Spotlight on the Winners of the DCO‐SCF 2021 Awards – An Ever Valuable Collaboration with EurJOC

The Division de Chimie Organique (DCO) of the Société Chimique France (SCF) and European Journal Organic Chemistry are coming together for second consecutive year to celebrate recipients 2021 DCO Awards. A close connection between a chemical society its journals is an essential component their respective successes, as it ensures mutual promotion. We therefore delighted continue collaboration, started in 2019, with this spotlight on prize awardees. SCF has always been highly involved Europe since 1995 one founding societies, but EurJOC decided further strengthen ties through series actions. For instance, partnership consisted setting up many fruitful joint events over past three years. In particular, support was organization, broadcasting, advertising success DCO's Journées (Organic Days), which held twice year. This particularly precious not only during first phase pandemic when were able organize videoconferences, also more recently we could set hybrid meetings, exciting possibility being meet person, enjoying online very high quality lectures given by our guests those whom traveling possible. Another important part collaboration edition special collection highlighting prizes awarded DCO-SCF at all stages scientific career. As result published celebrating 2020 Award Winners. fact, addition organization meetings exchanges dissemination, role that heart promotion excellence members, abroad, Thus, each year, awards 8 brilliant researchers, Guest Editorial pleased introduce All awardees indeed invited contribute original Research Article or Review work free front cover (Figure 1). grateful winners, most answered positively invitation. Front Covers provided Samir Messaoudi (left; design Dmytro Ryzhakov) Davide Audisio (right; Antoine Sallustrau). proud highlight two talented PhD students Henri Kagan Dina Surdin Prize. Prize Johanna Frey who studied chemistry École Nationale Supérieure Paris, concurrently obtaining Master's degree Molecular Sorbonne University. She began her Strasbourg University under guidance Drs. Françoise Colobert, Joanna Wencel-Delord Sabine Choppin. defended thesis entitled “Copper-catalyzed atroposelective C−N couplings hypervalent iodides” mid-2020. described efficient atropodiastereoselective copper-couplings chiral sulfoxides chirality inducers. succeeded performing atropoenantioselective version these using enantiopure bis(oxazoline) copper complex presence Lewis acids. presented Charlotte Lorton doctoral new methodologies asymmetric redox organocatalysis phosphines preparation valuable cyclic compounds. Paris-Saclay University, where she obtained Master organic well Magister diploma from Normale 2017. Her conducted Institut des Substances Naturelles (ICSN) Gif-sur-Yvette, direction Dr. Arnaud Voituriez. running enantioselective phosphine-catalyzed tandem Michael addition/Wittig reaction, demonstrating instance successful use trifluoropentane-2,4-dione derivatives HypPhos phosphines. P(III)/P(V)=O process synthesis fluorinated cyclobutenes spiro-cyclobutenes isolated 95 % ee. After defending November 2020, joined team Prof. John F. Bower Liverpool synthesize Au(III) complexes. young researchers Marc Julia beginning Sophie Feuillastre, CPE engineering school Lyon before carrying out total Olivier Piva ICBMS, During time, prepared added value compounds such nhatrangine (+)-guaymasol, developed synthetic based metathesis reactions radical chemistry. then CEA postdoctoral position Bernard Rousseau Grégory Pieters, worked isotopic labelling hydrogen isotopes molecules energy. senior chemist CortecNet, considered routes towards 13C- et D-labelled applications medical imaging. permanent Pieters develop deuteration/tritiation biological interest field materials. Very national international collaborative projects, interested continuous flow. collection, shares us another expertise, deals regioselective cross-dehydrogenative homocouplings, performed ruthenium-promoted heterogeneous catalysis. efficiency methodology demonstrated coupling 2-aryl-N-heterocycles, iron chloride oxidant, study photophysical properties corresponding borane dimer France, status researcher identical regard teaching load, depending whether works CNRS university. Therefore, Jean-Pierre Sauvage created have practicing profession less than eight recipient prize. He underwent his undergraduate studies Turin (Italy) moving faculty pharmacy Paris-Sud prepare medicinal supervision Mouâd Alami Messaoudi. synthesized novobiocine potential Hsp90 inhibitors. 2010, he group Nuno Maulide Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Mülheim der Ruhr (Germany), catalysis enantio- diastereoselective substituted cyclobutenes. spent years department Eli Lilly & Co. (Windlesham, UK), development clinical candidates neurodegenerative diseases. 2014, appointed Saclay, Frédéric Taran mesoionic heterocycles “click release” reactions. His research interests currently various areas chemistry, including carbon isotope labeling methodologies, helicene polyaromatic compounds, tools bioorthogonal presents approach evaluate robustness Staudinger aza-Wittig reaction labeling, [14C]CO2 screening representative functional groups found FDA approved drugs. Jean Normant assistant professor same stage career previous one, William Erb. completed training Jieping Zhu ICSN, approaches antibiotic, lipiarmycine A3, palladium-catalyzed carried several post-doctoral stays teams Profs. Varinder Aggarwal (Bristol), Janine Cossy (Paris), Jacques Rouden (Caen) Géraldine Gouhier (Rouen) topics, application organocatalyzed prostaglandins, triterpenes, boronic acids cyclodextrins. 2015, recruited Lecturer Rennes, Interfaces team, works, bimetallic reagents catalyzed complexes access biologically active developing axis dedicated ferrocenes looking presenting either substitution patterns interface biology. It latter proposes route involving HFIP-promoted ligands ferrocene series. received Jean-Marie Lehn recognition decade. Blaise Pascal Clermont Ferrand, preparing Michelle Prudhomme rebecamycin, staurosporine granulatimide analogues, antitumor agents. southeast fragment microsclerodermin A, David Aitken. (BioCIS), anastrozole analogues anitumor agents (with Jean-Daniel Brion Alami), 2007. activities mainly centered functionalization heterocyclic frameworks organometallic couplings. particular inhibitors heat shock protein Hsp90, antimitotic modulators TCTP treatment cancers. initiated theme glycochemistry understand reactivity sugars transition metals order innovative catalytic functionalization. embarked exploration spaces glycopeptides glycopolymers bioactive glycomimetics (S- C-glycosides). issue facile protocol leading azolium thioglycosides transformation into Ag(I)-N-heterocyclic carbenes via mechanochemistry approach, Lamaty IBMM (Montpellier). Promising results bioactivity. Our prestigious award, experienced nationally internationally recognized work. Gilles Guichard originality Toulouse, Strathclyde (UK) master Montpellier. working peptides immunology. Dieter Seebach ETH Zürich folding β-peptides. searcher IBMC moved Biologie Membranes Nanoobjets (CBMN) Européen (IECB) Bordeaux Peptidomimetic team. activity focuses biomimetic proteins related biology, notable molecular interfere processes. strong focus foldamer artificial strands controlled properties. aliphatic oligomers urea junctions fold form helical secondary structures polypeptide helices. An structural characterization objects alone (macro)molecules interest. Current developments aim exploit systems recognition: creation self-assembled architectures, specific surfaces, transport ingredients, Together Guillaume Compain, describes situ generated DBU.HF salt fluorinating agent hexafluoroisobutylation allowing polyfluorinated leucine, procedure large scale. do hope you will enjoy reading beautiful done members invite stay tuned follow presentation DCO-SCF, once again, 2022. Coming soon! 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