All-heteroatom carbon stereocenters
Chiral tetraoxa and azatrioxa carbon spiro stereocenters are studied as single enantiomers and display very high enantiomerization barriers
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Multistep synthesis
Oxa/aza benzonorbornadienes and diazomalonates afford polycyclic pyrazolidines
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Vertical perspective
Les glières - 2025
[3+6+3+6] macrocyclization
With Pd(II)-catalysis, macrocycles are prepared by [3+6+3+6] condensation of cyclic ethers with aryl alpha-diazo-beta-ketoesters
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Cationic and neutral radical helicenes
Triple para-Functionalized Cations and Neutral Radicals of Enantiopure Diaza [4]Helicenes
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Chiral boramidine
Axially-chiral boramidines showcase deep-blue fluorescence (Φ up to 94%), and gabs and glum |10-3| values
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Lateral perspective
Les Glières - 2025
Two-photon spectroscopy
Bright tris para-MeO helicenes are designed for 2-photon excitation and proved competent under both 1PE and 2PE microscopy.
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N-H carbene insertion
General N-H insertion reactivity of acceptor-acceptor diazo malonate reagents under Ir-catalysis
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Supramolecular aggregation
Chiral disulfide bispyrene macrocycle with excimer aggregation-induced emission
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Research in the Lacour group focuses on asymmetric synthesis, catalysis and chiroptical spectroscopy using organic, physical organic, photochemical, organometallic and coordination chemistry tools. Cationic helicenes, metal carbenes, ylide intermediates and subsequent products are primarily displayed in our studies.
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