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Sébastien Lapointe

Sébastien Lapointe

Research

EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Fellow investigating transition metal mediated transformations of nitrous oxide. Collaborative project with Mercedes Alonso GinerLink opens in a new window (VUB, Belgium).

Background

2020 – 2022: PDRA, V. Daschlein-GessnnerLink opens in a new window research group, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
2015 – 2020: PhD in Chemistry, J. R. KhusnutdinovaLink opens in a new window research group, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).
2012 – 2016: MSc in Chemistry, Université de Montréal.
2009 – 2012: BSc in Chemistry, Université de Montréal.

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Contact

Email: sebastien.lapointe(at)warwick.ac.uk

Publications

ORCID: 0000-0003-3190-3803Link opens in a new window

  1. S. Lapointe, P. Duari and V. H. Gessner Probing the donor strength of yldiide ligands: synthesis, structure and reactivity of rhodium complexes with a PCylideN pincer ligand. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 3816 – 3825Link opens in a new window.
  2. A. Karimata, T. Gridneva, P. H. Patil, R. R. Fayzullin, E. Khaskin, S. Lapointe, A. Garcia-Roca and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Ethylene binding in mono- and binuclear CuI complexes with tetradentate pyridinophane ligands. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 13426 – 13434Link opens in a new window.
  3. H. M. Dinh, T. Gridneva, A. Karimata, A. Garcia-Roca, J. Pruchyathamkorn, P. H. Patil, A. Petrov, A. Sarbajna, S. Lapointe, E. Khaskin, R. R. Fayzullin and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Single and double deprotonation/dearomatization of the N,S-donor pyridinophane ligand in ruthenium complexes. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 14734 – 14746Link opens in a new window.
  4. S. Lapointe, A. Sarbajna and V. H. Gessner. Ylide-Substituted Phosphines: A Platform of Strong Donor Ligands for Gold Catalysis and Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions. Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 770 – 782Link opens in a new window.
  5. S. Lapointe, D. K. Pandey, J. M. Gallagher, J. Osborne, R. R. Fayzullin, E. Khaskin and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Cobalt Complexes of Bulky PNP Ligand: H2 Activation and Catalytic Two-Electron Reactivity in Hydrogenation of Alkenes and Alkynes. Organometallics 2021, 40, 3617 – 3626Link opens in a new window.
  6. A. Karimata, P. H. Patil, E. Khaskin, S. Lapointe, R. R. Fayzullin, P. Stampoulis and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Highly sensitive mechano-controlled luminescence in polymer films modified by dynamic CuI-based cross-linkers. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 50 – 53Link opens in a new window.
  7. A. Karimata, P. H. Patil, R. R. Fayzullin, E. Khaskin, S. Lapointe and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Triboluminescence of a new family of CuI–NHC complexes in crystalline solid and in amorphous polymer films. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 10814 – 10820Link opens in a new window.
  8. A. Sarbajna, P. H. Patil, M. H. Dinh, O. Gladkovskaya, R. R. Fayzullin, S. Lapointe, E. Khaskin and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Facile and reversible double dearomatization of pyridines in non-phosphine MnI complexes with N,S-donor pyridinophane ligand. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 3282 – 3285Link opens in a new window.
  9. A. Sarbajna, Y.-T. He, M. H. Dinh, O. Gladkovskaya, S. M. W. Rahaman, A. Karimata E. Khaskin, S. Lapointe, R. R. Fayzullin and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Aryl–X Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from High-Valent Mn–Aryl Complexes. Organometallics 2019, 38Link opens in a new window, 4409 – 4419Link opens in a new window.
  10. S. Lapointe, E. Khaskin, R. R. Fayzullin and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Nickel(II) Complexes with Electron-Rich, Sterically Hindered PNP Pincer Ligands Enable Uncommon Modes of Ligand Dearomatization. Organometallics 2019, 38, 4433 – 4447Link opens in a new window.
  11. S. Lapointe, E. Khaskin, R. R. Fayzullin and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Stable Nickel(I) Complexes with Electron-Rich, Sterically-Hindered, Innocent PNP Pincer Ligands. Organometallics 2019, 38, 1581 – 1594Link opens in a new window.
  12. P. H. Patil, G. A. Filonenko, S. Lapointe, R. R. Fayzullin and J. R. Khusnutdinova. Interplay between the Conformational Flexibility and Photoluminescent Properties of Mononuclear Pyridinophanecopper(I) Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 10009 – 10027Link opens in a new window.
  13. P. V. Chouthaiwale, S. Lapointe and F. Tanaka. Synthesis of 4-Substituted-Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic Acid Derivatives from Pyruvates and Aldehydes in One Pot. Heterocycles 2016, 95, 587 – 594Link opens in a new window.
  14. S. Lapointe and D. Zargarian. On the mechanism of Ni(II)-promoted Michael-type hydroamination of acrylonitrile and its substituted derivatives. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 15800 – 15810Link opens in a new window.

  15. S. Lapointe, B. Vabre and D. Zargarian. POCOP-Type Pincer Complexes of Nickel: Synthesis, Characterization, and Ligand Exchange Reactivities of New Cationic Acetonitrile Adducts. Organometallics 2015, 34, 3520 – 3531Link opens in a new window.