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Vincent Gandon is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and materials science, with an emphasis on organic chemistry and materials chemistry. Additional subfields of study include inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, and pharmaceutical science.

The scientist's scholarly output includes a strong focus on several main topics related to chemistry:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Vincent Gandon's recent papers showcase a focus on catalytic methods and synthetic organic chemistry. Notable articles include:

  • "Exploiting hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) in Lewis and Brønsted acid-catalyzed reactions", 2020, Chemical Communications
  • "A druggable copper-signalling pathway that drives inflammation", 2023, Nature
  • "Lewis Acid/Hexafluoroisopropanol: A Promoter System for Selective ortho-C-Alkylation of Anilines with Deactivated Styrene Derivatives and Unactivated Alkenes", 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Gold-Catalyzed Heck Reaction", 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Diastereoselective Pd-Catalyzed Anomeric C(sp3)-H Activation: Synthesis of α-(Hetero)aryl C-Glycosides", 2021, ACS Catalysis

Their frequent co-authors include Akhila K. Sahoo, Christophe Bour, Régis Guillot, David Lebœuf, and Pascal Retailleau, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

The most common publication venues for Vincent Gandon's work are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemical Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Gold‐Catalyzed Cross‐Couplings: New Opportunities for CC Bond Formation

    Pierre Garcia;Max Malacria;Corinne Aubert;Vincent Gandon

  • Exploiting hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) in Lewis and Brønsted acid-catalyzed reactions

    Valentyn Pozhydaiev;Martin Power;Vincent Gandon;Joseph Moran

  • Generation and trapping of cyclopentenylidene gold species: four pathways to polycyclic compounds.

    Gilles Lemière;Vincent Gandon;Kevin Cariou;Alexandra Hours

  • Recent progress in cobalt-mediated [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions.

    Vincent Gandon;Corinne Aubert;Max Malacria

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Cyclotrimerization of Alkynes: The Answer to the Puzzle of Parallel Reaction Pathways

    Nicolas Agenet;Vincent Gandon;K Peter C Vollhardt;Max Malacria

  • Tandem gold(I)-catalyzed cyclization/electrophilic cyclopropanation of vinyl allenes.

    Gilles Lemière;Vincent Gandon;Kevin Cariou;Takahide Fukuyama

  • Cotrimerizations of Acetylenic Compounds

    Nicolas Agenet;Olivier Buisine;Franck Slowinski;Vincent Gandon

  • Gold(I)‐ and Gold(III)‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Allenynes: A Remarkable Halide Effect

    Gilles Lemière;Vincent Gandon;Nicolas Agenet;Jean-Philippe Goddard

  • Air‐Stable {(C5H5)Co} Catalysts for [2+2+2] Cycloadditions

    Anaïs Geny;Nicolas Agenet;Laura Iannazzo;Max Malacria

  • The Role of Bent Acyclic Allene Gold Complexes in Axis-to-Center Chirality Transfers

    Vincent Gandon;Gilles Lemière;Alexandra Hours;Louis Fensterbank

  • Gold‐ and Platinum‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Enynyl Esters versus Allenenyl Esters: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

    Nicolas Marion;Gilles Lemière;Andrea Correa;Chiara Costabile

  • Tracking gold acetylides in gold(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions of enynes

    Antoine Simonneau;Florian Jaroschik;Denis Lesage;Magdalena Karanik

  • Synthesis of Fused Arylboronic Esters via Cobalt(0)-Mediated Cycloaddition of Alkynylboronates with α,ω-Diynes

    Vincent Gandon;Dominique Leca;Tobias Aechtner;K. Peter C. Vollhardt

  • Alkyne versus allene activation in platinum- and gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of hydroxylated 1,5-allenynes.

    Riadh Zriba;Vincent Gandon;Corinne Aubert;Louis Fensterbank

  • Copper Salts as Additives in Gold(I)‐Catalyzed Reactions

    Amandine Guérinot;Weizhen Fang;Marie Sircoglou;Christophe Bour

  • Synthesis of Aminopyridines and Aminopyridones by Cobalt‐Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloadditions Involving Yne‐Ynamides: Scope, Limitations, and Mechanistic Insights

    Pierre Garcia;Yannick Evanno;Pascal George;Mireille Sevrin

  • Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Nazarov Cyclization/Wagner–Meerwein Rearrangement Sequence

    David Lebœuf;Vincent Gandon;Jennifer Ciesielski;Alison J. Frontier

  • Cobalt-mediated cyclic and linear 2:1 cooligomerization of alkynes with alkenes: a DFT study.

    Vincent Gandon;Nicolas Agenet;K. Peter C. Vollhardt;Max Malacria

  • Silver and Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Nazarov‐Type Cyclizations To Generate Benzofulvenes

    Pierre Cordier;Corinne Aubert;Max Malacria;Emmanuel Lacôte

  • Gold‐Catalyzed 1,3‐Acyloxy Migration/5‐exo‐dig Cyclization/1,5‐Acyl Migration of Diynyl Esters

    David Lebœuf;Antoine Simonneau;Corinne Aubert;Max Malacria

Frequent Co-Authors

Max Malacria
Max Malacria Sorbonne University
Corinne Aubert
Corinne Aubert Sorbonne University
Louis Fensterbank
Louis Fensterbank Sorbonne University
Régis Guillot
Régis Guillot University of Paris-Saclay
K. Peter C. Vollhardt
K. Peter C. Vollhardt University of California, Berkeley
Akhila K. Sahoo
Akhila K. Sahoo University of Hyderabad
Emmanuelle Schulz
Emmanuelle Schulz University of Paris-Saclay
Pascal Retailleau
Pascal Retailleau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Denis Fichou
Denis Fichou Sorbonne University
Nicolas Blanchard
Nicolas Blanchard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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