Dr James COURMARCEL27 years old unmarried French |
EDUCATION
| 2000-2003 | PhD in Chemistry at l'Université
catholique de Louvain (Belgium), laboratory of Professor Olivier Riant Redox enantioselective catalysis : generation and reactivity of oxo-radicals anions induced by chiral titanium complexes Jury : Pr. H. B. Kagan (Paris Sud, France) Pr. L. Ghosez (Bordeaux, France) Pr. J. J. Marchand-Brynaert (President, UCL, Belgium) Pr. M. Devillers (UCL, Belgium) Pr. O. Riant (Promotor) |
| 1999-2000 | D.E.A. (5-year university degree
in chemistry, with honors ) Université de Rennes I (France) Synthesis of electroactive organirons complexes. Laboratory of Dr Claude Lapinte and Professor Pierre Dixneuf. |
| 1998-1999 | Maîtrise de chimie (4-year
university degree in chemistry, with honors ) Université de Rennes
I (France) Syntheses of organometallics dendrimers applied to catalysis. University of Sheffield (U.K.) as Erasmus student (4 months). Laboratory of Dr Colin White. |
RESEARCH
| Sept. 2000 - Dec 2003 | PhD : Enantioselective catalysis by chiral Titanium and Copper complexes. Application in asymmetric pinacolisation of aromatics aldehydes with Titanium complexes. Stereoselective ring opening of epoxides by Titanium complexes and intramolecular formation of polycyclic lactones. Asymmetric hydrosilylation of carbonyl compounds with Copper fluoride-phosphine complexes. (Belgium) |
| Sept 1999 - July 2000 | Syntheses of electroactive organoiron complexes. Application to molecular electronic. (France) |
| Apr 1999 - June 2000 | Syntheses of organometallics dendrimers applied to catalysis. (U.K.) |
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Analytical methods: HPLC, Gas Chromatography, NMR
(1H and 13C), Mass Spectrometry, FT-IR.
Computer (PC & Macintosh): Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Chemdraw, Endnote.
Bibliography research on Beilstein, Sci-Finder.
LANGUAGE
English: fluent
German: working knowledge
TEACHING EXPERIENCE & SUPERVISION
| 2001-2003 | Teaching assistant in organic chemistry.
4 x 30 hours, Université catholique de Louvain. Responsible : Professor
I. Marko et Ms A. Gnagnarella-Antoine. First year organic chemistry : nomenclature, stereochemistry, reactivity, SN1 et SN2, alkenes, alkynes, cyclohexanes, carbonyl compounds. |
| 2002-2003 | Supervision of a technician student, 5 months, subject : Catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral ketones for potential industrial applications. |
| 2001-2002 | Supervision of a student (4th year university), 9 months, subject : Synthesis of chiral alcohols with the use of ferrocenyl based ligands. |
| 2000-2001 | Supervision of a technician student, 5 months, subject : Synthesis of chiral salenol and achiral salenamines ligands and their Ti(IV) and Zr(IV) complexes. |
PUBLICATIONS
1. Sirol, S.; Courmarcel, J.; Mostefaï, N.;
Riant, O. Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 4111-4113.
Efficient Enantioselective Hydrosilylation of Ketones
Catalyzed by Air Stable Copper Fluoride-Phosphine Complexes.
2. Courmarcel, J.; Mostefaï, N.; Sirol, S.;
Choppin, S.; Riant, O. Isr. J. Chem. 2001, 41, 231-240.
New efficient copper fluoride based catalyst for enantioselective
hydrosilylation of ketones in aerobic conditions.
3. Courmarcel, J.; Le Gland, G.; Toupet, L.; Paul,
F.; Lapinte, C. J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 670, 108-122.
Versatile reaction of para-bromophenylacetylide iron(II)
derivatve and X-ray structure of the fluoro analogue. Synthesis a new redox-active
organoiron(II) synthons.
CONFERENCES
1. A. Bensari, O. Riant, J. Courmarcel, ESOC 12,
European Symposium of Organic Chemistry, Gröningen (The Netherlands), 13-18
jul. 2001 : Enantioselective pinacolisation of aldehydes induced by chiral Titanium
complexes (poster)
2. J. Courmarcel, N. Mostefaï, S. Sirol, O. Riant, PhD Student Day Louvain-la-Neuve
(Belgium) 18 may 2001: A catalytic asymetric hydrosilylation of ketones using
fluoride complexes (poster)
3. J. Courmarcel, A. Bensari, O. Riant, 5th Sigma-Aldrich Organic Synthesis
Meeting, Spa (Belgium), 6-7 dec. 2001 : Application of salenols ligands to enantioselective
pinacolisation of aldehydes (poster)
4. J. Courmarcel, A. Bensari, O. Riant, PhD Student Day Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
17 may 2002: Application of salenols ligands to enantioselective pinacolisation
of aldehydes (poster)
5. J. Courmarcel, A. Bensari, O. Riant, BOSS 9, Belgium Organic Synthesis Symposium,
Namur (Belgium) 8-12 jul. 2002: Application of salenols ligands to enantioselective
pinacolisation of aldehydes (poster)
6. J. Courmarcel, 6th Sigma-Aldrich Organic Synthesis Meeting, Spa (Belgium),
5-6 dec. 2002 : Enantioselective pinacolisation of aldehydes by salenol-Titanium
complexes (oral communication)
7. J. Courmarcel, PhD Student Day Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) 16 may 2003 : Application
of Titanium Complexes to Radical Reaction. Carbon Carbon Bond Formation by Pinacol
Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes. (oral communication)
REFERENCES
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Pr. Olivier Riant Université catholique de Louvain Place Louis Pasteur, 1 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium +32-(0)10-47.87.77 |
Dr Frederic Paul Université de Rennes I 263 Avenue du General Leclerc Campus de Beaulieu, Bat 10C F-35042 Rennes France +33-(0)2-23.23.59.62 |
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