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  • 2013 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France

Overview

Thibault Cantat is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research spans primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focused expertise in Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

Among recent publications, the following papers are notable:

  • "Transition-Metal-Free Carbon Isotope Exchange of Phenyl Acetic Acids," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Arene-Bridged Dithorium Complexes: Inverse Sandwiches Supported by a δ Bonding Interaction," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Reductive depolymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates with hydroboranes by using a lanthanum(iii) tris(amide) catalyst," 2022, Chemical Communications
  • "Selective Reduction of Secondary Amides to Imines Catalysed by Schwartz's Reagent**," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Zirconium-catalysed hydrosilylation of esters and depolymerisation of polyester plastic waste," 2022, Green Chemistry

Frequently publishing venues include:

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

Collaborative work is an important aspect of Cantat's scientific output, with frequent coauthors comprising:

  • P. Thuéry
  • Emmanuel Nicolas
  • J.-C. Berthet
  • Florian Dulong
  • Lucile Anthore-Dalion

Among recognitions received, Cantat was awarded the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Cover Picture: A Diagonal Approach to Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide: Organocatalytic Transformation for the Reductive Functionalization of CO2 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2012)

    Christophe Das Neves Gomes;Olivier Jacquet;Claude Villiers;Pierre Thuéry

  • A Diagonal Approach to Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide: Organocatalytic Transformation for the Reductive Functionalization of CO2

    Christophe Das Neves Gomes;Olivier Jacquet;Claude Villiers;Pierre Thuéry

  • CO2 as a C1-building block for the catalytic methylation of amines

    Olivier Jacquet;Xavier Frogneux;Christophe Das Neves Gomes;Thibault Cantat

  • Reductive functionalization of CO2 with amines: an entry to formamide, formamidine and methylamine derivatives

    Anis Tlili;Enguerrand Blondiaux;Xavier Frogneux;Thibault Cantat

  • Recycling of Carbon and Silicon Wastes: Room Temperature Formylation of N–H Bonds Using Carbon Dioxide and Polymethylhydrosiloxane

    Olivier Jacquet;Christophe Das Neves Gomes;Michel Ephritikhine;Thibault Cantat

  • Uranium azide photolysis results in C–H bond activation and provides evidence for a terminal uranium nitride

    Robert K. Thomson;Thibault Cantat;Brian L. Scott;David E. Morris

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

    Thibault Cantat;Thérèse Arliguie;Anne Noël;Pierre Thuéry

  • Iron-catalyzed hydrosilylation of CO2: CO2 conversion to formamides and methylamines

    Xavier Frogneux;Olivier Jacquet;Thibault Cantat

  • Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Methylamines under Metal-Free Conditions†

    Enguerrand Blondiaux;Jacky Pouessel;Thibault Cantat

  • Metal-free reduction of CO2 with hydroboranes: two efficient pathways at play for the reduction of CO2 to methanol.

    Christophe Das Neves Gomes;Enguerrand Blondiaux;Pierre Thuéry;Thibault Cantat

  • Convergent reductive depolymerization of wood lignin to isolated phenol derivatives by metal-free catalytic hydrosilylation

    Elias Feghali;Géraldine Carrot;Pierre Thuéry;Caroline Genre

  • Redox control of a polymerization catalyst by changing the oxidation state of the metal center

    Erin M. Broderick;Neng Guo;Tianpin Wu;Carola S. Vogel

  • Depolymerization of Waste Plastics to Monomers and Chemicals Using a Hydrosilylation Strategy Facilitated by Brookhart’s Iridium(III) Catalyst

    Louis Monsigny;Jean-Claude Berthet;Thibault Cantat

  • Convenient access to the anhydrous thorium tetrachloride complexes ThCl4(DME)2, ThCl4(1,4-dioxane)2 and ThCl4(THF)3.5 using commercially available and inexpensive starting materials

    Thibault Cantat;Brian L. Scott;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger

  • UI4(1,4-dioxane)2, [UCl4(1,4-dioxane)]2, and UI3(1,4-dioxane)1.5: Stable and Versatile Starting Materials for Low- and High-Valent Uranium Chemistry

    Marisa J. Monreal;Robert K. Thomson;Thibault Cantat;Nicholas E. Travia

  • Structural and kinetic effects of chloride ions in the palladium-catalyzed allylic substitutions

    Thibault Cantat;Emilie Génin;Claire Giroud;Gilbert Meyer

  • Complete Catalytic Deoxygenation of CO2 into Formamidine Derivatives

    Olivier Jacquet;Christophe Das Neves Gomes;Michel Ephritikhine;Thibault Cantat

  • Titelbild: A Diagonal Approach to Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide: Organocatalytic Transformation for the Reductive Functionalization of CO2 (Angew. Chem. 1/2012)

    Christophe Das Neves Gomes;Olivier Jacquet;Claude Villiers;Pierre Thuéry

  • A Diagonal Approach to Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide: Organocatalytic Transformation for the Reductive Functionalization of CO<sub>2</sub>

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

    Thibault Cantat;Nicolas Mézailles;Louis Ricard;Yves Jean

  • Implications of CO2 Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs in the Catalytic Hydroboration of CO2: A View Using N/Si+ Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    N von Wolff;G Lefèvre;J.-C Berthet;Pierre Thuéry

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Mézailles
Nicolas Mézailles Paul Sabatier University
Pierre Thuéry
Pierre Thuéry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Claude Berthet
Jean-Claude Berthet French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Pascal Le Floch
Pascal Le Floch École Polytechnique
Jaqueline L. Kiplinger
Jaqueline L. Kiplinger Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michel Ephritikhine
Michel Ephritikhine University of Paris-Saclay
Brian L. Scott
Brian L. Scott Los Alamos National Laboratory
Louis Ricard
Louis Ricard École Polytechnique
Paula L. Diaconescu
Paula L. Diaconescu University of California, Los Angeles
David E. Morris
David E. Morris Los Alamos National Laboratory

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