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Samir Z. Zard is a researcher affiliated with École Polytechnique in France, specializing primarily in the field of Chemistry with a strong focus on Organic Chemistry. Their work spans 72 publications, addressing subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Molecular Biology, and Biomaterials.

Their research covers a variety of topics, prominently featuring:

  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Discovery of the RAFT/MADIX Process: Mechanistic Insights and Polymer Chemistry Implications," 2020, published in Macromolecules
  • "The Xanthate Route to Indolines, Indoles, and their Aza Congeners," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal

Although not the primary author for some works, Samir Z. Zard has a strong connection to coauthor Jean Michalland, whose recent papers include:

  • "A Modular Access to 1,2- and 1,3-Disubstituted Cyclobutylboronic Esters by Consecutive Radical Additions," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "A Convergent, Stereoselective Route to Trisubstituted Alkenyl Boronates," 2021, Organic Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Samir Z. Zard include:

  • Béatrice Quiclet-Sire (6 coauthored papers)
  • Jean Michalland (4 coauthored papers)
  • Nicolas Casaretto (4 coauthored papers)
  • Valentin S. Dorokhov (3 coauthored papers)
  • Bartosz Bieszczad (2 coauthored papers)

Samir Z. Zard's research has been published in a range of journals, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Organic Letters (10 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (3 publications)
  • Helvetica Chimica Acta (2 publications)
  • Molecules (2 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in the generation and use of nitrogen-centred radicals.

    Samir Z. Zard

  • ON THE TRAIL OF XANTHATES: SOME NEW CHEMISTRY FROM AN OLD FUNCTIONAL GROUP

    Samir Z. Zard;Samir Z. Zard

  • A useful synthesis of pyrroles from nitroolefins

    Derek H.R. Barton;Derek H.R. Barton;Jocelyne Kervagoret;Jocelyne Kervagoret;Samir Z. Zard;Samir Z. Zard

  • Dithiocarbamates as universal reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer agents

    Mathias Destarac;D. Charmot;X. Franck;Samir Zard

  • Synthesis process of block polymers by controlled free-radial polymerization

    Corpart Pascale;Charmot Dominique;Biadatti Thibaud;Zard Samir

  • A new synthesis of pyrroles from nitroalkenes

    Derek H. R. Barton;Samir Z. Zard

  • Powerful carbon - Carbon bond forming reactions based on a novel radical exchange process

    Béatrice Quiclet-Sire;Samir Z. Zard

  • Xanthates as Chain‐Transfer Agents in Controlled Radical Polymerization (MADIX): Structural Effect of the O‐Alkyl Group

    Mathias Destarac;Wojciech Bzducha;Daniel Taton;Daniel Taton;Isabelle Gauthier-Gillaizeau

  • Fun with radicals: Some new perspectives for organic synthesis*

    Béatrice Quiclet-Sire;Samir Z. Zard

  • The Degenerative Radical Transfer of Xanthates and Related Derivatives : An Unusually Powerful Tool for the Creation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds

    Béatrice Quiclet-Sire;Samir Z. Zard

  • Ring opening induced by iminyl radicals derived from cyclobutanones: new aspects of tin hydride cleavage of S-phenyl sulfenylimines

    Jean Boivin;Eric Fouquet;Samir Z. Zard

  • A convenient source of alkyl and acyl radicals

    Paul Delduc;Catherine Tailhan;Samir Z. Zard

  • Iminyl Radicals: A Fresh Look at a Forgotten Species (and Some of its Relatives)

    Samir Z. Zard

  • Controlled radical polymerization in dispersed media

    Unknown

  • Iminyl, amidyl, and carbamyl radicals from O-benzoyl oximes and O-benzoyl hydroxamic acid derivatives

    Jean Boivin;Anne-Claude Callier-Dublanchet;Béatrice Quiclet-Sire;Anne-Marie Schiano

  • Macromolecular Design via the Interchange of Xanthates (MADIX): Polymerization of Styrene with O‐Ethyl Xanthates as Controlling Agents

    Mathias Destarac;Cyril Brochon;Jean-Marie Catala;Agnieszka Wilczewska

  • On the mechanism of the deoxygenation of secondary alcohols by the reduction of their methyl xanthates by tin hydrides

    Derek H.R. Barton;David Crich;Antonius Löbberding;Samir Z. Zard

  • The genesis of the reversible radical addition-fragmentation-transfer of thiocarbonylthio derivatives from the Barton-McCombie deoxygenation: A brief account and some mechanistic observations

    Samir Z. Zard

  • The invention of radical reactions : Part XVI. Radical decarboxylative bromination and iodination of aromatic acids

    Derek H.R. Barton;Derek H.R. Barton;Brigitte Lacher;Brigitte Lacher;Samir Z. Zard;Samir Z. Zard

  • The invention of radical reactions : Part XV.Some mechanistic aspects of the decarboxylative rearrangement of thiohydroxamic esters

    Derek H.R. Barton;Dominique Bridon;Isabel Fernandaz-Picot;Samir Z. Zard

  • A Short Synthesis of (±)‐13‐Deoxyserratine

    Jérome Cassayre;Fabien Gagosz;Samir Z. Zard

  • Invention of new reactions useful in the chemistry of natural products

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek H. R. Barton
Derek H. R. Barton Texas A&M University
Fabien Gagosz
Fabien Gagosz University of Ottawa
William B. Motherwell
William B. Motherwell University College London
Mathias Destarac
Mathias Destarac Paul Sabatier University
Sunggak Kim
Sunggak Kim Nanyang Technological University
Daniel Taton
Daniel Taton University of Bordeaux
Edward W. Tate
Edward W. Tate Imperial College London
Ghenwa Bouhadir
Ghenwa Bouhadir Paul Sabatier University
Guy Ourisson
Guy Ourisson University of Strasbourg
Michelle L. Coote
Michelle L. Coote Flinders University

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