C-H Bond Activation and Catalytic Functionalization I

Pierre H. Dixneuf is professor of chemistry at the University of Rennes, now Emeritus Professor. He has created a team on Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, and in 2000 he founded the Research Institute of Chemistry of Rennes. He has developed successively several processes in ruthenium catalysed reactions: transformations of alkynes, incorporation of CO2, ruthenium-vinylidenes and allenylidenes in catalysis, catalytic synthesis of heterocycles, alkene metahesis catalysts and applications, C-H bond activation including in water. He has designed many new ruthenium catalysts especially involving metal-carbene bond. He has published more than 380 papers, edited 2 books and owns 5 patents. He is a member of Institute Universitaire de France (IUF) since 2000.

Rh(III) and Ir(III) catalyzed C-C bond cross couplings from C-H bonds.- Rh(III) and Ir(III)-catalyzed C-H bond transformations to Carbon-heteroatom bonds.- Computational Studies on Heteroatom-Assisted C-H Activation and Functionalization at Group 8 and 9 Metal Centres.- Recent developments in Pd-catalyzed direct arylations of heteroarenes with aryl halides.- New coupling partners for Pd-catalysed C-H bond functionalization of heteroarenes.- Functionalization of [60]Fullerene via Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation.- Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed functionalization of C-H bonds with alkenes: alkenylation versus alkylation.- Ruthenium-catalyzed C-N and C-O bond forming processes from C-H bond functionalization.- meta- and para-Selective C-H Functionalization by C-H Activation.