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Journal of Biotechnology and Phytochemistry
Volume 1 Issue 3
Chemistry World 2017
November 13-15, 2017 Athens, Greece
7
th
World Congress on
Chemistry
Jean-Luc Renaud, J Biotech and Phyto 2017
Bifunctional iron catalysts: synthesis and
applications
E
conomic constraints and environmental concerns
in chemistry have led to increased demand for the
replacement of noblemetals used in chemical processes
by Earth-abundant ones. Iron-catalyzed reduction has
received intensive attention and some iron complexes
have shown activities and selectivity that are competitive
with those of noble metals. However, exchanging noble
metals for cheap, abundant, and biocompatible iron
complexes to perform reduction is not the sole criterion
to render such complexes attractive for industrial
applications; the catalytic activities and the price of
the ligand must also be taken into account. Based on
a "transition metal frustrated Lewis pair" approach,
cyclopentadienone iron tricarbonyl complexes have
been designed. Their application in reduction and
alkylation, as well as a detailed mechanistic, study will
be presented (Figure 1).
Recent Publications
1. Bauer I and Knölker H (2015) Iron Catalysis in
Organic Synthesis. Chemical Reviews 115:3170-
3387.
2. Renaud J L and Gaillard S (2016) Recent Advances
in Iron- and Cobalt-Complex-Catalyzed Tandem/
Consecutive Processes Involving Hydrogenation.
Synthesis 48(21):3659-3683.
3. Moulin S, Dentel H, Pagnoux-Ozherelyeva A,
GaillardS,PoaterA,CavalloL, Lohier JFandRenaud
J L (2013) Bifunctional (cyclopentadienone)iron-
tricarbonyl complexes: synthesis, computational
studies and application in reductive amination.
Chemistry - A European Journal 19(52):17881-90
4. Thai T T, Mérel D S, Poater A, Gaillard S and
Renaud J L (2015) Highly active phosphine-free
bifunctional iron complex for hydrogenation of
bicarbonate and reductive amination. Chemistry - A
European Journal 21(19):7066-7070.
5. Mérel D S, Lohier JF, Gaillard S and Renaud J
L (2013) Bifunctional Iron Complexes: Efficient
Catalysts for C=O and C=N Reduction in Water.
ChemCatChem 5:2939-2945.
Biography
Jean-Luc Renaud obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1998 under the supervision of
Aubert and Malacria (Paris VI University). He was a Lavoisier Postdoctoral fellow in
1999 with Lautens (University of Toronto) then moved to the University of Louvain-
La-Neuve in the team of Prof. Riant. In 2000, he was appointed as Maître de
Conférences at the University of Rennes and accepted a Professor position at the
University of Caen in 2008. The research interests focus on organometallic catalysis
(Fe, Co, Cu, Ru, Ir) and their application in fine chemical synthesis (hydrogenation,
cycloaddition and coupling reactions).
jean-luc.renaud@ensicaen.frJean-Luc Renaud
University of Caen Normandy, France