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  Naouël Mostefaï-Lemaire

Place Verte, 63/101
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
Belgium

French
Married
27 years old

 

EDUCATION

2000-2004 Preparation of PhD in Chemistry at Université Catholique de Louvain
(Belgium). - Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Ketones Catalysed by Chiral Copper Fluoride Complexes.
Laboratory of Professor Olivier Riant.
1999-2000 D.E.A in Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry (5-year university degree, with honors), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris IV, France).
- Diastereoselectivity in the Addition of Allylzinc Reagents to
d -Alkoxyalkenyllithium Compounds.
Laboratory of Professor Jean Normant.
1998-1999 Maîtrise de chimie (4-year university degree, with honors), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris IV, France).

RESEARCH

Oct. 2000-2004 Preparation of a PhD : Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Ketones Catalysed by Chiral Copper- Fluoride Complexes. (Belgium).
Sept. 1999-2000 Diastereoselectivity in the Addition of Allylzinc Reagents to d -Alkoxyalkenyllithium Compounds (France).
Sept. 1998 Regioselective addition of organo-cuprates and organo-lithiums on allylic epoxides (France).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Analytical methods: Gas Chromatography, HPLC, NMR ( 1H, 13C, 31P), Mass Spectroscopy,
FT-IR, Polarimetry.

Computer: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Chemdraw, Endnote, ACD-Lab. Literature research on
Beilstein, Science-Finder.


LANGUAGE

English: moderately fluent
Arabic: fluent

TEACHING EXPERIENCE & SUPERVISION

2000-2004

Teaching Assistant in Organic and General Chemistry, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).

- Exercises and Laboratory in Organic Chemistry (1st year university):
Nomenclature, Stereochemistry, Reactivity, SN1 and SN2, Alkanes, Halides,
Alkenes, Alkynes, Cyclohexanes, Carbonyls, Acids and Derivated Compounds.
Coordinators: Pr. I. E. Markó, Ms A. Gnagnarella-Antoine.
Chim 1170 : 60 hours.

- Exercises and Laboratory in Organic Chemistry (2st year university): Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon Chemistry.
Coordinators: Pr. O. Riant, Pr. I. E. Marko and Ms A. Gnagnarella-Antoine.
Chim 1270 : 54 hours.

- Exercises and Laboratory in General Chemistry (2st year university):
Thermo-chemistry, Chemical Equilibrium, pH, Solubility, Complexation, Thermodynamic, Electrochemistry, Phase Equilibria.
Coordinators: Pr. B. Tinant and Pr. M. Devillers.
Chim 1251 : 84 hours.

- Exercises and Laboratory in General Chemistry (1st year engineer): History,
Fundamental Laws: structure of the atom, chemical equation , Stoechiometry, Atomistic Properties, Bonding in Chemistry, Chemical Equilibrium, Thermodynamic , Oxydo-Reductions, Metallurgy, Electrochemistry.
Coordinators: Pr. B. Tinant.
ING11 : 60 hours.

- Laboratory in Chemistry (2st year engineer): Organic Chemistry and Polymers.
Coordinators: Pr. B. Tinant.
ING12 : 30 hours.

- Exercises and Laboratory in General Chemistry (1st year university):
Coordinators: Pr. I. de Aguirre.
Chim 1151 : 90 hours.

2003-2004 Supervision of technician student, 5 months:
2002-2003

Supervision of a student (4th year university), 12 months: Asymmetric Addition of Organoalanes on Aldehydes Catalysed by Chiral Ttitanium Complexes.

Supervision of technician student, 5 months: Synthesis of Diphosphine Chirals Ligands.

2001-2002 Supervision of technician student, 5 months: Synthesis of Phosphinite and Ferrocenyl chirals ligands. Application in Asymmetric Catalysis.

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. Bernard, N.; Chemla, F.; Ferreira, F.; Mostefai, N. ;Normant, J-F., Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 3139-3147.
Diastereoselectivity in the Addition of Allylzinc Reagents to d -Akoxy-?, d -disubstituted Alkenyllithium Compounds.

CONFERENCES

1 J. Courmarcel, N. Mostefaï, S. Sirol, O. Riant, PhD Student day Louvain La Neuve (Belgium) 18 may 2001: A catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones using fluoride complexes (poster).

2 J. Courmarcel, N. Mostefaï, S. Sirol, O. Riant, ESOC 12, European Symposium of Organic chemistry, Gröningen (The Netherlands), 13-18 jul.2001: Asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones catalysed by fluoride complexes (poster).

3 J. Courmarcel, N. Mostefaï, S. Sirol, O. Riant, 5th Sigma-Aldrich Organic Synthesis Meeting, Spa (Belgium), 6-7 dec.2001: Asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones catalysed by fluoride complexes (poster).

4 N. Mostefaï, J. Courmarcel, S. Sirol, O. Riant, PhD Student day Louvain La Neuve (Belgium) 17 may 2002: A catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones using copper fluoride-phosphine complexes. Acceleration effect in the presence of air (poster).

5 N. Mostefaï, J. Courmarcel, S. Sirol, O. Riant, BOSS 9, Belgium Organic Synthesis Symposium, Namur (Belgium) 8-12 jul 2002: A catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones using copper fluoride-phosphine complexes. Acceleration effect in the presence of air (poster).

6 N. Mostefaï, J. Courmarcel, S. Sirol, O. Riant, 6th Sigma-Aldrich Organic Synthesis Meeting, Spa (Belgium), 5-6 dec.2002: A catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones using copper fluoride-phosphine complexes. Acceleration effect in the presence of air (poster).

REFEREE

Pr. Olivier Riant
Université Catholique de Louvain
Bâtiment Lavoisier/ 2ème étage
Place Louis Pasteur, 1
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
Belgium
Tel : (32) 10 47 87 77

Pr. Jean Normant
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Laboratoire de Chimie des OrganoEléments
Tour 44-45 2ème étage, Bte 183
4 Place Jussieur
F-75252 Paris Cedex 05
France
Tel : (33) 1 44 27 55 69