And lots more !

In the ROCS team, we don’t hesitate to think outside the box…

  • Ni-catalyzed three-component synthesis of secondary and tertiary C(sp3)-organogermanes, Lorenzini, L.; Perez-Luna, A. Chem. Catalysis, 2023, 3, 100860 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202200797.
  • Persulfurated Benzene-Cored Asterisks with π-Extended ThioNaphthyl Arms: Synthesis, Structural, Photophysical and Covalent Dynamic Properties. Gahlot, S.; Gradone, A.; Roy, M.; Giorgi, M.; Conti, S.; Ceroni, P.; Villa, M.; Gingras, M. Chemistry – A European Journal 2022, 28, e202200797 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202200797.
  • Stereoselective Syntheses, Structures, and Properties of Extremely Distorted Chiral Nanographenes Embedding Hextuple Helicenes. Roy, M.; Berezhnaia, V.; Villa, M.; Vanthuyne, N.; Giorgi, M.; Naubron, J.-V.; Poyer, S.; Monnier, V.; Charles, L.; Carissan, Y.; et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3264–3271 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201913200.
  • Triflic Acid as an Efficient Brønsted Acid Promoter for the Umpolung of N‐Ac Indoles in Hydroarylation Reactions. Nandi, R. K.; Perez‐Luna, A.; Gori, D.; Beaud, R.; Guillot, R.; Kouklovsky, C.; Gandon, V.; Vincent, G. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 161–172 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201701074.
  • Revealing the electrophilicity of N-Ac indoles with FeCl3: a mechanistic study. Beaud, R.; Nandi, R. K.; Perez-Luna, A.; Guillot, R.; Gori, D.; Kouklovsky, C.; Ghermani, N.-E.; Gandon, V.; Vincent, G. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 5834–5837 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CC02756G.
  • Harnessing the Lewis Acidity of HFIP through Its Cooperation with a Calcium(II) Salt: Application to the Aza- Piancatelli Reaction. Leboeuf, D.; Marin, L.; Michelet, B.; Perez-Luna, A.; Guillot, R.; Schulz, E.; Gandon, V. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 16165–16171 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201603592.
  • Reactivity of Tert-Butanesulfinamides in Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Substitutions. Mistico, L.; Ay, E.; Huynh, V.; Bourderioux, A.; Chemla, F.; Ferreira, F.; Oble, J.; Perez-Luna, A.; Poli, G.; Prestat, G. J. Organomet. Chem. 2014, 760, 124–129 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.11.026.
  • Homooligomers of Substituted Prolines and β-Prolines: Syntheses and Secondary Structure Investigation. Caumes, C.; Delsuc, N.; Beni Azza, R.; Correia, I.; Chemla, F.; Ferreira, F.; Carlier, L.; Perez Luna, A.; Moumné, R.; Lequin, O.; Karoyan, P. New J. Chem. 2013, 37, 1312–1319 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3NJ00127J.
  • Synthesis of Enantiopure 5-Substituted 2,3-Methanopyrrolidines by Cyclization of Enantiopure Alpha-Branched Alpha-N-Homoallylamino Nitriles. Ouizem, S.; Chemla, F.; Ferreira, F.; Perez-Luna, A. Synlett 2012, 1374–1378 ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1291046.
  • Cyclization of zincated α-N-homoallylamino nitriles: a new entry to enantiopure 2,3- methanopyrrolidines. Ouizem, S.; Cheramy, S.; Botuha, B.; Chemla, F.; Ferreira, F.; Pérez-Luna, A. Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 12668–12677. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001639
  • Zinc(0)/DMF-mediated synthesis of symmetrical carboxylic anhydrides from acyl chlorides. Serieys A.; Botuha, C.; Chemla, F.; Ferreira, F.; Pérez-Luna, A. Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 5322–5323. DOI :10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.06.073
  • Diastereocontrolled Synthesis of Enantioenriched 3,4-Disubstituted ß-Prolines. Denes, F.; Perez-Luna, A.; Chemla, F. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 398–406. DOI: 10.1021/jo061603h