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Publications

2019

88) Rochette, É., Desrosiers, V., Soltani, Y., Fontaine, F.-G. Perspectives and Proof of Concept of Transfer Borylation Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 31, 12305-12311.

87) Hu, Y., Misal Castro, L.C., Drouin, E., Florek, J., Hanspeter, K., Larivière, D., Kleitz, F. et Fontaine, F.-G. Size-selective separation of rare earth elements using functionalized mesoporous silica materials, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 26, 23681-23691.

86) Bouchard, N. et Fontaine, F.-G.; Alkylammoniotrifluoroborate functionalized polystyrenes: polymeric pre-catalysts for the metal-free borylation of heteroarenes, Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 4846-4856.

85) Jayaraman, A.; Davies-Poweel, H.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Revisiting the reduction of indoles by hydroboranes: A combined experimental and computational study, Tetrahedron, 2019, 75, 14, 2118-2127.

84) Hu, Y.; Giret, S.; Meinusch, R.; Han, J.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Kleitz, F.; Larivière, D.; Selective separation and preconcentration of Th(IV) using organo-functionalized, hierarchically porous silica monoliths, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 289-302.

2018

83) Jayaraman, A.; Misal Castro, L.C.; Fontaine, F.-G., «Practical and Scalable Synthesis of Borylated Heterocycles Using Bench-Stable Precursors of Metal-Free Lewis Pair Catalysts», Org. Process Res. Dev. 2018, 22, 1489−1499.

82) Hu, Y.; Florek, J.; Larivière, D.; Fontaine, F.-G.; and Kleitz, F.; «Recent Advances in the Separation of Rare Earth Elements Using Mesoporous, Hybrid Materials», Chem. Rec. 2018, 18, 1261–1276.

81) Jayaraman, A.; Misal Castro, L. C. ; Desrosiers V.; Fontaine, F.-G.; « Metal-Free Borylative Dearomatization of Indoles: Exploring the Divergent Reactivity of Aminoborane C-H Borylation Catalysts », Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5057 – 5063.

80) Zakharova M.V.; Masoumifard N.; Hu Y.; Jongho; Kleitz F.; Fontaine, F.-G.; « Designed Synthesis of Mesoporous Solid-Supported Lewis Acid–Base Pairs and Their CO2 Adsorption Behaviors », ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 15, 13199-13210.

79) Fontaine, F.-G.; Rochette, É. « Ambiphilic Molecules: From Organometallic Curiosity to Metal-Free Catalysts » Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2, 454-464.

2017

78) Hu, Y.; Drouin, E.; Larivière, D; Kleitz, F.; Fontaine, F.-G. « Highly Efficient and Selective Recovery of Rare Earth Elements Using Mesoporous Silica Functionalized by Preorganized Chelating Ligands » ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 9, 38584-38593.

77) Légaré Lavergne, J.; Jayaraman, A.; Misal-Castro, L. C.; Rochette, É.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Metal-Free Borylation of Heteroarenes using Ambiphilic Aminoboranes: On the Importance of Sterics in Frustrated Lewis Pair C-H Bond Activation» J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 14714−14723.

76) Rochette, É.; Boutin, H.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyzed S-H Bond Borylation» Organometallics, 2017, 36, 2870–2876.

75) Fontaine, F.-G.; Stephan, D.W. «On The Concept Of Frustrated Lewis Pairs» Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 2017, 375 (2001) 20170004.

74) Bura, T., Beaupré, S., Légaré, M.-A., Quinn, J., Rochette, É., Blaskovits, J.T., Fontaine, F.-G., Pron, A., Li, Y., Leclerc, M. « Direct heteroarylation polymerization: guidelines for defect-free conjugated polymers » Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 3913 – 3925.

73) Zakharova, V. M., Kleitz, F., Fontaine, F.-G.«Lewis Acidity Quantification and Catalytic Activity of Ti, Zr and Al-Supported Mesoporous Silica» Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 3864 – 3876.

72) Zakharova, M.V., Kleitz, F., Fontaine, F.-G.«Carbon Dioxide Oversolubility in Nanoconfined Liquids for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates» ChemCatChem, 2017, 9, 1886 – 1890.

71) Rochette, E.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Fontaine, F.-G.«Frustrated Lewis Pair Mediated Csp3-H Activation» Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 15, 3567-3571.

70) Fontaine, F.G.; Stephan, D.W. «Metal-Free Reduction of CO2», Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2017, 3, 28 — 32.

69) Fontaine, F.-G.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Légaré, M.-A.; Rochette, É. «Design Principles in Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysis for the Functionalization of Carbon Dioxide and Heterocycles» Coord. Chem. Rev. 2017, 334, 124 – 135. Contribution invitée.

2016

68) Rochette, É.; Bouchard, N.; Légaré Lavergne, J.; Matta C.F., Fontaine, F.-G. «Spontaneous Reduction of a Hydroborane To Generate a B−B Single Bond by the Use of a Lewis Pair» Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12722 – 12726.

67) Bélanger-Chabot, G.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Mono-boratabenzene and phospholyl zirconocene(IV) derivatives: Towards mixed heterocycles zirconocene complexes» Polyhedron, 2016, 108, 15 – 22. Contribution invitée.

66) Légaré, M.-A.; Rochette, É.; Légaré Lavergne, J.; Bouchard, N.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Bench-stable frustrated Lewis pair chemistry: fluoroborate salts as precatalysts for the C-H borylation of heteroarenes» Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 5387 – 5390.

65) Courtemanche, M.-A.; Rochette, É.; Légaré, M.-A.; Bi, W.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Reversible hydrogen activation by a bulky haloborane based FLP system» Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 6129 – 6135. Contribution invitée.

64) Perez, V; Audet, P.; Bi, W.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Phosphidoboratabenzene-rhodium(I) complexes as precatalysts for the hydrogenation of alkenes at room temperature and atmospheric pressure» Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 2130 – 2137. Contribution invitée.

2015

63) Florek, J.; Mushtaq, A.; Larivière, D.; Cantin, G.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Kleitz, F. «Selective recovery of rare earth elements using chelating ligands grafted on mesoporous surfaces» RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 103782 – 103789.

62) Rochette, É.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Pulis, A. P.; Bi, W.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Ambiphilic Frustrated Lewis Pairs Exhibiting High Robustness and Reversible Water Activation: Towards the Metal-Free Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide» Molecules, 2015, 20, 11902 – 11904. Contribution invitée

61) Légaré, M.-A.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Rochette, É.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Metal-free catalytic C-H activation and borylation of heteroarenes» Science, 2015, 349, 513 – 516.

60) Daigle, M.; Légaré, M.-A.; Bi, W.; Morin, J.-F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Synthesis of Carboxylate Cp*Zr(IV) Species : Towards the Formation of Novel Metallocavitands» Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 5547 – 5555.

59) Courtemanche, M.-A.; Pulis, A. P.; Rochette, É.; Légaré, M.-A.; Stephan, D. W.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Intramolecular B/N frustrated Lewis pairs and the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide» Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9797 – 9800.

58) Courtemanche, M.-A.; Légaré, M.-A.; Rochette, É.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Phosphazenes: efficient organocatalysts for the catalytic hydrosilylation of carbon dioxide» Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 6858 – 6861.

57) Declercq, R.; Bouhadir, G.; Bourissou, D.; Légaré, M.-A.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Nahi, K. S.; Bouchard, N.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Maron, L. «Hydroboration of CO2 using Ambiphilic Phosphine-Borane Catalysts : On the role of the formaldehyde adduct» ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 2513 – 2520.

2014

56) Pérez, V.; Barnes, S. S.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Generation of Group VI Piano-Stool and Triple-Decker complexes from [(IMes)2PtH(Cl-boratabenzene)] species» Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 5698 – 5702.

55) Légaré, M.-A.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Lewis Base Activation of Borane-Dimethylsulfide into Strongly Reducing Ion Pairs for the Transformation of Carbon Dioxide to Methoxyboranes» Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 11362 – 11365.

54) Courtemanche, M.-A.; Légaré, M.-A.; Maron, L.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Reducing CO2 to Methanol using Frustrated Lewis Pairs: On the Mechanism of Phosphine-Borane Mediated Hydroboration of CO2» J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10708 – 10717.

53) Mushtaq, A.; Bi, W.; Légaré, M.-A. «Synthesis and Reactivity of Novel Mesitylboratabenzene Ligands and Their Coordination to Transition Metals» Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3173 – 3181.

52) Légaré, M.-A.; Bélanger-Chabot, G.; De Robillard, G.; Languérand, A.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Insights on the Formation of Borabenzene Adducts via Ligand Exchange Reactions and TMSCl Elimination from Boracyclohexadiene Precursors» Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3596 – 3606.

51) Iden, H.; Morin, J.-F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Synthesis of Tetrathiafulvalene-Containing Zirconium(IV) Pincers and Metallocavitands for Hosting Fullerenes» Inorg. Chem. Acta. 2014, 422, 235 – 242. Contribution invitée.

50) Iden, H.; Morin, J.-F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Zirconium(IV) metallocavitands as blue-emitting materials» Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 2883 – 2891.

49) Iden, H.; Bi, W.; Morin, J. F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Synthesis and Complexation Study of New Ex-TTF-Based Hosts for Fullerenes» Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 4117 – 4123.

48) Fontaine, F.-G.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Légaré, M.-A. «Transition Metal-Free Catalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide» Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 2990 – 2996. Contribution invitée.

2013

47) Magnan, F.; Gagnon, J.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Boudreau, D. «Indium@silica core-shell nanoparticles as plasmonic enhancers of molecular luminescence in the UV region» Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 9299 – 9301.

46) Courtemanche, M.-A.; Larouche, J.; Légaré, M.-A.; Bi, W.; Maron, L.; Fontaine, F.‑G. «A tris(triphenylphosphine)aluminium ambiphilic system as precatalyst for the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Hydroboranes» Organometallics, 2013, 32, 6488 –6499. Contribution invitée.

45) Courtemanche, M.-A.; Légaré, M.-A.; Maron, L.; Fontaine, F.-G. «A Highly Active Phosphine-Borane Organocatalyst for the Reduction of CO2 to Methanol using Hydroboranes» J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9326 – 9329.

44) Staub, H.; Kleitz, F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Confinement of the Grubbs Catalyst in Alkene-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica» Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. 2013, 175, 170 – 177.

43) Ferland, P.; Prosser, K. E.; Bourque, J. L.; Edwards, I. C.; Hamilton, N. S.; Joyce, L. E.; Finniss, M. C.; Yorke, S. R.; Vogels, C. M.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Decken, A.; Westcott, S. A. «Addition of boranes to (E)-(η5-C5H5)2Zr(CH=CHPh)Cl» Cent. Eur. J. Chem. 2013, 11, 811 – 816.

2012

42) Boudreau, J.; Marx, V. M.; Burnell, D. J.; Fontaine, F.-G. « Ambiphilic molecules for trapping reactive intermediates : interrupted Nazarov of allenyl vinyl ketones with Me2AlCH2PMe2» Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11250 – 11252.

41) Staub, H.; Del Rosal, I.; Maron, L.; Kleitz, F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «On the Interaction of Phosphines with High Surface Area Mesoporous Silica» J. Phys. Chem. C. 2012, 116, 25919 – 25927.

40) Garon, C. M.; Daigle, M.; Lévesque, I.; Dufour, P.; Iden, H.; Tessier, C.; Marris, T.; Morin, J.-F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «On the Interaction of Acetone with Electrophilic Metallocavitands Having Extended Cavity» Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10384 – 10393.

39) Macha, B. B.; Maron, L.; Boudreau, J..; Fontaine, F.-G. «Coordination of Di-tert-butylphosphidoboratabenzene Ligand to Electronically Unsaturated Group 10 Transition Metals» Organometallics, 2012, 31, 6428 – 6437.

38) Babin, M.; Clément, R.; Gagnon, J.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Homogeneous Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones using a Ruthenium Catalyst Anchored on Chitosan: Natural Chirality at Work» New. J. Chem. 2012, 36, 1548 – 1551.

37) Pham, M.-H.; Vuong, G.-T.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Do, T.-O. «Rational Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework Nanocubes and Nanosheets Using Selective Modulators and Their Morphology-Dependent Gas-Sportion Properties» Crystal Growth & Design, 2012, 12, 3091 – 3095.

36) Khan, H.; Badshah, A.; Butler, I. S.; Murtaza, G.; Said, M.; Ahmed, S.; Fontaine, F.‑G.; Mirza, B. «New dimeric and supramolecular mixed ligand Palladium(II) dithiocarbamates as potent DNA binders» Polyhedron, 2012, 39, 1 – 8.

35) Pham, M.-H.; Vuong, G.-T.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Do, T.-O. «A bottom-up route to bimodal Micro-Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks Nanocrystals» Crystal Growth & Design, 2012, 12, 1008 – 1013.

2011

34) Barnes, S. S.; Légaré, M.-A.; Maron, L.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Reactivity of a Cl-boratabenzene Pt(II) complex with Lewis bases : generation of the kinetically favoured Cl-boratabenzene anion» Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 12439 – 12442.

33) Boudreau, J.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Reactivity of Lewis Pairs (R2PCH2AlMe2)2 with carbon dioxide» Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11131 – 11133.

32) Murtaza, G.; Badshah, A.; Said, M.; Khan, H.; Khan, A.; Khan, S.; Siddiq, S.; Choudhary, M. I.; Boudreau, J.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Urease Inhibition and Anti-leishmanial Assay of Substituted Benzoylguanadines and Their Copper(II) Complexes» Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 9202 – 9211.

31) Thibault, M.-H.; Bélanger-Chabot, G.; Boccon, N.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Reactivity of a functionalized trisamido ligand with Zr(NMe2)4 and GaMe3» J. Organomet. Chem. 2011, 696, 2211 – 2216.

30) Boudreau, J.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Coordination of Ethylene to a Zwitterionic Rh(III) Half-Sandwich Complex: Influence of Ambiphilic Ligands on Reactivity» Organometallics, 2011, 30, 511 – 519.

29) Staub, H.; Kayser, L.; Even, N.; Kleitz, F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Substantiating the Influence of Pore Surface Functionnalities on the Stability of Grubbs Catalyst in Mesoporous SBA-15 Silica» Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 4254 – 4265.

2010

28) Bélanger-Chabot, G.; Rioux, P.; Maron, L. Fontaine, F.-G. «Synthesis of a 1-boratabenzene-(2,3,4,5-tetramethylphosphole): towards a planar monophosphole» Chem. Commun. 2010, 6816 – 6818.

27) Thibault, M.-H.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Aluminum Complexes Bearing Functionalized Trisamido Ligands and their Reactivity in the Polymerization of e-Caprolactone and rac-Lactide» Dalton Trans. 2010, 5688 – 5697.

26) Boudreau, J.; Grenier-Desbiens, J.; Fontaine, F.-G. «MS-TOF Study of the Formation of Thiolato bridged Rhodium Oligomers» Eur J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 2158 – 2164.

2009

25) Thibault, M.-H.; Fontaine, F.-G. «(η4-Cycloocta-1,5-diene)diiodidoplatinum(II)» Acta. Cryst. 2009, E65, m1028.

24) Languérand, A.; Barnes, S. S.; Bélanger-Chabot, G; Maron, L.; Berrouard, P.; Audet, P.; Fontaine, F-G. «[(IMes)2Pt(H)(ClBC5H4SiMe3)]: a Borabenzene-Platinum Adduct with an Unusual Pt-Cl-B Interaction» Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6695 – 6698.

23) Thibault, M.-H.; Lucier, B. E. G.; Schurko, R. W., Fontaine, F-G. «Synthesis and Solid-State Characterization of Platinum Complexes with Hexadentate Amino- and Iminophosphine Ligands» Dalton Trans. 2009, 7701 – 7716.

22) Garon, C. N.; Gorelsky, S.; Sigouin, O.; Woo, T. K.; Fontaine, F-G. «Structural Study of Acidic Metallocavitands and Characterization of their Interactions with Lewis Bases» Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 1699 – 1710.

2008

21) Fontaine, F.-G.; Boudreau, J.; Thibault, M.-H. «Coordination Chemistry of neutral (Ln)-Z Amphoteric and Ambiphilic Ligands» Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 5439 – 5454. Contribution invitée.

2007

20) Burford, R.; Garon, C. N.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Westcott, S. A. «Chloridobis(h5-cyclopentadienyl)(4-methoxyphenethyl)zirconium(IV)» Acta. Cryst. 2007, E63, m2790.

19) Garon, C. N.; Milliard, A.; Fontaine, F.-G. «6-Bromo-N-methylnaphthalen-2-amine» Acta. Cryst. 2007, E63, o4338.

18) Decken, A.; Michaud, A.; Mathiotte, S.; Fontaine, F.-G. «(Diphenyl sulfoxide)dimethyl(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)rhodium(III)» Acta. Cryst. 2007, E63, m2253.

17) Thibault, M-H.; Boudreau, J.; Mathiotte, S.; Drouin, F.; Michaud, A.; Sigouin, O.; Fontaine, F.-G. «Coordination of a Bifunctional Ligand to a Rhodium (III) Dimethyl Complex: Lewis Acidity Enhancement by Chelation» Organometallics, 2007, 26, 3807 – 3815.

16) Sigouin, O.; Garon, C. N.; Delaunais, G.; Yin, X.; Woo, T. K.; Decken, A.; Fontaine, F-G. «Synthesis and Characterization of Tantalum(V) Boronate Clusters: Multifunctional Lewis Acid Cages for Binding Guests» Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4979 – 4982.

15) Thibault, M.-H.; Fontaine, F.-G. «rac-2,2’-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)-1,1’-binaphtyl» Acta. Cryst. 2007, E63, o2087 – o2088.

2006

14) Fontaine, F.-G.; Tupper, K. A.; Tilley, T. D. «Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Tetramethylphospholyl Complexes of Scandium» J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 4595 – 4600.

13) Michaud, A.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Zargarian, D. «Synthesis and structural characterization of bis- and tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methane complexes of Ni(NO3)2» Inorg. Chem. Acta, 2006, 359, 2592 – 2598.

2005

12) Fontaine, F.-G.; Tilley, T. D. «Control of Selectivity in the Hydromethylation of Olefins via Ligand Modification in Scandanocene Catalysts» Organometallics, 2005, 24, 4340 – 4342.

11) Michaud, A.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Zargarian, D. «[Bis[tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methane] nickel(II)][tetrachloronickelate(II)]–methanol–water (1/1/1)» Acta Cryst. 2005, E61, m904 – m906.

10) Michaud, A.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Zargarian, D. «trans-Dibromotetra(3-tert-butylpyrazole-κN)nickel(II)» Acta Cryst. 2005, E61, m846 – m848.

9) Michaud, A.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Zargarian, D. «Bis[tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methane] nickel(II) dibromide» Acta Cryst. 2005, E61, m784 – m786.

2004

8) Fontaine, F.-G.; Zargarian, D. «Me2AlCH2PMe2 : A New, Bifunctional Cocatalyst for the Ni(II)-Catalyzed Oligomerization of PhSiH3» J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8786 –8794.

2003

7) Fontaine, F.-G.; Nguyen, R.-V.; Zargarian, D. «Hydrosilylation of Alkenes and Ketones Catalyzed by Nickel(II) Indenyl Complexes» Can. J. Chem. 2003, 81, 1299 –1306.

6) Gusev, D. G.; Fontaine, F.-G.; Lough, A. J.; Zargarian, D. «Polyhydrido-(osmium)silyleneosmium and Silyl(dinitrogen) ruthenium Products through Redistribution of Phenylsilane with Osmium and Ruthenium Pincer Complexes» Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 216 – 219.

2002

5) Fontaine, F.-G.; Zargarian, D. «Dehydrogenative Oligomerization of PhSiH3 Catalyzed by (1-Me-Indenyl)Ni(PR3)(Me)» Organometallics, 2002, 21, 401 – 408.

2001

4) Fontaine, F.-G.; Dubois, M.-A.; Zargarian D. «Solid State Structures and Phosphine Exchange Reactions of (1-Me-Indenyl)Ni(PR3)Cl» Organometallics, 2001, 20, 5145 –5161.

3) Beaudoin, S.; Zargarian, D.; Bélanger-Gariépy, F.; Fontaine, F.-G. «[1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]dibromonickel(II) tetrahydrofuran solvate» Acta Cryst. 2001, E57, m433 – m434.

2) Fontaine, F.-G. «Cis-bis(2,2-bipyridine)dichloronickel(II) methanol solvate» Acta Cryst. 2001, E57, m270 – m271.

1998

1) Fontaine, F.-G.; Kadkhodazadeh, T.; Zargarian D. «Nickel Indenyl Complexes as Precatalysts for Dehydropolymerization of Phenylsilane» Chem. Commun. 1998, 1253 – 1254.