
Mickaël MÉNAND
Maître de conférences, HDRSorbonne Université,
4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 5
Couloir 42-43 5ème étage
Équipe GOBS
Tel:33(0)1 44 27 61 63
Fax:33(0)1 44 27 55 04
Thèmes de recherche
Supramolecular Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Dynamic & Switchable Systems
Recherche Actuelle
- Hexaphyrin-Cyclodextrin Hybrids : Hückel & Möbius aromaticity/antiaromaticity, redox/thermal switches, chiroptical readout, host-guest chemistry.
Collaboration with Stéphane Le Gac (Université de Rennes I)

- Cyclodextrin based Supramolécular Polymers : self-assembly, hierarchical structures, sequence coding

- Cyclodextrin modifications, cyclodextrin as ligand for metal encapsulation, native cyclodextrin as supramolecular protection

Parcours Scientifique
- 2017 Habilitation thesis
- 2009 Assistant Professor
- 2007-09 Post-doctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Ivan Jabin at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
- 2007 Post-doctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Jean-Marie Beau at the Université Paris-Sud
- 2006 PhD at the Université Pierre & Marie Curie (supervisor : Prof. Juan Xie)
Choix de Publications
- « Orchestrating Communications in a Three-Type Chirality Totem : Remote Control of the Chiroptical Response of a Möbius Aromatic System »
Benchouaia, R. ; Cissé, N. ; Sollogoub, M. ; Boitrel, B. ; Le Gac, S.* ; Ménand, M.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 11583-11593. (pdf)
Highlighted in RSC Chemistry World.
Highlighted in CNRS magazine - « Cyclodextrin-Sandwiched Hexaphyrin Hybrids : Side-to-Side Cavity Coupling Switched by a Temperature- and Redox-Responsive Central Device »
Ménand, M.* ; Sollogoub, M. ; Boitrel, B. ; Le Gac, S.*
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 5804-5812. (pdf)
Selected for the “Inside Front-Cover” - « Bridging β-Cyclodextrin Prevents Self-Inclusion, Promotes Supramolecular Polymerization, and Promotes Cooperative Interaction with Nucleic Acids »
Evenou, P. ; Rossignol, J. ; Pembouong, G. ; Gothland, A. ; Colesnic, D. ; Barbeyron, R. ; Rudiuk, S. ; Marcelin, A.-G. ; Ménand, M. ; Baigl, D. ; Calvez, V. ; Bouteiller, L.* ; Sollogoub, M.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7753-7758. - « Artificial chiral metallo-pockets including a single metal serving as both structural probe and catalytic center »
Zhang, P. ; Meijide Suárez, J. ; Tugny, C. ; Guitet, M. ; Derat, E. ; Vanthuyne, N. ; Zhang, Y. ; Bistri, O. ; Mouriès-Mansuy, V. ; Ménand, M. ; Roland, S. ; Fensterbank, L.* ; Sollogoub, M.*
Chem. 2017, 3, 174-191. - « Protonated Hexaphyrin-Cyclodextrin Hybrids : Molecular Recognition Tuned by a Kinetic-to-Thermodynamic Shape Adaptation »
Le Gac, S.* ; Boitrel, B. ; Sollogoub, M. ; Ménand, M.*
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9347-9350. (pdf)
Selected for the “Inside Front-Cover” - « Hexaphyrin-Cyclodextrin Hybrids : a Nest for Switchable Aromaticity, Asymmetric Confinement and Isomorphic Fluxionality »
Ménand, M.* ; Sollogoub, M. ; Boitrel, B. ; Le Gac, S.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 297-301. (pdf) - « Solid-state Hierarchical Cyclodextrin-Based Supramolecular Polymer Constructed by Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Azido Interactions »
Ménand, M.* ; Adam de Beaumais, S. ; Chamoreau, L.-M. ; Derat, E. ; Blanchard, S. ; Zhang, Y. ; Bouteiller, L. ; Sollogoub, M.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7238-7242. (pdf) - « Cyclodextrin-Induced Auto-healing of Hybrid Polyoxometalates »
Izzet, G.* ; Ménand, M.* ; Matt, B. ; Renaudineau, S. ; Chamoreau, L.-M. ; Sollogoub, M.* ; Proust, A.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 487-490.
Selected as “Hot paper” and “Inside Back-Cover”