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  • Born 1959.
  • Undergraduate study: University of Neuchâtel.
  • Ph.D.: ETH Zürich (Prof. D. Seebach) (1983-1986).
  • Postdoc: University of Texas at Austin (Prof. M. A. Fox) (1987).
  • Alfred Werner Fellow and Maître assistant: University of Lausanne (1988-1993).
  • Associate Professor: University of Fribourg (1993-2001).
  • Professor of Organic Chemistry: University of Bern (since March 2001).
  • Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern (2014-2020).
  • Organic synthesis
  • Development of synthetic methods
  • Mechanistic investigations
  • Synthesis of natural products and biologically active compound

Journal Article

Rrapi, Marie; Batsika, Charikleia S; Nikitas, Nikolaos F; Tappin, Nicholas D C; Triandafillidi, Ierasia; Renaud, Philippe; Kokotos, Christoforos G (2024). Photochemical Synthesis of Lactones, Cyclopropanes and ATRAǂ Products: Revealing the Role of Sodium Ascorbate. Chemistry - a European journal, 30(21), e202400253. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.202400253

Colson, Eloïse; Andrez, Julie; Dabbous, Ali; Dénès, Fabrice; Maurel, Vincent; Mouesca, Jean-Marie; Renaud, Philippe (2022). Tropane and related alkaloid skeletons via a radical [3+3]-annulation process. Communications chemistry, 5(1), p. 57. Springer Nature 10.1038/s42004-022-00671-x

Huang, Qi; Suravarapu, Sankar Rao; Renaud, Philippe (2021). A Giese reaction for electron-rich alkenes. Chemical Science, 12(6), pp. 2225-2230. The Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/d0sc06341j

Tappin, Nicholas D. C.; Renaud, Philippe (2021). Methyl Radical Initiated Kharasch and Related Reactions. Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 363(1), pp. 275-282. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/adsc.202001000

Gnägi, Lars; Arnold, Remo; Giornal, Florence; Jangra, Harish; Kapat, Ajoy; Nyfeler, Erich; Schärer, Robin M.; Zipse, Hendrik; Renaud, Philippe (2021). Stereoselective and Stereospecific Triflate‐Mediated Intramolecular Schmidt Reaction: Ready Access to Alkaloid Skeletons. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 60(18), pp. 10179-10185. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.202016892

Pruteanu, Elena; Tappin, Nicholas D. C.; Gîrbu, Vladilena; Morarescu, Olga; Dénès, Fabrice; Kulciţki, Veaceslav; Renaud, Philippe (2021). Forskolin Editing via Radical Iodo- and Hydroalkylation. Synthesis - journal of synthetic organic chemistry, 53(7), pp. 1247-1261. Thieme 10.1055/s-0040-1706003

Cao, Lidong; Jimeno, Ciril; Renaud, Philippe (2020). Desulfitative Thioalkylation of Alkenes. Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 362(17), pp. 3644-3648. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/adsc.202000657

André-Joyaux, Emy; Kuzovlev, Andrey; Tappin, Nicholas D. C.; Renaud, Philippe (2020). A General Approach to Deboronative Radical Chain Reactions with Pinacol Alkylboronic Esters. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 59(33), pp. 13859-13864. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.202004012

Tappin, Nicholas D. C.; Renaud, Philippe (2020). Radical Reactions of Boron-Ate complexes Promoting a 1,2-Metallate Rearrangements. CHIMIA, 74(1), pp. 33-38. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/chimia.2020.33

Millius, Nicolas; Lapointe, Guillaume; Renaud, Philippe (2019). Two-Step Azidoalkenylation of Terminal Alkenes Using Iodomethyl Sulfones. Molecules, 24(22), p. 4184. MDPI 10.3390/molecules24224184

Suravarapu, Sankar Rao; Peter, Bettina; Renaud, Philippe (2019). Radical-mediated hydroalkylation of 2-vinylpyrrolidine derivatives: a versatile entry into indolizidine alkaloids. Science China Chemistry, 62(11), pp. 1504-1506. Springer 10.1007/s11426-019-9598-1

Gnägi, Lars; Martz, Severin Vital; Meyer, Daniel; Schärer, Robin Marc; Renaud, Philippe (2019). A Short Synthesis of (+)‐Brefeldin C through Enantioselective Radical Hydroalkynylation. Chemistry - a European journal, 25(50), pp. 11646-11649. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.201903392

Tappin, Nicholas D. C.; Michalska, Weronika; Rohrbach, Simon; Renaud, Philippe (2019). Cyclopropanation of Terminal Alkenes through Sequential Atom-Transfer Radical Addition/1,3-Elimination. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 58(40), pp. 14240-14244. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201907962

Tappin, Nicholas D. C.; Michalska, Weronika; Rohrbach, Simon; Renaud, Philippe (2019). Cyclopropanation of Terminal Alkenes through Sequential Atom‐Transfer Radical Addition/1,3‐Elimination. Angewandte Chemie, 131(40), pp. 14378-14382. Wiley 10.1002/ange.201907962

Meyer, Daniel; Jangra, Harish; Walther, Fabian; Zipse, Hendrik; Renaud, Philippe (2018). A third generation of radical fluorinating agents based on N-fluoro-N-arylsulfonamides. Nature communications, 9(1) Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41467-018-07196-9

Povie, Guillaume; Suravarapu, Sankar Rao; Bircher, Martin Peter; Mojzes, Melinda Meyer; Rieder, Samuel; Renaud, Philippe (2018). Radical chain repair: The hydroalkylation of polysubstituted unactivated alkenes. Science Advances, 4(7), eaat6031. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/sciadv.aat6031

Tappin, Nicholas David Charles; Gnägi-Lux, Manuel; Renaud, Philippe (2018). Radical-Triggered Three-Component Coupling Reaction of Alkenylboronates, α-Halocarbonyl Compounds, and Organolithium Reagents: The Inverse Ylid Mechanism. Chemistry - a European journal, 24(44), pp. 11498-11502. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.201802384

Soulard, Valentin; Villa, Giorgio; Vollmar, Denis Patrick; Renaud, Philippe (2018). Radical Deuteration with D 2 O: Catalysis and Mechanistic Insights. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(1), pp. 155-158. American Chemical Society 10.1021/jacs.7b12105

Mateo, Pierre; Cinqualbre, Joséphine Eliette Françoise; Meyer Mojzesova, Melinda; Schenk, Kurt; Renaud, Philippe (2017). Reductive Alkylation of Tertiary Lactams via Addition of Organocopper (RCu) Reagents to Thioiminium Ions. Journal of organic chemistry, 82(23), pp. 12318-12327. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02150

Gloor, Christian Simon; Dènes, Fabrice; Renaud, Philippe (2017). Hydrosulfonylation Reaction with Arenesulfonyl Chlorides and Tetrahydrofuran: Conversion of Terminal Alkynes into Cyclopentylmethyl Sulfones. Angewandte Chemie, 129(43), pp. 13514-13517. Wiley 10.1002/ange.201707791

Gloor, Christian Simon; Dènes, Fabrice; Renaud, Philippe (2017). Hydrosulfonylation Reaction with Arenesulfonyl Chlorides and Tetrahydrofuran: Conversion of Terminal Alkynes into Cyclopentylmethyl Sulfones. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 56(43), pp. 13329-13332. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201707791

Meyer, Daniel; Renaud, Philippe (2017). Enantioselective Hydroazidation of Trisubstituted Non-Activated Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 56(36), pp. 10858-10861. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201703340

Meyer, Daniel; Renaud, Philippe (2017). Enantioselective Hydroazidation of Trisubstituted Non-Activated Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie, 129(36), pp. 10998-11001. Wiley 10.1002/ange.201703340

Soulard, Valentin; Dénès, Fabrice; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Effect of Brønsted acids on the thiophenol-mediated radical addition–translocation–cyclization process for the preparation of pyrrolidine derivatives. Free radical research, 50(S1), S2-S5. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/10715762.2016.1223294

Gloor, Christian Simon; Dénès, Fabrice; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Memory of chirality in reactions involving monoradicals. Free radical research, 50(sup1), pp. 1-10. Informa Healthcare 10.1080/10715762.2016.1232485

Povie, Guillaume; Ford, Leigh; Pozzi, Davide; Soulard, Valentin; Villa, Giorgio; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Catechols as Sources of Hydrogen Atoms in Radical Deiodination and Related Reactions. Angewandte Chemie, 128(37), pp. 11387-11391. Wiley 10.1002/ange.201604950

Povie, Guillaume; Ford, Leigh; Pozzi, Davide; Soulard, Valentin; Villa, Giorgio; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Catechols as Sources of Hydrogen Atoms in Radical Deiodination and Related Reactions. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 55(37), pp. 11221-11225. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201604950

van Giesen, Lena; Hernandez-Nunez, Luis; Delasoie-Baranek, Sophie; Colombo, Martino; Renaud, Philippe; Bruggmann, Rémy; Benton, Richard; Samuel, Aravinthan D T; Sprecher, Simon G (2016). Erratum: Multimodal stimulus coding by a gustatory sensory neuron in Drosophila larvae. Nature communications, 7(11028), p. 11028. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/ncomms11028

Xu, Gong; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of 1,4-Dienes through Hydroboration-Homologation: Easy Access to Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes. Angewandte Chemie, 128(11), pp. 3721-3725. Wiley 10.1002/ange.201511100

Xu, Gong; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of 1,4-Dienes through Hydroboration-Homologation: Easy Access to Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 55(11), pp. 3657-3661. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201511100

Wyler, Benjamin; Brucelle, François; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Preparation of the Core Structure of Aspidosperma and Strychnos Alkaloids from Aryl Azides by a Cascade Radical Cyclization. Organic letters, 18(6), pp. 1370-1373. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00306

Xu, Gong; Lüthy, Monique; Habegger, Jacqueline; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Homologation Strategy for the Generation of 1-Chloroalkyl Radicals from Organoboranes. Journal of organic chemistry, 81(4), pp. 1506-1519. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02610

Jimeno, Ciril; Cao, Lidong; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Trichloromethanesulfonyl Chloride: A Chlorinating Reagent for Aldehydes. Journal of organic chemistry, 81(3), pp. 1251-1255. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02543

Meyer, Daniel; Vin, Estelle; Wyler, Benjamin; Lapointe, Guillaume; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Facile Preparation of Functionalized 1-Substituted Cycloalkenes via an Iodine Atom Transfer Radical Addition–Elimination Process. Synlett, 27(05), pp. 745-748. Thieme 10.1055/s-0035-1560555

Dénès, Fabrice; Pichowicz, Mark; Povie, Guillaume; Renaud, Philippe (2014). Thiyl Radicals in Organic Synthesis. Chemical reviews, 114(5), pp. 2587-2693. American Chemical Society 10.1021/cr400441m

Villa, Giorgio; Bradshaw, Ben; Bürki, Cédric; Bonjoch, Josep; Renaud, Philippe (2014). Synthesis of the all-cis-trimethyldecalin fragment of unusual terpenes by radical-mediated protonolysis of an alkylboron derivative. Tetrahedron letters, 55(33), pp. 4608-4611. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.06.075

Povie, Guillaume; Tran, Anh-Tuan; Bonnaffé, David; Habegger, Jacqueline; Hu, Zhaoyu; Le Narvor, Christine; Renaud, Philippe (2014). Repairing the Thiol-Ene Coupling Reaction. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 53(15), pp. 3894-3898. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201309984

Gorokhovik, Ioulia; Rieder, Samuel; Povie, Guillaume; Renaud, Philippe (2014). Radical chain reactions involving 9-alkyl-9-borafluorenes. Arkivoc, 2014(3), pp. 274-286. Michigan Publishing 10.3998/ark.5550190.p008.548

Britto, Sebastian; Renaud, Philippe; Nallu, Maruthai (2014). Synthesis, spectral, and anti-microbial studies of thioiminium iodides and amine hydrochlorides. Spectrochimica acta. Part A - molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 120, pp. 489-493. Elsevier 10.1016/j.saa.2013.09.108

Bürki, Cédric; Bonjoch, Josep; Bradshaw, Ben; Villa, Giorgio; Renaud, Philippe (2014). Total Synthesis of Aignopsanes, A Class of Sesquiterpenes: (+)-Aignopsanoic Acid A, (−)-Methyl Aignopsanoate A, and (−)-Isoaignopsanoic A. Chemistry - a European journal, 21(1), pp. 395-401. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.201404766

Povie, Guillaume; Marzorati, Mattia; Bigler, Peter; Renaud, Philippe (2013). Role of Equilibrium Associations on the Hydrogen Atom Transfer from the Triethylborane–Methanol Complex. The Journal of organic chemistry, 78(4), pp. 1553-1558. American Chemical Society 10.1021/jo302576c

Weidner, Karin; Renaud, Philippe (2013). Kinetic Study of the Radical Azidation with Sulfonyl Azides. Australian journal of chemistry, 66(3), p. 341. CSIRO Publishing 10.1071/Ch12523

Povie, Guillaume; Renaud, Philippe (2013). Lewis Acid–Water/Alcohol Complexes as Hydrogen Atom Donors in Radical Reactions. CHIMIA, 67(4), pp. 250-252. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/chimia.2013.250

Brucelle, François; Renaud, Philippe (2013). Synthesis of a Leucomitosane via a Diastereoselective Radical Cascade. Journal of organic chemistry, 78(12), pp. 6245-6252. American Chemical Society 10.1021/jo4009904

Dénès, Fabrice; Schiesser, Carl H.; Renaud, Philippe (2013). Thiols, thioethers, and related compounds as sources of C-centred radicals. Chemical Society reviews, 42(19), pp. 7900-7942. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/c3cs60143a

Brucelle, François; Renaud, Philippe (2012). Synthesis of Indolines, Indoles, and Benzopyrrolizidinones from Simple Aryl Azides. Organic letters, 14(12), pp. 3048-3051. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol301120w

Gonçalves-Martin, Monica G.; Zigmantas, Sarunas; Renaud, Philippe (2012). Formal Synthesis of (−)-Cephalotaxine. Helvetica chimica acta, 95(12), pp. 2502-2514. Basel: Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta 10.1002/hlca.201200486

Lapointe, Guillaume; Kapat, Ajoy; Weidner, Karin; Renaud, Philippe (2012). Radical azidation reactions and their application in the synthesis of alkaloids. Pure and applied chemistry, 84(7), pp. 1633-1641. Research Triangle Park, NC: De Gruyter 10.1351/PAC-CON-11-11-21

Li, Yi; Pouliot, Martin; Vogler, Thomas; Renaud, Philippe; Studer, Armido (2012). α-Aminoxylation of Ketones and β-Chloro-α-aminoxylation of Enones with TEMPO and Chlorocatecholborane. Organic letters, 14(17), pp. 4474-4477. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol301979b

Maurya, Julien; Feraya, Laurence; Bertrand, Michèle; Kapat, Ajoy; Renaud, Philippe (2012). Unexpected conversion of alkyl azides to alkyl iodides and of aryl azides to N-tert-butyl anilines. Tetrahedron, 68(47), pp. 9606-9611. Kidlington, UK: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.tet.2012.09.066

Rouquet, Guy; Robert, Frédéric; Méreau, Raphaël; Castet, Frédéric; Renaud, Philippe; Landais, Yannick (2012). Silylboranes as New Sources of Silyl Radicals for Chain-Transfer Reactions. Chemistry - a European journal, 18(3), pp. 940-950. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.201102318

Cao, Lidong; Weidner, Karin; Renaud, Philippe (2012). Corrigendum: Metal-Free, Radical Addition to Alkenes via Desulfitative Chlorine Atom Transfer. Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 354(11-12), p. 2070. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/adsc.201290025

Abazi, Sokol; Rapado, Liliana Parra; Renaud, Philippe (2011). Diastereoselective radical mediated alkylation of a chiral glycolic acid derivative. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 9(16), pp. 5773-5777. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/c1ob05230f

Cao, Lidong D.; Weidner, Karin; Renaud, Philippe (2011). Metal-Free, Radical Addition to Alkenes via Desulfitative Chlorine Atom Transfer. Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 353(18), pp. 3467-3472. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/adsc.201100473

Kapat, Ajoy; Konig, Andreas; Montermini, Florian; Renaud, Philippe (2011). A Radical Procedure for the Anti-Markovnikov Hydroazidation of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(35), pp. 13890-13893. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ja2054989

Lamarque, C.; Beaufils, F.; Denes, F.; Schenk, K.; Renaud, P. (2011). Preparation of 5-Membered Rings via Radical Addition-Translocation-Cyclization (RATC) Processes Mediated by Diethyl Thiophosphites. Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 353(8), pp. 1353-1358. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/adsc.201000852

Lapointe, Guillaume; Schenk, Kurt; Renaud, Philippe (2011). Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Cylindricine C. Organic letters, 13(18), pp. 4774-4777. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol201745s

Lapointe, Guillaume; Schenk, Kurt; Renaud, Philippe (2011). Concise Synthesis of Pyrrolidine and Indolizidine Alkaloids by a Highly Convergent Three-Component Reaction. Chemistry - a European journal, 17(11), pp. 3207-3212. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.201003137

Luthy, M.; Darmency, V.; Renaud, P. (2011). Modified B-Alkylcatecholboranes as Radical Precursors. European journal of organic chemistry, 2011(3), pp. 547-552. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/ejoc.201001120

Villa, Giorgio; Povie, Guillaume; Renaud, Philippe (2011). Radical Chain Reduction of Alkylboron Compounds with Catechols. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(15), pp. 5913-5920. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ja110224d

Lüthy, Monique; Schenk, Kurt; Renaud, Philippe (2010). Synthesis of Unusual Oxime Ethers by Reaction of Tetranitromethane with B-Alkylcatecholboranes. Chemistry - a European journal, 16(33), pp. 10171-10177. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.201000680

Povie, G.; Villa, G.; Ford, L.; Pozzi, D.; Schiesser, C.H.; Renaud, Philippe (2010). Role of catechol in the radical reduction of B-alkylcatecholboranes in presence of methanol. Chemical communications, 46(5), pp. 803-805. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/b917004a

Weidner, Karin; Giroult, André; Panchaud, Philippe; Renaud, Philippe (2010). Efficient Carboazidation of Alkenes using a Radical Desulfonylative Azide Transfer Process. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(49), pp. 17511-17515. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ja1068036

Beauseigneur, Alice; Ericsson, Cecilia; Renaud, Philippe; Schenk, Kurt (2009). B-Alkylcatecholborane-Mediated Tandem Radical Conjugated Addition àíAldol Cyclization. Organic letters, 11(16), pp. 3778-3781. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol9014943

Cren, Sylvaine; Schär, Pascal; Renaud, Philippe; Schenk, Kurt (2009). Diastereoselectivity Control of the Radical Carboazidation of Substituted Methylenecyclohexanes. Journal of organic chemistry, 74(8), pp. 2942-2946. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/jo900088x

Gonçalves-Martin, Monica G.; Saxer, Andreas; Renaud, Philippe (2009). A Practical Synthesis of (S)-Cyclopent-2-enol [Letter]. Synlett, 2009(17), pp. 2801-2802. Stuttgart: Thieme 10.1055/s-0029-1217983

Pouliot, Martin; Renaud, Philippe; Schenk, Kurt; Studer, Armido; Vogler, Thomas (2009). Oxidation of Catecholboron Enolates with TEMPO. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 48(33), pp. 6037-6040. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.200902242

Yi, Chenyi; Liu, Shi-Xia; Neels, Antonia; Renaud, Philippe; Decurtins, Silvio (2009). Preparation of Zwitterionic Hydroquinone-Fused 1,4 Oxazinium Derivatives via a Photoinduced Intramolecular Dehydrogenative-Coupling Reaction. Organic letters, 11(23), pp. 5530-5533. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol902355b

Yi, Chenyi; Blum, Carmen; Liu, Shi-Xia; Frei, Gabriela; Neels, Antonia; Renaud, Philippe; Leutwyler, Samuel; Decurtins, Silvio (2008). An efficient and facile synthesis of highly substituted 2,6-dicyanoanilines. Journal of organic chemistry, 73(9), pp. 3596-3599. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/jo800260b

Agosti, Alessandro; Britto, Sebastian; Renaud, Philippe (2008). An Efficient Method to Convert Lactams and Amides into 2,2-Dialkylated Amines. Organic letters, 10(7), pp. 1417-1420. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol800145h

Chabaud, Laurent; Landais, Yannick; Renaud, Philippe; Robert, Frédéric; Castet, Frédéric; Lucarini, Marco; Schenk, Kurt (2008). Carboazidation of Chiral Allylsilanes. Experimental and Theoretical Investigations. Chemistry - a European journal, 14(9), pp. 2744-2756. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.200701401

Croft, Anna K.; Lindsay, Karl B.; Renaud, Philippe; Skrydstrup, Troels (2008). Radicals by design. CHIMIA, 62(9), pp. 735-741. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/chimia.2008.735

Dénès, Fabrice; Beaufils, Florent; Renaud, Philippe (2008). Preparation of 5-Membered Rings via Translocation-Cyclization of Vinyl Radicals. Synlett, 2008(16), pp. 2389-2399. Stuttgart: Thieme 10.1055/s-2008-1078016

Mantrand, Nathalie; Renaud, Philippe (2008). Azidosulfonylation of alkenes, dienes, and enynes. Tetrahedron, 64(52), pp. 11860-11864. Kidlington, UK: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.tet.2008.09.096

Nyfeler, Erich; Renaud, Philippe (2008). Decarboxylative Radical Azidation using MPDOC and MMDOC esters. Organic letters, 10(5), pp. 985-988. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol702832x

Renaud, Philippe; Beaufils, Florent; Dénès, Fabrice; Feray, Laurence; Imboden, Christoph; Kuznetsov, Nikolai (2008). Stereoselective Radical Translocation. CHIMIA, 62(6), pp. 510-513. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/chimia.2008.510

Renaud, Philippe; Leong, Paul (2008). Chemistry - A light touch catalyzes asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formation [Perspectives]. Science, 322(5898), pp. 55-56. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.1164403

Schaffner, Arnaud-Pierre; Montermini, Florian; Pozzi, Davide; Darmency, Vincent; Scanlan, Eoin; Renaud, Philippe (2008). An Efficient Radical Procedure for the Halogenation and Chalcogenation of B-Alkylcatecholboranes. Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 350(7-8), pp. 1163-1167. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/adsc.200700531

Dénès, Fabrice; Beaufils, Florent; Renaud, Philippe (2007). Thiophenol-Mediated 1,5-Hydrogen Transfer for the Preparation of Pyrrolizidines, Indolizidines, and Related Compounds. Organic letters, 9(21), pp. 4375-4378. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol702017t

Piccardi, Riccardo; Renaud, Philippe (2007). Formal Synthesis of (+) and ( )-Ferruginine. European journal of organic chemistry, 2007(28), pp. 4752-4757. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/ejoc.200700427

Pozzi, Davide; Renaud, Philippe (2007). Alcohols and Water as Reducing Agents in Radical Reactions. CHIMIA, 61(4), pp. 151-154. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/chimia.2007.151

Renaud, Philippe; Beauseigneur, Alice; Brecht-Forster, Andrea; Becattini, Barbara; Darmency, Vincent; Kandhasamy, Sarkunam; Montermini, Florian; Ollivier, Cyril; Panchaud, Philippe; Pozzi, Davide; Scanlan, Eoin Martin; Schaffner, Arnaud-Pierre; Weber, Valéry (2007). Boron: A key Element in Radical Reactions. Pure and applied chemistry, 79(2), pp. 223-233. Research Triangle Park, NC: De Gruyter 10.1351/pac200779020223

Darmency, Vincent; Scanlan, Eoin; Schaffner, Arnaud; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Radical Allylation of B-Alkylcatecholboranes. Organic syntheses, 83, p. 24. New York, N.Y.: J. Wiley & Sons

Darmency, Vincent; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Tin-Free Radical Reactions Mediated by Organoboron Compounds. Organic & biomolecular chemistry(27), pp. 2893-2895. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry

Schär, Pascal; Cren, Sylvaine; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Tricyclic Marine Alkaloids: Synthetic Approaches to Cylindricines, Lepadiformine and Fasicularin. CHIMIA, 60(3), pp. 131-141. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/000942906777674976

Schär, Pascal; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Total Synthesis of the Marine Alkaloid (±)-Lepadiformine via a Radical Carboazidation. Organic letters, 8(8), pp. 1569-1571. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol060083+

Nyfeler, Erich; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Intramolecular Schmidt Reaction: Applications in Natural Product Synthesis. CHIMIA, 60(5), pp. 276-284. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/000942906777674714

Salom-Roig, Xavier; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Preparation of Substituted Hydroquinones and Benzofurans from 1,4-Quinone Monoketals. Synthesis - journal of synthetic organic chemistry, 2006(20), pp. 3419-3424. Stuttgart: Thieme 10.1055/s-2006-950236

Schaffner, Arnaud-Pierre; Sarkunam, Kandhasamy; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Radical-Mediated Three-Component Coupling of Alkenes. Helvetica chimica acta, 89(10), pp. 2450-2461. Basel: Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta 10.1002/hlca.200690225

Schaffner, Arnaud-Pierre; Darmency, Vincent; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Radical Mediated Alkenylation, Alkynylation, Methanimination and Cyanation of B-Alkylcatecholboranes. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 45(35), pp. 5847-5849. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.200601206

Kumli, Eveline; Montermini, Florian; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Radical Addition to 1,4-Benzoquinones: Addition at O- versus C-Atom. Organic letters, 8(25), pp. 5861-5864. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/ol0624629

Liu, Shi-Xia; Tanner, Christian; Neels, Antonia; Dolder, Stefan; Leutwyler, Samuel; Renaud, Philippe; Bigler, Peter; Decurtins, Silvio (2004). Tetrathiafulvalenes Acting as Leaving Groups: A Route to Bithiazoles. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 43(36), pp. 4738-4741. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.200460149

Book Section

André-Joyaux, Emy; Gnägi, Lars; Gnägi-Lux, Manuel; Melendez Becerra, Camilo Andres; Soulard, Valentin Emmanuel; Tappin, Nicholas David Charles; Renaud, Philippe (2021). Boron Mediated Radical Reactions (In Press). In: PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. Wiley

Jimeno, Ciril; Renaud, Philippe (2018). Trichloromethanesulfonyl Chloride. In: Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Wiley 10.1002/047084289X.rn02045

Renaud, Philippe (2012). Boron in Radical Chemistry. In: Chatgilialoglu, Chryssostomos; Studer, Armido (eds.) Encyclopedia of Radicals in Chemistry, Biology and Materials. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons 10.1002/9781119953678.rad020

Jimeno, Ciril; Renaud, Philippe (2009). Radical Chemistry with Azides. In: Bräse, Stefan; Banert, Klaus (eds.) Organic Azides: Syntheses and Applications (pp. 239-267). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons

Cren, Sylvaine; Renaud, Philippe (2007). Di-tert-Butyl Hyponitrite. In: e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons

Darmency, Vincent; Renaud, Philippe (2006). Tin-Free Radical Reactions Mediated by Organoboron Compounds. In: Gansäuer, Andreas (ed.) Radicals in Synthesis I. Topics in Current Chemistry: Vol. 263 (pp. 71-106). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag

Conference or Workshop Item

Renaud, Philippe (3 March 2021). Recent discoveries in radical chain reactions (Unpublished). In: Recent discoveries in radical chain reactions. Firmenich Lausanne (Zoom presentation). 03.03.2021.

Renaud, Philippe (3 December 2020). Radical Mediated Functionalization of Alkenes (Unpublished). In: Radical Mediated Functionalization of Alkenes. EPFL Lausanne (Zoom presentation). 03.12.2020.

Renaud, Philippe (17 October 2019). Radical Reactions Involving Boron Reagents (Unpublished). In: SCS-Syngenta Symposium 2019, Welcome to one electron world. Syngenta Research Center Stein, Switzerland. 17.10.2019.

Renaud, Philippe (13 September 2019). Organoboron Derivatives in Radical Chemistry (Unpublished). In: 2nd CHAOS Training School. National and Kapodistrian Univerrsity of Athens, Greece. 13.09.2019.

Renaud, Philippe (12 September 2019). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: 2nd CHAOS Training School. National and Kapodistrian Univerrsity of Athens, Greece. 12.09.2019.

Renaud, Philippe (21 June 2019). Radical Reactions Involving Boron Reagents (Unpublished). In: 9th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry (PSRC). Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, USA. 21.06.2019.

Renaud, Philippe (13 December 2018). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: ICIQ-INTECAT School. Institute of Chemical Research of Catalunia, Tarragona, Spain. 13.12.2018.

Renaud, Philippe (12 December 2018). Organoboron Derivatives in Radical Chemistry (Unpublished). In: ICIQ-INTECAT School. Institute of Chemical Research of Catalunia, Tarragona, Spain. 12.12.2018.

Renaud, Philippe (12 October 2018). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go?. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Heifei, China. 12 October 2018.

Renaud, Philippe (11 October 2018). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go?. Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. 11.10.2018.

Renaud, Philippe (10 October 2018). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: The 1st CCNU-Ottawa Joint Research Centre International Symposium - Radical Chemistry. Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. 10.10.2018.

Renaud, Philippe (9 October 2018). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go?. Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. 09.10.2018.

Renaud, Philippe (8 September 2018). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: XIX NOST Organic Chemistry Conference (OCC). Goa, India. 08.09.2018.

Renaud, Philippe (1 May 2018). Extending the scope of radical chain reactions: how far can we go? (Unpublished). In: 53rd Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry. Brunnen, Switzerland. 01.05.2018.

Renaud, Philippe (20 July 2017). Boron Reagents in Radical Chemistry: Recent Developments (Unpublished). In: 8th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. 20.07.2017.

Renaud, Philippe (14 July 2017). Organic Synthesis Involving Sulfonyl Reagents (Unpublished). In: Symposium "Perspective on Synthetic Organic Chemistry". Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 14.07.2017.

Renaud, Philippe (26 April 2017). Organic Free Radicals 117 Years After Discovery (Unpublished). In: Berner Chemische Gesellschaft. Universität Bern. 26.04.2017.

Renaud, Philippe (9 December 2016). Radicals and Organoboranes: A Unique Association (Unpublished). In: CSCB Symposium "Recent Advances in Synthesis and Chemical Biology XV". Trinity College, Dublin. 09.12.2016.

Renaud, Philippe (17 October 2016). Radicals and Organoboranes: A Unique Association (Unpublished). In: Frémy Lecture. Palaiseau. 17.10.2016.

Renaud, Philippe (11 October 2016). Formation of C-H bonds via Hydrogen Atom Transfer Involving Alcohols, Phenols and Thiols: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects. (Unpublished). In: 12th International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals ISOFR-12. Shanghai. 11.10.2016.

Renaud, Philippe (29 September 2016). Synthetically Useful Radical Transformations based on Catechols (Unpublished). In: COST CM1201 - Final Scientific Meeting. Bucharest. 29.09.2016.

Renaud, Philippe (27 September 2016). Radical Addition-Translocation-Cyclization Cascades: An Efficient Tool for Five-Membered Ring Formation (Unpublished). In: CA12106 COST-CHAOS. Vienna. 27.09.2016.

Kuzovlev, Andrey; Lüthy, M.; Renaud, Philippe (15 September 2016). Radical Chemistry of Gem-Diboronates. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC134. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Renaud, Philippe (2 September 2016). Alkaloid Synthesis Involving Azides and Iminium Ions Intermediates (Unpublished). In: Symposium on Advances in Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry (SAHOC). Sheffield. 02.09.2016.

Renaud, Philippe (23 June 2016). Synthetically Useful Radical Transformations based on Catechols (Unpublished). In: Schulich Symposium on Recent Advances in Organic Synthesis Technion. Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 23.06.2016.

Gloor, Christian Simon; Kovalova, I.; Soulard, V.; Locher, P.; Kavanagh, Y.; Pichowicz, M.; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Retention of Absolute Configuration in Hydrogen Atom Transfer/Cyclization Cascade. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC166. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Gloor, Christian Simon; Dénès, F.; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Sulfonyl Radical Mediated Addition/Translocation/Cyclization Cascade. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC173. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Kovalova, Ievgeniia; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Intermolecular H-Atom Abstraction in Radical C-H Activation. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC175. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Meyer, Daniel; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Radical-Mediated Enantioselective Hydroazidation of Alkenes. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC135. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Meyer Mojzesova, Melinda; Mateo, P.; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Trialkylation of cyclic thioiminium ions. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC139. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Rieder, Samuel; Grorkhovic, I.; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Preparation of Alkylated Pyridine Derivatives via Radical Addition to N-Methoxypyridinium Salts. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC137. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Soulard, Valentin; Villa, G.; Vollmar, D.; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Thiol-Catalyzed Radical Deuteration of Alkyl Iodides Mediated by Thriethylborane and Deuterium Oxide. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC162. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Suravarapu, Sankarrao; Rieder, Samuel; Povie, G.; Renaud, Philippe (2016). Catechol Mediated Intermolecular Carbohydrogenation of Terminal and Non-Terminal Alkenes. CHIMIA, 70(7/8), OC168. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Brucelle, F.; Renaud, P. (2012). Preparation of the Mitomycin Tricyclic Core via a Diastereoselective Radical Cascade. In: 47th Bürgenstock Conference, Brunnen, CH, 29.4.-4.5.2012, Book of Abstracts.

Brucelle, F.; Renaud, P. (2012). Preparation of the Mitomycin Tricyclic Core via a Diastereoselective Radical Cascade. In: Challenges in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology ISACS7, Edinburgh UK, 12.-15.6.2012, RSC Book of Abstracts.

Brucelle, F.; Renaud, P. (2012). Preparation of the Mitomycin Tricyclic Core via a Diastereoselective Radical Cascade. In: 11th International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals ISOFR-11, Bern CH, 1.-5.7.2012, Book of Abstracts 64.

Brucelle, F.; Renaud, P. (2012). Preparation of the Mitomycin Tricyclic Core via a Diastereoselective Radical Cascade, SCS Fall Meeting, Zürich CH. CHIMIA, 66(587), p. 427. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Bürki, C.; Villa, G.; Bradshaw, B.; Bonjoch, J.; Renaud, P. (2012). Toward the Total Synthesis of Aignopsanoic Acid A. In: Challenges in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology ISACS7, Edinburgh UK, 12.-15.6.2012, Book of Abstracts.

Bürki, C.; Villa, G.; Bradshaw, B.; Bonjoch, J.; Renaud, P. (2012). Toward the Total Synthesis of Aignopsanoic Acid A. In: 11th International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals ISOFR-11, Bern CH, 1.-5.7.2012, Book of Abstracts 50.

Bürki, C.; Villa, G.; Bradshaw, B.; Bonjoch, J.; Renaud, P. (2012). Toward the Total Synthesis of Aignopsanoic Acid A, SCS Fall Meeting, Zürich CH. CHIMIA, 66(587), p. 428. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Mateo, P.; Renaud, Philippe (2012). Addition of Mono-organocopper Reagents to Thioiminium Ions. CHIMIA, 66(588), p. 430. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Millius, N.; Lapointe, G.; Renaud, P. (2012). Radical Carboazidation Reaction with Iodomethyl Sulfones. In: Challenges in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology ISACS7, Edinburgh UK, 12.-15.6.2012, Book of Abstracts.

Millius, N.; Lapointe, G.; Renaud, P. (2012). Radical Carboazidation Reaction with Iodomethyl Sulfones, SCS Fall Meeting, Zürich CH. CHIMIA, 66(587), p. 427. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Millius, N.; Lapointe, G.; Renaud, P. (2012). Radical Carboazidation Reaction with Iodomethyl Sulfones. In: 11th International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals ISOFR-11, Bern CH, 1.-5.7.2012, Book of Abstracts 48.

Povie, G.; Pozzi, D.; Villa, G.; Ford, L.; Renaud, P. (2012). Polar Effects in Hydrogen Atom Transfers from Catechols to Alkyl Radicals. In: 11th International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals ISOFR-11, Bern CH, 1.-5.7.2012, Book of Abstracts 88.

Povie, G.; Pozzi, D.; Villa, G.; Ford, L.; Renaud, P. (2012). Polar Effects in Hydrogen Atom Transfers from Catechols to Alkyl Radicals, SCS Fall Meeting, Zürich CH, 1.-5.7.2012. CHIMIA, 66(572), p. 369. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Povie, G.; Renaud, P. (2012). Polar Effects in Hydrogen Atom Transfers from Catechols to Alkyl Radicals. In: 15th JCF-Frühjahrssymposium, Berlin D, JCF-BERLIN, Book of Abstracts 41.

Renaud, Philippe (2012). Boron: A Unique Element in Radical Chemistry. In: 244th American Chemical Society Meeting, ACS. Philadelphia. 19.-23.8.2012.

Renaud, P. (2012). New Tools for Alkaloid Synthesis. In: Chemistry and Target Identification of Natural Products, Bucharest, 23.5.2012, COST Action CM0804, Book of Abstracts.

Xu, G.; Renaud, P. (2012). α-Chloro B-alkylcatecholboranes as Radical Precursors, SCS Fall Meeting, Zürich CH. CHIMIA, 66(588), p. 431. Bern: Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft

Xu, G.; Renaud, P. (2012). One-Pot Hydroboration-Homologation-Radical Addition Reactions of Vinyl Arenes: α-Chloro B-alkylcatecholboranes as Radical Precursors. In: 11th international Symposium on Organic Free Radicals ISOFR-11, Bern CH, 1.-5.7.2012, Book of Abstracts 101.

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