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Thierry Billard

Thierry Billard

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Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
8596
World Ranking
14410
National Ranking
3707

Overview

Thierry Billard is affiliated with Lyon College in the United States, actively contributing to research in chemistry and related fields. Their work spans multiple disciplines, including chemistry and pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics, with a focus on specialized subfields such as pharmaceutical science, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and inorganic chemistry.

Their research addresses several key topics in chemistry, notably:

  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Billard has published extensively in a variety of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Tetrahedron
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent publications include several papers primarily from 2021 and 2022, highlighting synthesis methods and chemical properties of fluorinated and sulfur-containing compounds:

  • (Trifluoromethylselenyl)methylchalcogenyl as Emerging Fluorinated Groups: Synthesis under Photoredox Catalysis and Determination of the Lipophilicity, 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Synthesis, Reactivity and Activation Modes of Fluoroalkyl Thiosulfonates and Selenosulfonates, 2021, European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Study of a Stable "Trifluoromethoxide Anion Solution" Arising from 2,4-Dinitro-Trifluoromethoxybenzene, 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Recent synthetic methods towards the -OCHF2 moiety, 2021, Tetrahedron
  • Study of Carbamoyl Fluoride: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, 2022, Chemistry - A European Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, with notable partnerships involving:

  • Fabien Toulgoat
  • Kévin Grollier
  • Frédéric R. Leroux
  • Gilles Hanquet
  • Armen Panossian

Best Publications

  • Direct Trifluoromethylthiolation Reactions: The “Renaissance” of an Old Concept

    Fabien Toulgoat;Sébastien Alazet;Thierry Billard

  • Formation of C-SCF3 bonds through direct trifluoromethylthiolation.

    Anis Tlili;Thierry Billard

  • Synthetic Approaches to Trifluoromethoxy-Substituted Compounds.

    Anis Tlili;Fabien Toulgoat;Fabien Toulgoat;Thierry Billard

  • Trifluoromethanesulfanylamides as Easy‐to‐Handle Equivalents of the Trifluoromethanesulfanyl Cation (CF3S+): Reaction with Alkenes and Alkynes

    Aurélien Ferry;Thierry Billard;Bernard R. Langlois;Eric Bacqué

  • Synthesis of trifluoromethanesulfinamidines and -sulfanylamides.

    Aurélien Ferry;Thierry Billard;Bernard R. Langlois;Eric Bacqué

  • Preparation of trifluoromethyl sulfides or selenides from trifluoromethyl trimethylsilane and thiocyanates or selenocyanates

    Thierry Billard;Sylvie Large;Bernard R Langlois

  • Electrophilic trifluoromethanesulfanylation of organometallic species with trifluoromethanesulfanamides.

    François Baert;Julie Colomb;Thierry Billard

  • Some Recent Results in Nucleophilic Trifluoromethylation and Introduction of Fluorinated Moieties

    Bernard R. Langlois;Thierry Billard

  • Electrophilic trifluoromethanesulfanylation of indole derivatives

    Aurélien Ferry;Thierry Billard;Eric Bacqué;Bernard R. Langlois

  • A new simple access to trifluoromethyl thioethers or selenoethers from trifluoromethyl trimethylsilane and disulfides or diselenides

    Thierry Billard;Bernard R Langlois

  • Synthetic Uses of Thio- and Selenoesters of Trifluoromethylated Acids. 1. Preparation of Trifluoromethyl Sulfides and Selenides

    Thierry Billard;Nicolas Roques;Bernard R. Langlois

  • New stable reagents for the nucleophilic trifluoromethylation. 1. Trifluoromethylation Of carbonyl compounds with N-formylmorpholine derivatives

    Billard T;Bruns S;Langlois Br

  • Base‐Catalyzed Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolation of Terminal Alkynes

    Sébastien Alazet;Luc Zimmer;Thierry Billard

  • Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolation of Carbonyl Compounds

    Sébastien Alazet;Luc Zimmer;Thierry Billard

  • Nucleophilic trifluoromethylation: Some recent reagents and their stereoselective aspects

    Bernard R. Langlois;Thierry Billard;Solveig Roussel

  • How to reach stereogenic trifluoromethylated carbon? En route to the grail of the asymmetric trifluoromethylation reaction

    Thierry Billard;Bernard R. Langlois

  • A deeper insight into direct trifluoromethoxylation with trifluoromethyl triflate

    Olivier Marrec;Thierry Billard;Jean-Pierre Vors;Sergii Pazenok

  • New stable reagents for the nucleophilic trifluoromethylation. Part 4: Trifluoromethylation of disulfides and diselenides with hemiaminals of trifluoroacetaldehyde

    G Blond;T Billard;B.R Langlois

  • Benzyltrifluoromethyl (or Fluoroalkyl) Selenide: Reagent for Electrophilic Trifluoromethyl (or Fluoroalkyl) Selenolation.

    Quentin Glenadel;Ermal Ismalaj;Thierry Billard

  • Trifluoromethylation Reactions with Potassium Trifluoromethanesulfinate under Electrochemical Oxidation

    Jean-Bernard Tommasino;Anne Brondex;Maurice Médebielle;Marc Thomalla

Frequent Co-Authors

Léon Tremblay
Léon Tremblay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nicolas Costes
Nicolas Costes Grenoble Alpes University
Antonio Togni
Antonio Togni ETH Zurich
Jean-Baptiste Sortais
Jean-Baptiste Sortais Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Gilles Tamagnan
Gilles Tamagnan Yale University
D. Le Bars
D. Le Bars Grenoble Alpes University
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
William R. Dolbier
William R. Dolbier University of Florida
Bruno Ameduri
Bruno Ameduri University of Montpellier

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