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Research in the Lacour group aims at the preparation of chiral salts and ylides, and their use in synthetic (asymmetric) chemistry in a broad sense.

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Latest Publications

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  1. From reactive carbenes to chiral polyether macrocycles in two steps – synthesis and applications made easy?
    Alexandre Homberg, Jérôme Lacour
    Chem. Sci., in press
  1. Enantiopure encaged Verkade's superbases: Synthesis, chiroptical properties, and use as chiral derivatizing agent
    Jian Yang, Bastien Chatelet, Damien Hérault, Véronique Dufaud, Vincent Robert, Stéphane Grass, Jérôme Lacour, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Marion Jean, Muriel Albalat, Jean-Pierre Dutasta, Alexandre Martinez
    Chirality 2020, 32, 139-146
  1. Photo-induced thiol–ene reactions for late-stage functionalization of unsaturated polyether macrocycles: regio and diastereoselective access to macrocyclic dithiol derivatives
    Elodie Brun, Ke-Feng Zhang, Laure Guénée, Jérôme Lacour
    Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 250-254