-1,2-diamines by a Cobalt Single-Atom Catalyst (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • syn-Selective Construction of Fused Heterocycles by Catalytic Reductive Tandem Functionalization of N-Heteroarenes (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • Late-Stage Diversification of Biarylphosphines through Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed C-H Bond Alkenylation with Internal Alkynes (2020, Organic Letters)

Dixneuf works collaboratively with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including Min Zhang, Huanfeng Jiang, Chenggang Ci, Jialu Sun, and Maorui Wang.

The scientist has been recognized with membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts as well as acknowledgment from the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa).

Best Publications

  • Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation and Functionalization

    Percia Beatrice Arockiam;Christian Bruneau;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Photoredox Catalysis for Building C-C Bonds from C(sp2)-H Bonds.

    Chang-Sheng Wang;Pierre H. Dixneuf;Jean-François Soulé

  • sp2 C–H bond activation in water and catalytic cross-coupling reactions

    Bin Li;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Metal Vinylidenes in Catalysis

    Christian Bruneau;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Metal vinylidenes and allenylidenes in catalysis: applications in anti-Markovnikov additions to terminal alkynes and alkene metathesis.

    Christian Bruneau;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Autocatalysis for C–H Bond Activation by Ruthenium(II) Complexes in Catalytic Arylation of Functional Arenes

    Emmanuel Ferrer Flegeau;Christian Bruneau;Pierre H. Dixneuf;Anny Jutand

  • Direct Arylation of Arene C−H Bonds by Cooperative Action of NHCarbene−Ruthenium(II) Catalyst and Carbonate via Proton Abstraction Mechanism

    Ismail Ozdemir;Serpil Demir;Bekir Cetinkaya;Christophe Gourlaouen

  • Cationic Ruthenium Allenylidene Complexes as Catalysts for Ring Closing Olefin Metathesis

    Alois Fürstner;Monika Liebl;Christian W. Lehmann;Michel Picquet

  • C ? H Bond Functionalization in Water Catalyzed by Carboxylato Ruthenium(II) Systems

    Percia B. Arockiam;Cédric Fischmeister;Christian Bruneau;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Cationic ruthenium allenylidene complexes as a new class of performing catalysts for ring closing metathesis

    Alois Fürstner;M. Picquet;C. Bruneau;P. H. Dixneuf

  • Organometallic Chemistry of Arene Ruthenium and Osmium Complexes

    Hubert Le Bozec;Daniel Touchard;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • General Synthesis of (Z)-Alk-1-en-1-yl Esters via Ruthenium-Catalyzed anti-Markovnikov trans-Addition of Carboxylic Acids to Terminal Alkynes

    Henri Doucet;Blanca Martin-Vaca;Christian Bruneau;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Ruthenium-allenylidene complexes and their specific behaviour

    Stéphane Rigaut;Daniel Touchard;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Activation of 2-propyn-1-ol derivatives by (arene)ruthenium(II) complexes: new route to (alkenylcarbene)- and (polyenylcarbene)-metal complexes

    Didier Pilette;Khalid Ouzzine;Hubert Le Bozec;Pierre H. Dixneuf

  • Light‐Driven Hydrogen Generation: Efficient Iron‐Based Water Reduction Catalysts

    Felix Gärtner;Basker Sundararaju;Annette‐Enrica Surkus;Albert Boddien

  • Ruthenium or Ferrocenyl Homobimetallic and RuPdRu and FePdFe Heterotrimetallic Complexes Connected by Unsaturated, Carbon-Rich −C⋮CC6H4C⋮C− Bridges

    Olivier Lavastre;Jan Plass;Petra Bachmann;Salaheddine Guesmi

  • A new class of carbon-rich organometallics. The C3, C4 and C5 metallacumulenes Ru(C)nCR2

    D. Touchard;P.H. Dixneuf

  • η6‐Mesityl,η1‐Imidazolinylidene–Carbene–Ruthenium(II) Complexes: Catalytic Activity of their Allenylidene Derivatives in Alkene Metathesis and Cycloisomerisation Reactions

    Bekir Çetinkaya;Serpil Demir;Ismail Özdemir;Loïc Toupet

  • Sequential Synthesis of Furans from Alkynes: Successive Ruthenium(II)‐ and Copper(II)‐Catalyzed Processes

    Min Zhang;Min Zhang;Huan-Feng Jiang;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • Vinylidene-, Alkynyl-, and trans-Bis(alkynyl)ruthenium Complexes. Crystal Structure of trans-[Ru(NH3)(C⋮C−Ph)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2]PF6

    Daniel Touchard;Pierre Haquette;Salaheddine Guesmi;Luc Le Pichon

  • New ruthenium vinylidene complexes as intermediates for the access to .sigma.-acetylide and unsymmetrical trans-diynyl, alkynyl metal complexes. Crystal structures of [(Ph2PCH2PPh2)2(Cl)Ru=C=CH2]PF6 and [(Ph2PCH2PPh2)2(Cl)RuC.tplbond.CH] complexes

    Daniel Touchard;Pierre Haquette;Nadine Pirio;Loic Toupet

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Bruneau
Christian Bruneau University of Rennes
Cédric Fischmeister
Cédric Fischmeister University of Rennes
Loïc Toupet
Loïc Toupet University of Rennes
Henri Doucet
Henri Doucet University of Rennes
Christophe Darcel
Christophe Darcel University of Rennes
Bekir Çetinkaya
Bekir Çetinkaya Ege University
Arthur J. Carty
Arthur J. Carty University of Waterloo
Nicholas J. Taylor
Nicholas J. Taylor University of Waterloo
İsmail Özdemir
İsmail Özdemir Inonu University
Xiao-Feng Wu
Xiao-Feng Wu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

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