Renewable Hydride Donors and Their Utilization in Catalytic Reduction and Deoxygenation Reactions

Project Information

ReNewHydrides

Grant agreement ID: 818260

DOI

10.3030/818260

Project closed

EC signature date 8 February 2019

Start date 1 October 2019

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 837,50

EU contribution

€ 1 999 837,50

Coordinated by

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
France

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (38)

Additive-free selective methylation of secondary amines with formic acid over a Pd/In$_2$O$_3$ catalyst

Author(s): Caroline Genre; Idir Benaissa; Timothé Godou; Mathieu Pinault; Thibault Cantat
Published in: Catalysis Science and Technology, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2044-4761
Publisher: RSC
DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01626a

Water-Mediated Rhenium-Catalyzed Photodeoxygenation of Polyfunctional Organic N-Oxides

Author(s): Nicolas Joly, Marianne Kjellberg, Alexis Bouchet, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat, Lucile Anthore-Dalion
Published in: Synthesis, Issue 57, 2025, Page(s) 3370-3376, ISSN 0039-7881
Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag
DOI: 10.1055/a-2649-0086

Reductive depolymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates with hydroboranes by using a lanthanum(III) tris(amide) catalyst

Author(s): Marie Kobylarski; Jean-Claude Berthet; Thibault Cantat
Published in: Chemical Communications, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 1364-548X
Publisher: RSC
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00184e

Catalytic Reduction of Imines with Silylformates: Formation of Silyl Carbamates through CO ₂ Insertion

Author(s): Neethu Thyagarajan, Ruqaya Buhaibeh, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403907

Fluorophosphoniums as Lewis acids in organometallic catalysis: application to the carbonylation of β-lactones

Author(s): Marie-Hélène Pietraru, Louise Ponsard, Nicolas Lentz, Pierre Thuéry, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Chemical Communications, Issue 60, 2024, Page(s) 1043-1046, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04282k

Breaking C–O Bonds with Uranium: Uranyl Complexes as Selective Catalysts in the Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes

Author(s): Louis Monsigny, Pierre Thuéry, Jean-Claude Berthet, Thibault Cantat
Published in: ACS Catalysis, Issue 9/10, 2019, Page(s) 9025-9033, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01408

Experimental Evaluation of the Hydricity of Hydrosilanes

Author(s): Laurent Sévery, Emmanuel Nicolas, Alexis Mifleur, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Inorganic Chemistry, Issue 64, 2025, Page(s) 12927-12931, ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01201

Production of Methane by Catalytic Decarboxylation of Methyl Formate as a Liquid Surrogate

Author(s): Nathan De Riggi, Arnaud Imberdis, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 43, 2025, Page(s) 2466-2471, ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00023

The Role of (tBuPOCOP)Ir(I) and Iridium(III) Pincer Complexes in the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Silyl Triflates into Hydrosilanes

Author(s): Gabriel Durin; Jean-Claude Berthet; Emmanuel Nicolas; Pierre Thuéry; Thibault Cantat
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 1520-6041
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-2cff1

Additive-Free Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by a Cobalt Complex

Author(s): Nicolas Lentz, Alicia Aloisi, Pierre Thuéry, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 40/5, 2021, Page(s) 565-569, ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00777

Catalytic Metal-Free Deoxygenation of Nitrous Oxide with Disilanes

Author(s): Lucile Anthore-Dalion, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: ACS Catalysis, Issue 9/12, 2019, Page(s) 11563-11567, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04434

Scandium‐Catalyzed Highly Selective Deoxygenation of Alcohols by Using Hydrosilanes as Reductants

Author(s): Ruqaya Buhaibeh, Neethu Thyagarajan, Guillaume Bousrez, Louis Monsigny, Thibault Cantat, Emmanuel Nicolas
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202501596

Coupling Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction with Thermocatalysis Enables the Formation of a Lactone Monomer

Author(s): Louise Ponsard, Emmanuel Nicolas, Ngoc Huan Tran, Sarah Lamaison, David Wakerley, Thibault Cantat, Marc Fontecave
Published in: ChemSusChem, Issue 14/10, 2021, Page(s) 2198-2204, ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100459

Catalytic methoxylation of aryl halides using $^{13}$C- and $^{14}$C-labeled CO$_2$

Author(s): Alexia Ohleier; Antoine Sallustrau; Bouchaib Mouhsine; Fabien Caillé; Davide Audisio; Thibault Cantat
Published in: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2CC03746G, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1364-548X
Publisher: RSC
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03746g

A Copper(I)-Catalyzed Sulfonylative Hiyama Cross-Coupling.

Author(s): Adenot, Aurélien; Anthore-Dalion, Lucile; Nicolas, Emmanuel; Berthet, Jean-Claude; Thuéry, Pierre; Cantat, Thibault; Berthet, Jean‐Claude
Published in: Chemistry - A European Journal, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103371

SO 2 conversion to sulfones: development and mechanistic insights of a sulfonylative Hiyama cross-coupling

Author(s): Aurélien Adenot, Joëlle Char, Niklas von Wolff, Guillaume Lefèvre, Lucile Anthore-Dalion, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Chemical Communications, Issue 55/86, 2019, Page(s) 12924-12927, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06858a

Evaluation of acetophenone as a novel alcohol-cycloalkane bifunctional liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC)

Author(s): Florian D'Ambra, Julia Levy, Parviz Hajiyev, Thibault Cantat, Gérard Gébel, Vincent Faucheux, Emmanuel Nicolas
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 48, 2025, Page(s) 33207-33222, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.024

Metal‐Free Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Chlorosilanes into Hydrosilanes with “Inverse” Frustrated Lewis Pairs**

Author(s): Gabriel Durin, Jean‐Claude Berthet, Pierre Thuéry, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 29, 2025, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302155

Reduction of secondary amides to imines catalysed by Schwartz’s reagent

Author(s): Liam Donnelly; Jean-Claude Berthet; Thibault Cantat
Published in: Angewandte Chemie Internation Edition, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206170

Additive‐Free Pd/In₂O₃‐Catalyzed <i>N</i>‐methylation of Primary Amides by Using Formic Acid

Author(s): Idir Benaissa, Kassiogé Dembélé, Thibault Cantat, Caroline Genre
Published in: ChemCatChem, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 1867-3880
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202400807

The Role of ( ^{<i>t</i> Bu} POCOP)Ir(I) and Iridium(III) Pincer Complexes in the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Silyl Triflates into Hydrosilanes

Author(s): Gabriel Durin, Jean-Claude Berthet, Emmanuel Nicolas, Pierre Thuéry, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 41, 2023, Page(s) 1786-1796, ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00576

CO₂/¹³CO₂ Dynamic Exchange in the Formate Complex [(2,9-(^<i>t</i>Bu)₂-phen)Cu(O₂CH)] and Its Catalytic Activity in the Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid

Author(s): Kieu Phung, Pierre Thuéry, Jean-Claude Berthet, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 42, 2023, Page(s) 3357-3365, ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00302

Catalyst‐Free Depolymerization of Aromatic and Aliphatic Polyesters Using Me₃SiI

Author(s): Xin Liu, Marie Kobylarski, Jean‐Claude Berthet, Thibault Cantat
Published in: European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 1434-193X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202401379

Formoxyboranes as hydroborane surrogates for the catalytic reduction of carbonyls through transfer hydroboration

Author(s): Gabriel Durin, R. Martin Romero, Timothé Godou, Clément Chauvier, Pierre Thuéry, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Catalysis Science &amp; Technology, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 1848-1853, ISSN 2044-4753
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cy01702h

Silyl formates as hydrosilane surrogates for the transfer hydrosilylation of ketones

Author(s): R. Martin Romero; Neethu Thyagarajan; Nora Hellou; Clément Chauvier; Timothé Godou; Lucile Anthore-Dalion; Thibault Cantat
Published in: "Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, pp.6308-6311. &#x27E8;10.1039/D2CC00666A&#x27E9;", Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1364-548X
Publisher: RSC
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-ww7pj-v2

Transition‐Metal‐Free Acceptorless Decarbonylation of Formic Acid Enabled by a Liquid Chemical‐Looping Strategy

Author(s): Arnaud Imberdis, Guillaume Lefèvre, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 58/48, 2019, Page(s) 17215-17219, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909039

Catalytic Carbonylation of Acrylic Acid to Succinic Anhydride**

Author(s): Marie‐Hélène Pietraru, Nicolas Lentz, Louise Ponsard, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: ChemCatChem, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 1867-3880
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202300720

Alkyl Formates as Transfer Hydroalkylation Reagents and Their Use in the Catalytic Conversion of Imines to Alkylamines**

Author(s): Etienne Crochet, Lucile Anthore‐Dalion, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 62, 2023, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214069

Metal-free Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Silyl Triflates and Halides into Hydrosilanes

Author(s): Gabriel Durin; Albane Fontaine; Jean-Claude Berthet; Emmanuel Nicolas; Pierre Thuéry; Thibault Cantat
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200911

Photocatalytic deoxygenation of N–O bonds with Rhenium complexes: from the reduction of nitrous oxide to pyridine N-oxides

Author(s): Thibault Cantat; Lucile Anthore-Dalion; Emmanuel Nicolas; Pierre Thuéry; Alexia Ohleier; Marianne Kjellberg
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2041-6539
Publisher: RSC
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01974k

Catalytic Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Methanol by using Recyclable Silylformates

Author(s): Clément Chauvier, Arnaud Imberdis, Pierre Thuéry, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 59/33, 2020, Page(s) 14019-14023, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002062

Unlocking the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Chlorosilanes into Hydrosilanes with Superbases

Author(s): Gabriel Durin; Jean-Claude Berthet; Emmanuel Nicolas; Thibault Cantat
Published in: ACS Catalysis, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01515

Catalyst-free depolymerization of polycaprolactone to silylated monoesters and iodide derivatives using iodosilanes

Author(s): Xin Liu, Marie Kobylarski, Jean-Claude Berthet, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Chemical Communications, Issue 59, 2024, Page(s) 11228-11231, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03029f

Catalytic challenges and strategies for the carbonylation of σ-bonds

Author(s): Tawfiq Nasr Allah, Louise Ponsard, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Green Chemistry, Issue 23/2, 2021, Page(s) 723-739, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0gc02343d

Hydrogenolysis of Haloboranes: from Synthesis of Hydroboranes to Formal Hydroboration Reactions

Author(s): Guilhem Zwart, Alexis Mifleur, Gabriel Durin, Emmanuel Nicolas, Thibault Cantat
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202411468

Copper-Ligand Cooperativity in H$_2$ Activation Enables the Synthesis of Copper Hydride Complexes

Author(s): Alicia Aloisi; Étienne Crochet; Emmanuel Nicolas; Jean-Claude Berthet; Camille Lescot; Pierre Thuéry; Thibault Cantat
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00212

Uranyl(VI) Triflate as Catalyst for the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reaction.

Author(s): Marie Kobylarski; Louis Monsigny; Pierre Thuéry; Jean-Claude Berthet; Thibault Cantat
Published in: Inorganic Chemistry, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01798

Zirconium-catalysed hydrosilylation of esters and depolymerisation of polyester plastic waste

Author(s): Marie Kobylarski; Liam J. Donnelly; Jean-Claude Berthet; Thibault Cantat
Published in: 2022, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-xtzxz