Corentin Lefebvre
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Associate professor in organic chemistry (LG2A/UPJV Amiens, France) Astrophysic and mathematics passionate. Made in Givet, Ardennes 🇫🇷💜 (08)
Joined December 2013
Happy to see this publication finally online in @JOC_OL. A great and pleasant collaboration with @PhotochemistryT. #chemistry #photochemistry
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A Unified Synthetic Approach to 2-Alkyl Azetidines, Oxetanes, Thietanes and Cyclobutanes from Unactivated Alkenes | Journal of the American Chemical Society
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2-Alkyl substituted four-membered carbocycles and heterocycles are relevant motifs in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. However, synthetic methods to access these scaffolds mostly rely on functional...
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Cobalt-Catalyzed Photoelectrochemical Dehydration of Primary Alcohols | Journal of the American Chemical Society
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The direct and selective dehydration of primary alcohols remains a longstanding challenge due to the instability of primary carbocations and the high barrier associated with alkene-like E2 transition...
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Thanks @Apple and its horrible Tahoe OS. After each upgrade my applications and program (homebrew etc…) are put in a relocated items folder. I’m worried about the future in using ChemDraw, MestRenova etc when Rosetta 2 will disappear… Welcome back Sequoia and soon Ubuntu!
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Our recent work on Ligand to Metal Charge Transfer (LMCT) catalysis with Bi(III)-salts @ChemCommun. We have developed a cross-dehydrogenative acylation of heteroarenes with aldehydes. Congratulations to @ignitedmind02, @Akshay_chem1 and Rakesh. https://t.co/lqWDgRjD0I
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Electrophotocatalytic Oxygenation of Unactivated Aliphatic C–H Bonds Using Water as a Sustainable Oxygen Source | Journal of the American Chemical Society
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The oxygenation of aliphatic C–H bonds is a crucial transformation in synthetic chemistry, as it transforms ubiquitous alkane feedstocks into valuable ketones and alcohols. However, achieving this...
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Pyridine-to-Pyridazine Skeletal Editing | Journal of the American Chemical Society @kaistpr
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Nitrogen-containing heterocycles underpin many pharmaceuticals, where subtle atomic rearrangements can markedly alter efficacy and safety. Pyridines are ubiquitous scaffolds in pharmaceuticals, yet...
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Deep-Red to Near-Infrared Light-Driven Radical Generation from Organoboron Compounds via Ligand-Induced Direct Excitation Catalysis (@J_A_C_S): https://t.co/Fcm39CkFgA (@OhmiyaLab, @sulfurchemistry).
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Calculating Bond Dissociation Energy with Gaussian16. A new blog post #CompChem
https://t.co/6lH4KyPcf4 via @joaquinbarroso
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The strength of a chemical bond can be defined as the change in enthalpy when a bond is homolytically broken into two radicals. Bond dissociation energy is thus the measure of the strength of a bon…
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Metal- and CO-Free Carbonylation of Alkyl Iodides | Journal of the American Chemical Society @morandilab @ETH_en @ETH @ETH_DCHAB
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We report a new method for the carbonylation of alkyl iodides under photochemical conditions. The process relies on a simple aryl formate reagent, synthesized in one step from readily available...
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📢 Please feel free to share! We’re still accepting applications for our M2 internship (2026) at @Université de lorraine – @L2CM_UMR7053 🇫🇷 💡 Dive into nanomaterials research on Graphene Quantum Dots and their role in next-gen antimicrobial phototherapies.
⚡ M2 Internship: Nanomaterials & Health! 🧪6-month project @L2CM_UMR7053 on🔬Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) – next-gen antimicrobial phototherapies.💡🦠📅 2026 | Full details in https://t.co/oZ6TPDj4nl
#hiring #M2Internship #Chemistry #Nanomaterials #Graphene #QuantumDots
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Thrilled to share our recent findings on Angle-Strained Cycloalkyne-Mediated Carbonyl 1,2-Transposition @ChemRxiv - https://t.co/MAyLHJCYit
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🚨Check out our latest work in Org. Lett. @JOC_OL !!!🚨 After all Yuta's hard work, powerful tag with a rising star, Kanato, enabled this publication!! Opening up new possibility of acylsilanes. https://t.co/CLollxIraG
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#Autocatalysis is heavily linked to life's origin. What can it do for synthetic chemists? @BarhamLab presents a historical overview catered to synthetic chemists, giving open-shell examples due visibility. Could YOUR #radical reaction be autocatalytic? •
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Why add another catalyst when the product itself holds the power to catalyze its own formation? Autocatalysis in synthetic chemistry enhances reaction efficiency and uncovers novel catalytic behavi...
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Direct Deaminative Halogenation at Hindered Tertiary Centers | Journal of the American Chemical Society
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General strategies for direct deaminative halogenation of α-tertiary amines─including those relevant to three-dimensional scaffolds─have remained an unsolved challenge in synthetic chemistry,...
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Congrats to Shijin, Drew, and Martin on publication of this C-H arylation with remarkable terminal selectivity! 3,5-lutidine turns out to be key! Check it out @ChemEurJ
https://t.co/kH5VAL116u
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Selectivity is an essential part of organic synthesis and key to synthetic efficiency. However, selectivity is challenging to achieve in hydrocarbon molecules. Herein we report a mild and direct...
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LMCT-Driven Iron Photocatalysis: Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Applications (Ala Bunescu and co-workers) #ChemEurJReviews #openaccess 🔓
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LMCT-driven iron photocatalysis: This review discusses recent developments in ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT)-driven iron photocatalysis, emphasizing mechanistic insights and diverse synthet...
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Photoactive Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited States in 3d6 Complexes with Cr0, MnI, FeII, and CoIII | Journal of the American Chemical Society #JACSPerspective @UniBasel_en @WengerOliver #126citations
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Many coordination complexes and organometallic compounds with the 4d6 and 5d6 valence electron configurations have outstanding photophysical and photochemical properties, which stem from metal-to-l...
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Photon-Primed Organic Electrosynthesis Enabled by Oxidation of Photon-Induced Intermediates | Journal of the American Chemical Society
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We present a catalyst-free strategy that combines photochemical and electrochemical activation to unlock unique reactivity in otherwise less reactive molecules. Photochemical excitation generates...
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Just published in @ChemRxiv: A Practicable Measure and Spatial Visualization of Steric repulsion with Atomic Resolution ==> https://t.co/Wa80BbHAYk We successfully present a method to hunt one of the unicorn of #Chemistry: steric repulsion! #compchem @khartab
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