David SEMERIL CV Birth date 22th March 1975, 43 years

Address UMR-CNRS 7177, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg Equipe Synthèse Organométallique et Catalyse, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Email: dsemeril@unistra.fr

Position Chargé de Recherche CNRS (Normal Class)

Education PhD in chemistry (Dr. C. Bruneau - Prof. P. H. Dixneuf), University of Rennes, France (2001) "Selective ruthenium catalysts for functionalized diene and enyne cycloisomerisation and metathesis reactions"

Post-doctoral positions in the POLYCAT Network (Polymerization by single-site metal Catalysis)

- April 2002 - September 2003: with Dr C. Bianchini ICCOM-CNR Instituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy “Oligomerization, polymerisation and copolymerisation of ethylene with diphosphine and polynitrogen ligands”

- September 2001 - March 2002: with Prof F. Ciardelli Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Italy "Synthesis and characterisation of polymeric blends and grafting co-polymers"

Habilitation “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches” (Dr. D. Matt), University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (2008) “Steric and electronic constrained P,P-, P,O- and O,O-chelates. Effect in homogenous catalysis”

Scientific production 85 Publications, 1 book chapter in metallo-supramolecular chemistry, catalysis and organic synthesis; h factor 25

Awards "Gineste" award 2001 of the University of Rennes French Chemical Society (Coordination Chemistry section) 2015

International visibility invitated professor: Hokkaido University (Japan, 2017, 2 weeks) and Bharathidasan University (India, 2014, 3 weeks)

20 international conferences

Research Interests Metallo-cavitands, chemical modification of calix[4]arene and resorcin[4]arene Synthesis of constrained ligands, phosphines, N-heterocyclic carbenes Homogeneous catalysis by transition metal complexes, carbon-carbon cross coupling reactions, hydrogenation hydroformylation, ethylene oligomerisation and polymerisation

Research contracts Coordinator of one ANR project (2012-2016) Coordinator of three international projects TUBITAK (2011-2012,

2012-2013 and 2014) with Prof. I. Özdemir (Inönü University, Turkey) Coordinator of an international project IFCPAR (2014-2017) with Prof. R. Ramesh (Bharathidasan University, India)

Participation in three other contracts (2 ANR, 1 icFRC foundation)

PhD supervision 7 PhD

Teaching Practical work of organic chemistry at “'Institut Robert Schuman” of Strasbourg University (since 2010)

Practical work of Infrared lifelong learning at Strasbourg University (2010-2015).

Administrative responsibilities Team leader of “Synthèse Organométallique et Catalyse” of UMR-CNRS 7177 (since 2018)

Member of National Comity CNRS, section 14 (2008-2012) Member of UMR-CNRS 7177 Council (2013-2017) International cooperations Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India (Prof. Ramesh) IFCPAR

project (resorcinarenyl ligands in catalysis) Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey (Dr. N. Şihan, resorcinarenyl-

NHC ligands in catalysis) Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey (Prof. I. Özdemir, NHC ligands in

catalysis) Firenze University, Firenze, Italia (Dr. M. Frediani, lactide polymerisation)

CNR of Firenze, Firenze, Italia (Dr. W. Oberhauser, high pressure NMR and high pressure IR measurements)

Ryokoku University, Kyoto, Japan (Prof. T. Iwasawa, cavitands in hydroformylation)

Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan (Prof. K. Konishi, gold nanoparticules)

National cooperations Rennes University (Prof. M. Hissler, photophysic measurements) Rennes University (Dr. T. Renouard, nanofiltration of macrocyclic

complexes) LCC of Toulouse (Dr K. Philippot, rhodium nanoparticules in

hydroformylation) RECENT RESULTS

Substrate-selective olefin hydrogenation with a cavitand-based bis-N-anisyl-iminophosphorane

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 70-76

Cavitand chemistry: towards metallo-capsular catalysts

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 313-323

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C5H11C5H11H11C5

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+

1 : 1

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l/b = 39 : 1after 1h

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OPh2P O

O OO

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R R R

OOO OPh2P O

PtCl Cl

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R

R

R

O

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Ph2P

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[PtCl2(PhCN)2]O

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RO

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PPh2

toluene

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O H+ 64 %

36 %capsule

CO/H2SnCl2

Calix[4]arene-fused phospholes

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 9833-9845

Cavitand chemistry: nickel half-sandwich complexes with imidazolylidene ligands bearing one or two resorcinarenyl substituents

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 890-896

Catalytic behaviour of calixarenylphosphanes in nickel-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 581-586

OO O

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C5H11C5H11H11C5

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[Ni] / phosphaneNaH

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TOF : 1110 h-1 TOF : 310 h-1

PUBLICATIONS

84 publications and 1 book chapter in metallo-supramolecular chemistry, catalysis and organic synthesis; h factor 24

« A variety of SHOP-type catalysts, in which the C=C(O) double bond of nickel phosphanylenolates [Ni{Ph2PC(R1)=C(R2)O}Ph(PPh3)] was substituted by electron-withdrawing substituents, were assessed as ethylene oligomerization and polymerization catalysts and compared with Keim’s complex [Ni{Ph2PCH=C(Ph)O}Ph (PPh3)] (1). Regardless of their relative electron-withdrawing strength, all of these substituents induced an increase in activity with respect to 1. A rationale for the influence of the double-bond substituents of the P,O-chelate unit on the catalytic properties is proposed in the Full Paper. » P. Kuhn, D. Sémeril, C. Jeunesse, D. Matt, M. Neuburger, A. J. Mota, Chem. Eur. J., 2006, 5210-5219

« The cover art depicts the molecular structure of a variety of nickel(II) phosphinoenolates which are all suitable for the oligomerisation and polymerisation of ethylene under mild conditions. » P. Kuhn, D. Sémeril, C. Jeunesse, D. Matt, P. J. Lutz, R. Louis, M. Neuburger, Dalton Trans., 2006, 3647-3659

« The picture shows a very promising complex (25,27-dipropyloxy-26,28-dioxo-calix[4]arene titanium(IV) di- chloride) for the synthesis of UHMWPE. The polymers present remarkable regularity (NMR) and high melting temperature (DSC). The activation step of the complex with MAO (three vials on the right) and the polymerization reactor are also showed. » M. Frediani, D. Sémeril, A. Comucci, L. Bettucci, P. Frediani, L. Rosi, D. Matt, L. Toupet, W. Kaminsky, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2007, 208, 938-945

« A calix[4]arene platform was used to create a hemispherical, pocket-shaped cavity with pendant diphosphite ligands linked to the scaffolding. When these diphosphite groups are coordinated to RhI complexes, the resulting confined species undergo olefin hydroformylation reactions that result in remarkably high proportions of linear aldehydes, including styrene, which is usually transformed into 2-phenylpropanal. The observed shape-selectivity is not only due to the phosphorus substituents that efficiently embrace the metal centre, but also to the presence of lateral pendent groups that increase the confinement of the metal and, therefore, drive the reaction towards the linear product, that is, the one for which steric interactions with the pocket are minimized. » D. Sémeril, D. Matt, L. Toupet, Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 7144-7155

« Metal confinement can make the difference. The use of cyclodextrin derivatives with an introverted P(III) donor atom in the rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of styrene leads to high iso- and enantioselectivity. This result is due to the selective formation of monophosphane complexes in which the cyclodextrin cavity tightly wraps around the metal center, like Russian nesting dolls. » M. Jouffroy, R. Gramage-Doria, D. Armspach, D. Sémeril, W. Oberhauser, D. Matt, L. Toupet, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 3937-3940

85) ʺ″Chiral calixarene and resorcinarene derivatives. Conical cavities substituted at their upper rim by two

phosphito units and their use as ligands in Rh-catalysed hydroformylationʺ″ Nallusamy Natarajan, Marie-Christelle Pierrevelcin, David Sémeril,* Claude Bauder, Dominique Matt, Rengan Ramesh, Catal. Commun. 2019, in press

84) ʺ″Ruthenium(II)-(p-cymene)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes for the N-Alkylation of Amine Using the

Green Hydrogen Borrowing Methodologyʺ″ Murat Kaloğlu, Nevin Gürbüz, David Sémeril, İsmail Özdemir,* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 1236-1243 83) ʺ″Cavitand chemistry: nickel half-sandwich complexes with imidazolylidene ligands bearing one or two

resorcinarenyl substituentsʺ″ Nallusamy Natarajan, Thierry Chavagnan, David Sémeril,* Eric Brenner,* Dominique Matt, Rengan

Ramesh, Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 890-896 82) ʺ″Synthesis and structure of two crowded trans-PdCl2L2 complexes based on a chiral, calix[4]arene-fused

phospholeʺ″ Fethi Elaieb, David Sémeril,* Claude Bauder, Dominique Matt,* Lydia Karmazin, Corinne Bailly,

Polyhedron, 2018, 139, 172-177 81) ʺ″The use of resorcinarene-cavitands in metal-based catalysisʺ″ Nallusamy Natarajan, Eric Brenner, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Jack Harrowfield, Eur. J. Org.

Chem., 2017, 6100-6113

80) ʺ″Calix[4]arene-fused phospholesʺ″ Fethi Elaieb, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Michel Pfeffer, Muriel Hissler, Pierre-Antoine Bouit,

Christophe Gourlaouen, Jack Harrowfield, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 9833-9845

79) ʺ″Resorcinarene-based o-biarylphosphines in palladium catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of bulky

substratesʺ″ Fethi Elaieb, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 685-693

78) ʺ″Catalytic behaviour of calixarenylphosphanes in nickel-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplingʺ″

Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Christophe Gourlaouen, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 581-586

77) ʺ″Cavitand chemistry: towards metallo-capsular catalystsʺ″

Thierry Chavagnan, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 313-323 76) ʺ″Substrate-selective olefin hydrogenation with a cavitand-based bis-N-anisyl-iminophosphoraneʺ″

Thierry Chavagnan, Claude Bauder, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 70-76

75) ʺ″Synthesis and characterisation of cycloruthenated benzhydrazone complexes: Catalytic application to

selective oxidative cleavage of olefins to aldehydesʺ″ Thimma Sambamoorthy Manikandan, Rengan Ramesh,* David Sémeril, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 97107-97115

74) ʺ″A calixarene-decorated phosphole oxideʺ″

Fethi Elaieb, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Ahmed Hedhli, Jack Harrowfield, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 3103-3108

73) ʺ″Crystal structure of 5,17-bis-cyano-25,26,27,28-tetrapropyloxy-calix[4]arene, C42H46N2O4ʺ″

Fethi Elaieb, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Ahmed Hedhli, Z. Kristallogr. NCS, 2016, 231, 943-945 72) ʺ″Efficient and recyclable Ru(II) arene thioamide catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of ketones: Influence

of substituent on catalytic outcomeʺ″ Appukutti Kanchanadevi, Rengan Ramesh, David Sémeril, J. Organomet. Chem. 2016, 808 68-77 71) ʺ″Arylcalixarenyl Phosphines in Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactionsʺ″

Fethi Elaieb, Ahmed Hedhli,* David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 1867-1873 70) ʺ″Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling catalysis and the influence of imidazolylidene ligands with extended

resorcinarenyl substituentsʺ″ Murat Kaloğlu, David Sémeril,* Eric Brenner, Dominique Matt,* İsmail Özdemir, Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2016, 1115-1120

69) ʺ″Cavitand scission by transition metal centres: Cleaved cavitand chirality and its consequencesʺ″

Thierry Chavagnan, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Loïc Toupet, Jack Harrowfield, Richard Welter, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2016, 497-502

68) ʺ″Copper-Catalysed Allylic Substitution Using 2,8,14,20-Tetrapentylresorcinarenyl-Substituted Imidazolium

Saltsʺ″ Murat Kaloğlu, Neslihan Şahin, David Sémeril,* Eric Brenner, Dominique Matt,* İsmail Özdemir, Cemal

Kaya, Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2015, 7310-7316 67) ʺ″Palladium-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling with imidazolylidene ligands substituted by highly

crowded resorcinarenyl- and calixarenyl unitsʺ″ Neslihan Şahin, David Sémeril,* Eric Brenner, Dominique Matt, Cemal Kaya, Loïc Toupet, Turk. J. Chem., 2015, 39, 1171-1179

66) ʺ″Synthesis of Ru(II) pyridoxal thiosemicarbazone complex and its catalytic application to one-pot

conversion of aldehydes to primary amidesʺ″ Appukutti Kanchanadevi, Rengan Ramesh,* David Sémeril, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2015, 56, 116-119

65) ʺ″Cracking Cavitands: Metal-Directed Scission of Phosphinyl-Substituted Resorcinarenesʺ″

Thierry Chavagnan, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Jack Harrowfield, Loïc Toupet, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 6678-6681

64) ʺ″Crystal structure of 5-di-tert-butylphosphinoyl-25,26,27,28-tetrabenzoyloxy-calix[4]arene –

dichloromethane (1:1), C64H65O5P – CH2Cl2, C65H67Cl2O5Pʺ″ Fethi Elaieb, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Ahmed Hedhli, Z. Kristallogr. NCS, 2015, 230, 174-176

63) ʺ″Phosphinocyclodextrins as confining units for catalytic metal centres. Applications to carbon-carbon bond forming reactionsʺ″ Matthieu Jouffroy, Rafael Gramage-Doria, David Sémeril, Dominique Armspach,* Dominique Matt,* Werner Oberhauser, Loïc Toupet, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2014, 10, 2388-2405

62) ʺ″Synthesis and catalytic relevance of P(III) and P(V)-functionalised calixarenes and resorcinarenesʺ″

David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Coord. Chem. Rev., 2014, 279, 58-95

61) ʺ″Confining phosphanes derived from cyclodextrins for efficient regio- and enantioselective hydroformylationʺ″ Matthieu Jouffroy, Rafael Gramage-Doria, Dominique Armspach,* David Sémeril, Werner Oberhauser, Dominique Matt,* Loïc Toupet, Angew. Chem., 2014, 126, 4018-4021, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 3937-3940

60) ʺ″Resorcinarenyl-phosphines in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl chloridesʺ″ Laure Monnereau, Hani El Moll, David Sémeril,* Dominique Matt,* Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 1364-1372

59) ʺ″The calixarene cavity – binding site or refugeʺ″ Eric Brenner, Jack Harrowfield, Dominique Matt, David Sémeril, Supramol. Chem., 2014, 26, 480-487

58) ʺ″Pseudo-capsular behaviour of two trans coordinated calixarenyl phosphinesʺ″ Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Trans. Met. Chem., 2013, 38, 821-825

57) ʺ″Phosphine-Phosphite Chelators Built on an α-Cyclodextrin Scaffold: Application in Rh-Catalysed

Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Hydroformylationʺ″ Matthieu Jouffroy, David Sémeril, Dominique Armspach,* Dominique Matt*, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 6069-6077

56) ʺ″Subtle, Steric Effects of Resorcinarenyl-Imidazolium Salts in Nickel-Catalysed Kumada-Tamao-Corriu

Cross-Couplingʺ″ Neslihan Şahin, David Sémeril,* Eric Brenner, Dominique Matt,* İsmail Özdemir, Cemal Kaya, Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 4443-4449

55) ʺ″Calixarene-derived mono-iminophosphoranes : highly efficient ligands for palladium- and nickel-catalysed

cross-couplingʺ″ Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2013, 355, 1351-1360

54) ʺ″Tetra-hydroxy-calix[4]arene derivatives with two P(III) or P(V) units attached at the upper rimʺ″

Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Polyhedron, 2013, 51, 70-74 53) ʺ″Resorcinarene-functionalised imidazolium salts as ligand precursors for palladium catalysed Suzuki-

Miyaura cross-couplings ʺ″ Neslihan Şahin, David Sémeril*, Eric Brenner*, Dominique Matt*, Ismail Özdemir, Cemal Kaya, Loïc Toupet, ChemCatChem, 2013, 5, 1115-1125

52) ʺ″Synthesis and use in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of calixarene-based bis-iminophosphoranesʺ″ Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2012, 2786-2791 51) ʺ″La réaction de Suzuki-Miyaura, version supramoléculaireʺ″ Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Actualité Chimique, 2012, 359, 8-12 50) ʺ″Resorcin[4]arene-derived mono-, bis- and tetra-imidazolium salts as ligand precursors for Suzuki-Miyaura

cross-couplingʺ″ Hani El Moll, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Jean-Jacques Harrowfield, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 372-382

49) ʺ″Synthesis and use of trans-dichlorido-tetrakis-(N-R-imidazole)nickel(II) complexes in Kumada-Tamao-

Corriu cross-coupling reactionsʺ″ Neslihan Sahin, Hani El Moll, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Ismail Özdemir, Cemal Kaya, Loïc Toupet, Polyhedron, 2011, 30, 2051-2054

48) ʺ″High efficiency of cavity-based triaryl-phosphines in nickel-catalysed Kumada-Tamao-Corriu cross

couplingʺ″ Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6626-6628

47) ʺ″Infinite terbium(III) chains formed from a tetra-phosphorylated resorcinarene cavitandʺ″

Hani El Moll, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Charbonnière*, Loïc Toupet, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 4391-4393

46) ʺ″Crystal structure of trichlorooxo-17-bis[(diphenylphosphoryl)methyl]-4(24),6(10),12(16),18(22)-tetramethylenedioxy-2,8,14,20-tetrapentylresorcin[4]areneuranium(V) — dichlorodioxo-17- bis[(diphenylphosphoryl)methyl]-4(24),6(10),12(16),18(22)-tetramethylenedioxy-2,8,14,20-tetra-pentylresorcin[4]areneuranium(VI) — hexane (1:3:3), UCl3O(C78H86O10P2) · 3UCl2O2(C78H86O10P2) · 3C6H14ʺ″ Hani El Moll, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Z. Kristallogr. NCS, 2011, 226, 91-96

45) ʺ″High Pressure Investigations under CO/H2 of Rhodium Complexes containing Hemispherical Diphosphitesʺ″

David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Werner Oberhauser*, Claudio Bianchini, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 13843-13849

44) ʺ″Calix[4]arene-diphosphite rhodium complexes in solvent-free hydroaminovinylation of olefinsʺ″

Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Green Chem., 2010, 12, 1670-1673 43) ʺ″Solvent-Free Olefin Hydroformylation Using Hemispherical Diphosphitesʺ″

Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2010, 3068-3073 42) ʺ″Ring Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide using a Calix[4]arene-Based Titanium (IV) Complexʺ″

Marco Frediani*, David Sémeril, Dominique Matt, Luca Rosi, Piero Frediani, Fabio Rizzolo, Anna Maria Papini, Int. J. Polym. Sci., 2010, 1-6

41) ʺ″Cavity-shaped Ligands. Calix[4]arene-Based Monophosphanes for Fast Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Couplingʺ″

Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 9237-9247

40) ʺ″Resorcin[4]arene-derived mono- and diphosphines in Suzuki cross-couplingʺ″ Hani El Moll, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2010, 352, 901-908

39) ʺ″L-Lactide Polymerization by Calix[4]arene-Titanium (IV) Complex using Thermal or Microwave Heatingʺ″

Marco Frediani*, David Sémeril, Dominique Matt, Fabio Rizzolo, Anna Maria Papini, Piero Frediani, Luca Rosi, Marco Santella, Guido Giachi, e-Polymer, 2010, 019, 1-8

38) ʺ″Regioselective Grafting of two –CH2P(X)Ph2 Units (X = O, lone pair) on a Resorcin[4]arene-Derived

Cavitandʺ″ Hani El Moll, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2010, 1158-1168

37) ʺ″Supramolecular chemistry of fluoranions: selectivity in weak inteactionsʺ″

David Sémeril, Dominique Matt*, Jack Harrowfield*, Nate Schultheiss, Loïc Toupet, Dalton Trans., 2009, 6296-6298

36) ʺ″Micellar effects in olefin hydroformylation catalysed by neutral, calix[4]arene-diphosphite rhodium

complexesʺ″ Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2009, 351, 1629-1636

35) ʺ″Efficient, nickel-catalysed Kumada-Tamao-Corriu cross-coupling with a calix[4]arene-diphosphine ligandʺ″

Laure Monnereau, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Antonio J. Mota, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2009, 351, 1383-1389

34) ʺ″Synthesis of a resorcinarene-based tetraphosphine-cavitand and its use in Heck reactionsʺ″

Hani El Moll, David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Marie-Thérèse Youinou, Loïc Toupet, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009, 7, 495-501

33) ʺ″Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactide under Solvent-Free Conditions Catalyzed by a Chlorotitanium

Calix[4]arene Complexʺ″ Marco Frediani*, David Sémeril*, Alfredo Mariotti, Luca Rosi, Piero Frediani, Laura Rosi, Dominique Matt, Loïc Toupet, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2008, 1554-1560

32) ʺ″Highly Regioselective Hydroformylation with Hemispherical Chelatorsʺ″ David Sémeril*, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 7144-7155

31) ʺ″Influence des propriétés intrinsèques de ligands calixaréniques sur des réactions de transformation

catalytique de l’éthylèneʺ″ David Sémeril*, Catherine Jeunesse*, Dominique Matt*, C. R. Chimie, 2008, 11, 583-594

30) ʺ″Producing Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) with a Titanium Calix[4]arene Complex

Displaying High Thermal Stability under Polymerisation Conditionsʺ″ Marco Frediani*, David Sémeril*, Alessandro Comucci, Lorenzo Bettucci, Piero Frediani, Luca Rosi, Dominique Matt, Loïc Toupet, Walter Kaminsky, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2007, 208, 938-945

29) ʺ″Calix[4]arene-derived Nickel Diphosphine Complexes for LLDPE synthesis via Orthogonal Tandem and

One-Pot Catalysisʺ″ David Sémeril*, Manuel Lejeune, Dominique Matt*, New. J. Chem., 2007, 502-504

28) ʺ″Structure-reactivity relationships in [Ni(P,O)R(L)] complexes, a class of versatile catalysts for the

oligomerisation and polymerisation of ethyleneʺ″ Pierre Kuhn, David Sémeril, Dominique Matt*, Michael Chetcuti, Pierre Lutz, Dalton Trans., 2007, 515-528 27) ʺ″Regioselectivity with hemispherical chelators. Increasing the catalytic efficiency of complexes of

diphosphanes with large bite anglesʺ″ David Sémeril, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, Loïc Toupet, Angew. Chem., 2006, 118, 5942-5946, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 5810-5814

26) ʺ″Catalytic applications of keto-stabilised phosphorus ylides based on a macrocyclic scaffold: calixarenes

with one or two pendant Ni(P,O)-subunits as ethylene oligomerisation and polymerisation catalystsʺ″ Pierre Kuhn, David Sémeril, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, Pierre J. Lutz*, Rémy Louis, Markus Neuburger, Dalton Trans., 2006, 3647-3659

25) ʺ″Ethylene oligomerisation and polymerisation with nickel phosphanylenolates bearing electron-withdrawing substituents. Structure-reactivity relationshipsʺ″ Pierre Kuhn, David Sémeril, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, Markus Neuburger, Antonio J. Mota, Chem. Eur. J., 2006, 5210-5219

24) ʺ″Strained Diphosphines Built upon a Calix[4]arene Skeleton. Synthesis of a Highly Active Norbonene Polymerization Catalystʺ″ Manuel Lejeune, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, David Sémeril, Frédéric Peruch, Loïc Toupet, Pierre J. Lutz*, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2006, 27, 865-870

23) ʺ″Fast Propene Dimerisation Using Upper Rim-Diphosphinated Calix[4]arenes as Chelatorsʺ″

Manuel Lejeune, David Sémeril, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, Pierre J. Lutz, Loïc Toupet, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2006, 348, 881-886

22) ʺ″Direct Preparation of Ru(η2-O2CO)(η6-Arene)(L) Carbonate Complexes (L = Phosphane, Carbene) and their Use as Precursors of RuH2(p-Cymene)(PCy3) and [Ru(η6-Arene)(L)(MeCN)2][BF4]2. X-Ray Crystal Structure Determination of Ru(η2-O2CO)(p-Cymene)(PCy3)·1/2CH2Cl2 and of Ru(η2-O2CO)2(η6-C6Me6)(PMe3)·H2Oʺ″ Bernard Demerseman*, Mbaye Diagne Mbaye, David Sémeril, Loïc Toupet, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2006, 1174-1181

21) ʺ″Heck, Suzuki and Kumada-Corriu cross-coupling reactions mediated by complexes based on the upper rim of diphosphinated calix[4]arenesʺ″ David Sémeril*, Manuel Lejeune, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, J. Mol. Catal. A, Chem., 2005, 239, 257-262

20) ʺ″An efficient Keim-type Catalyst Based on an Electron Poor P,O-Chelate; Tuning the Selectivity of Ethylene Oligomerisation towards Short a-Olefinsʺ″ Pierre Kuhn, David Sémeril, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, Pierre Lutz*, Richard Welter, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2005, 1477-1481

19) ʺ″Diphosphines with expandable bite angles. Highly active ethylene dimerisation catalysts based on upper rim, distallydiphosphinated calix[4]arenesʺ″ Manuel Lejeune, David Sémeril, Catherine Jeunesse, Dominique Matt*, Frédéric Peruch, Pierre Lutz*, Louis Ricard, Chem. Eur. J., 2004, 10, 5354-5360

18) ʺ″Coordination chemistry of large diphosphines. Directional properties of a calix[4]arene proximally-substituted by two OCH2PPh2 podand armsʺ″ Pierre Kuhn, Catherine Jeunesse, David Sémeril, Dominique Matt*, Pierre Lutz, Richard Welter, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2004, 4602-4607

17) ʺ″Access to 3-Methyl-4-methylene-N-tosylpyrrolidine and 3,4-Dimethyl- N-tosylpyrroline by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cascade Cycloisomerization/Isomerization Reactionsʺ″ Ismail Özdemir, Engin Çetinkaya, Bekir Çetinkaya*, Metin Çiçek, David Sémeril, Christian Bruneau*, Pierre H. Dixneuf, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2004, 418-422

16) ʺ″Rate Studies and Mechanism of Ring-Closing Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Cationic Ruthenium Allenylidene Arene Complexesʺ″ Mauro Bassetti*, Fabio Centola, David Sémeril, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf, Organometallics 2003, 22, 4459-4466

15) ʺ″Schulz–Flory oligomerisation of ethylene by the binuclear nickel(II) complex Ni2Cl4[cis,trans,cis-1,2,3,4-

tetrakis-(diphenylphosphino)cyclobutane]ʺ″ Claudio Bianchini*, Luca Gonsalvi, Werner Oberhauser, David Sémeril, Peter Brüggeller, Rene Gutmann, Dalton Trans., 2003, 3869-3875

14) ʺ″η6-Mesityl, η1-Imidazolinylidene Carbene–Ruthenium(II) Complexes: Catalytic Activity of their Allenylidene Derivatives in Alkene Metathesis and Cycloisomerization Reactionsʺ″ Bekir Çetinkaya*, Serpil Demir, Ismail Özdemir, Loïc Toupet, David Sémeril, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 9, 2323-2330

13) ʺ″Reactive blending of polyamides with different carbonyl containing olefin polymersʺ″ David Sémeril, Elisa Passaglia*, Claudio Bianchini, Maxwell Davies, Hamish Miller, Francesco Ciardelli, Macromol. Mater. Eng., 2003, 288, 475-483

12) ʺ″In-situ generated three component ruthenium-based catalyst for ROMPʺ″ Ricardo Castarlenas, Inaam Alaoui Abdallaoui, David Sémeril, Bouchaib Mernari, Salaheddine Guesmi, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 6-8

11) ʺ″Allenylidene–Ruthenium–Arene Precatalyst for Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP)ʺ″ Ricardo Castarlenas, David Sémeril, Alfred F. Noels*, Albert Demonceau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, J. Organomet. Chem., 2002, 663, 235-238

10) ʺ″Synthesis of 6-membered cyclic siloxanes via enyne metathesis with a ruthenium catalyst generated in situʺ″ David Sémeril, Myriam Cléran, Azucena Jimerez Perez, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, J. Mol. Catal. A, Chem., 2002, 190, 9-25

9) ʺ″Imidazolium and Imidazolinium Salts as Carbene Precursors or Solvent for Ruthenium Catalysed Diene and Enyne Metathesisʺ″ David Sémeril, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2002, 344, 585-595

8) ʺ″Tandem isomerization/Claisen transformation of allyl homoallyl and diallyl ethers into χ,δ-unsaturated aldehydes with a new three component catalyst Ru3(CO)12/imidazolinium salt/Cs2CO3ʺ″ Jérôme Le Nôtre, Luc Brissieux, David Sémeril, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, Chem. Commun, 2002, 1772-1773

7) ʺ″Preparation of new ruthenium-allenylidene catalysts and their use in polymerisation of cyclics olefinsʺ″ Inaam Alaoui Abdallaoui, David Sémeril, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, J. Mol. Catal. A, Chem., 2002, 182-183, 577-583

6) ʺ″Alkene metathesis catalysis in ionic liquids with ruthenium allenylidene saltsʺ″ David Sémeril, Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, Chem. Commun, 2002, 146-147

5) ʺ″Ruthenium Catalyst Dichotomy: Selective Catalytic Diene Cycloisomerization or Metathesisʺ″ David Sémeril, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, Helv. Chim. Acta, 2001, 84, 3335-3341

4) ʺ″First ruthenium complexes with chelating arene carbene ligand as catalytic precursors for alkene

metathesis and cycloisomerisationʺ″ Bekir Çetinkaya*, Serpil Demir, Ismail Özdemir, Loïc Toupet, David Sémeril, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, New. J. Chem., 2001, 25, 519-521

3) ʺ″New in situ Generated Ruthenium Catalyst for Enyne Metathesis: Access to Novel Cyclic Siloxanesʺ″ David Sémeril, Myriam Cléran, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2001, 343, 184-187

2) ʺ″Fluorine containing α-alkynyl aminoesters and access to a new family of 3,4-dehydroproline analoguesʺ″

David Sémeril, Jérôme Le Nôtre, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf*, Alexey F. Kolomiets, Sergey N. Osipov*, New. J. Chem., 2001, 25, 16-18

1) ʺ″An Immobilized Homogeneous Catalyst for Efficient and Selective Hydrogenation of Fonctionalized

Aldehydes, Alkenes, and Alkynesʺ″ Mark J. Burk*, Arne Gerlach, David Sémeril, J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65, 8933-8939

Book chapter:

ʺ″The alkene metathesis ruthenium catalyst sagaʺ″ David Sémeril, Pierre H. Dixneuf In ʺ″Novel Metathesis Chemistry: Well-Defined Initiator Systems for Specialty Chemical Synthesis, Tailored Polymers and Advanced Material Applicationsʺ″ NATO SCIENCE SERIES: II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Kluwer Academic Publishers, volume 122, november 2003, edited by: Y. Imamoglu and L. Bencze.