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Pierre de Frémont received his M.Sc. degree, in 2003, from Le Mans Université and his Ph.D., in 2007, from the University of New Orleans, in Prof. Steven P. Nolan’s group.
In 2008, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the IBM Almaden center with Dr. James Hedrick; and in 2009, at the Université de Rennes 1 with Prof. Jean-François Carpentier.
He was hired by the CNRS in 2009 and appointed to the university of Strasbourg until 2023.
He has recently moved to the University of Burgundy Europ

2 projects must be developed in a short notice:

1. The synthesis of bimetallic complexes supported by ferrocene-diphosphine ligands, and their use in catalysis
   (well established subject of research in the CAPCOM team)
2. The development of complexes supported by NHC ligands and their applications in catalysis.
   (subject brought by the researcher).

5 selected publications:

1. Synthesis and structural characterization of N-heterocyclic carbene Gold(I) Complexes. de Frémont, Pierre; Scott, Natalie M.; Stevens, Edwin D.; Nolan, Steven P. Organometallics (2005), 24(10), 2411-2418.
2. Syndio- and isoselective coordinative chain transfer polymerization of styrene promoted by ansa-lanthanidocene/dialkylmagnesium systems. Sarazin, Yann; de Frémont, Pierre; Annunziata, Liana; Duc, Michel; Carpentier, Jean-François. Advanced Synthesis Catalysis (2011), 353, 1367-1374.
3. Synthesis and characterization of oxygen-functionalized NHC silver(I) complexes and transmetallation to nickel(II). Hameury Sophie, de Frémont Pierre, Breuil Pierre-Alain, Olivier-Bourbigou Hélène, Braunstein Pierre. Dalton Transaction (2014), 43, 4700-4710.
4. Synthesis and characterization of alcoholate-functionalized-NHC palladium(II) and nickel(II) complexes: mixed Ni(II)-Li(I) complexes. Hameury Sophie, de Frémont Pierre, Breuil Pierre-Alain, Olivier-Bourbigou Hélène, Braunstein Pierre. Inorganic Chemistry (2014), 53, 5189-5200.
5. Synthesis, Characterization and catalytic Activity of Chiral NHC Platinum(II) Pyridine Dihalide Complexes. Romain Pertschi, Delphine Hatey, Patrick Pale, Pierre de Frémont, Aurélien Blanc, Organometallics (2020), 39, 6, 804-812.

5 selected communications:

1. (NHC)Au(I)-Catalyzed (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) enyne cycloisomerization. Marion, Nicolas; de Frémont, Pierre; Scott, Natalie M.; Fensterbank, Louis; Malacria, Max; Nolan, Steven P. Abstracts of Papers, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2005.
2. Synthesis, characterization of cationic NHC gold(III) pyridine complexes. Jacques Béatrice, Orbisaglia Serena, de Frémont Pierre, Braunstein Pierre. Abstracts of Papers – BASF – Forum of molecular catalysis, Heidelberg, Germany, Jun. 28, 2013.
3. Synthesis and characterization of gold(III) N-heterocyclic carbene triflimidate complexes. Garner Mary, Jacques Béatrice, Orbisaglia Serena, Hueber Damien, Pale Patrick, Blanc Aurélien, de Frémont Pierre, Braunstein Pierre, 247th ACS National Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States, March 17, 2014.
4. Organogold Chemistry & N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. de Frémont Pierre. Invited CNRS researcher, E2P2L – UMI 3464, Shanghai, China, June 5, 2015.
5. NHC Gold(I) POM hybrids: efficient and versatile catalysts. de Frémont Pierre. Invited Professor, The first international Seminar on Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Green Chemistry (CaGEC-2023), El Oued, Algeria February 22-23, 2023.

Teaching assistant (TA) at the University of New Orleans
2003: Freshmen – General chemistry lab
2004 - 2005: Sophomore – Analytical chemistry lab

Assistant professor level at the Université de Strasbourg
2011 & 2013: Freshmen (1st year of Licence) – Physical chemistry courses & practical
2014 & 2015: Freshmen (1st year of Licence) – Thermodynamic and kinetic – Practical
2014 - 2023: Freshmen (1st year of Licence) – General Chemistry – Courses
2016: Sophomore students (2nd year of Licence) – Thermochemistry

Synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene ligands (NHCs) – Carbenes chemistry

Synthesis of organogold, organosilver, organorhodium, organopalladium, organoruthenium, organobismuth, organonickel, organomagnesium, organozinc, lanthanides complexes (specialization in gold chemistry)

Polymerization by ROMP, ATRP, ROP, Chain-Growth

Homogeneous catalysis (organic & metal assisted)

Analysis: NMR spectroscopy (¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P, ¹⁹F, ¹¹B, ¹⁰⁹Ag…), Elementary analysis, IR spectroscopy, Mass spectroscopy (MALDI, MALDI-TOF, Electrons-Spray), Size exclusion chromatography (SEC), Notions of DFT – HF calculations.

X-ray diffraction with mono-crystals – Structures solving and generation of cif files – 145 structures published.

Member of the work group « Handicap & Solidarity » of the ICMUB Institute