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The ERC B-YOND project

This project was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 101044649).

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Our publications

  • Enhancing the Lewis Superacidity of Pyramidal Boranes With Boratriptycenes Containing Positively Charged Pyridinium Units. N. Niessen, L. Mineur, A. Chardon, A. Osi, A. I. Adjieufack, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Chemistry Europe, 2025, submitted. [Download] - 64
  • Synthesis of Vinyl Boronates from Aldehydes and Ketones by Peterson Olefination: Investigation of the Peterson/Boron-Wittig Chemoselectivity. J. Janssens, G. Berionni, R. Robiette, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025, e202500033. [Download] - 63 - (link for download: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500033)
  • Atropisomerism in Triarylboranes: Lewis Base Assisted Rotation at C-B Stereogenic Axis in Asymmetrical Boron Lewis Acids. T.-H. Doan, A. Chardon, N. Vanthuyne, T. N. Ramos, N. Tumanov, L. Fusaro, M. Albalat, L. Collard, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202421931. [Download] - 62 - (link for download: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202421931 )
  • Reactivity and Steric Parameters from 2D to 3D Bulky Pyridines: Increasing Steric Demand at Nitrogen with Chiral Azatriptycenes, A. BenSaida, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, N. Vanthuyne, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202407503. [Download] - 61 - (link for download: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202407503)
  • - Regulating iminophosphorane PN bond reactivity through geometric constraints with cage-shaped triarylphosphines. L. Hu, S. Chakraborty, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, Chem. Comm. 2024, 60, 7073. [Download] - 60 - (download link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC01868K)
  • Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry: early concepts, scope, and recent developments with 9-phosphatriptycenes Damien M., Benoit C., Guillaume B., Chimie Nouvelle n°143, 2023, 15 - [Download] - 59
  • Controlling precision on the ring: "Desired borylation of fluoroaromatic compounds is achieved with cobalt catalyst" Guillaume B., Science 382, 2023, 1122-1123 - [Download] - 58
  • Association of Pyramidal Boron Lewis Superacids with Pyridines: Bending 2,4,6-Collidine with the 10-Sulfonium-9-boratriptycene Osi, A., Niessen, N., Mahaut, D., Champagne, B., Chardon, A., Tumanov, N., Wouters, J., Berionni, G., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2023, 649, e202300066. [Download] - 57
  • A focus on anionic boron anthracenes and triptycenes as entry point toward B-doped polyaromatic materials and Lewis acids G. Berionni, Chem. Sci.,2023, 14, 5241-5242 - [Download] - 56
  • From Proton to Boron: The Lewis Analogs of Protonated Brønsted Super Acids, Osi, A., Tumanov, N., Fusaro, L., Wouters, J., Berionni, G., Chardon, A., Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202301146 - [Download] - 55 - Dedicated to Prof. Alain Krief for his 80th birthday.
  • Regioselective Transition-Metal Free Arenes C-H Borylations: From Directing Groups to Borylation Template Reagents, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210284. - [Download] - 54
  • Reprogramming Main-Group Compounds: Toward New Superelectrophilic and Superacidic Catalysts, G. Berionni, Chimie Nouvelle, 2022, 139, 27-29. - DOI: 10.52809/cn2022.nxmn2068 - [download] - 53
  • A Selenium Substituted Pyramidal 9-Boratriptycene Lewis Acid, A. Osi, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, A. Chardon, G. Berionni, Synthesis 2022, online - DOI: 10.1055/a-1840-5680 - [download] - 52
  • 9-phosphatriptycene derivatives: from their weak basicity to their application in frustrated Lewis pair chemistry, D. Mahaut, G. Berionni, B. Champagne, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2022, 126, 18, 2794-2801 - [download] - 51
  • Frustrated Lewis pair-catalyzed hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes with sterically hindered 9-phosphatriptycenes, D. Mahaut, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, 2022, ChemCatChem 2022,14, e202200294. - [download] - 50
  • Taming the Lewis Superacidity of Non-Planar Boranes: C-H Bond Activation and Non-Classical Binding Modes at Boron - A. Osi, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, L. Fusaro, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, A. Chardon, G. Berionni. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202112342. - [download] - 49
  • Young Career Focus presents Guillaume Berionni, Synform, 2021, 159-161 - [download] - 48
  • Future Prospects in Boron Chemistry: Boron Lewis Acids in Perspective - Chem. Syn. 2021, 1:10. - [download] - 47
  • Rational Development of a Metal-Free Bifunctional System for the C-H Activation of Methane: A Density Functional Theory Investigation, D. Mahaut, A. Chardon, L. Mineur, G. Berionni, B. Champagne, ChemPhysChem 2021, 22, 1958-1966. - [download] - 46
  • Six-membered Rings with One Phosphorus Atom, F. Rammal, V. Magné, G. Berionni, S. Lakhdar, Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV, Elsevier,2022, Volume 7, 685-717 (book chapter). - [download] - 45
  • Four-membered Rings with One Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, or Bismuth Atom - V. Magné, F. Rammal, G. Berionni, S. Lakhdar, Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV, Elsevier, 2022, Volume 2, 335-362 (book chapter). - [download] - 44
  • Sterically hindered ortho-substituted phosphatriptycenes as configurationally stable P-chirogenic triarylphosphines, L. Hu, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, L. Collard, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 4772-4777 - [download] - 43
  • Triptycene Boronates, Boranes, and Boron Ate-Complexes: Toward Sterically Hindered Triarylboranes and Trifluoroborates, M. Gama, X. Antognini Silva, T-H. Doan, A. Osi, A. Chardon, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, G. Berionni, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 1440-1445 - [download] - 42
  • Methylene Bridging Effect on the Structures, Lewis Acidities and Optical Properties of Semi Planar Triarylboranes, T.-H. Doan, A. Chardon, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Chem. Eur. J.2021, 27, 1736-1743. - [download] - 41
  • Non-planar Boron Lewis Acids Taking the Next Step: Development of Tunable Lewis Acids, Lewis Superacids and Bifunctional Catalysts, A. Chardon, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, A. Ben Saida, G Berionni, Synlett. 2020, 31, 1639-1648. - [download] - 40
  • Controlled Generation of 9-Boratriptycene by Lewis Adduct Dissociation: Accessing a Unique Non-Planar Triarylborane, A. Chardon, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, T.-H. Doan, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, L. Fusaro, B. Champagne, G Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12402-12406. - [download] - 39
  • Pushing the Lewis Acidity Boundaries of Boron Compounds With Non-Planar Triarylboranes Derived from Triptycenes, A. Ben Saida, A. Chardon, A. Osi, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, A. I. Adjieufack, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 16889-16893. - [download] - 38
  • Complementary Synthetic Approaches toward 9-Phosphatriptycene and Structure-Reactivity Investigations of Its Association with Sterically Hindered Lewis Acids, L. Hu, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 11268-11274. - [download] - 37
  • The Halogen-Samarium Exchange Reaction: Synthetic Applications and Kinetics, L. Anthore-Dalion, A. D. Benischke, B. Wei, G Berionni, P. Knochel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 4046. - [download] - 36
  • Opening Up New Research Lines in Lewis Acid/Base Catalysis, G. Berionni, L. Hu, A. Ben Saida, A. Chardon, M. Gama, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, X. Antognini Silva, Chimie Nouvelle, 2018, 128, 13. - [download] - 35
  • Stereospecific Allylic Functionalization: The Reactions of Allylboronate Complexes with Electrophiles, A. D. Benischke, L. Anthore-Dalion, G. Berionni, P. Knochel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 51, 16390-16394.
    [download] - 34
  • Stereospecific Allylic Functionalization: The Reactions of Allylboronate Complexes with Electrophiles, C. García-Ruiz, J. L.-Y. Chen, C. Sandford, K. Feeney, G. Berionni, H. Mayr, V. K. Aggarwal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 15324-15327.
    [download] - 33
  • Mechanistic studies of formal thioboration reactions of alkynes, A. Issaian, D. J. Faizi, J. O. Bailey, P. Mayer, G. Berionni*, D. A. Singleton*, S. A. Blum*, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 8165-8178.
    [download] - 32
  • Barbier continuous flow preparation and reactions of carbamoyllithiums for nucleophilic amidation, M. A. Ganiek, M. R. Becker, G. Berionni, H. Zipse, P. Knochel*, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 10280-10284.
    [download] - 31
  • Nucleophilicities and Lewis basicities of sterically hindered pyridines, E. Follet, H. Zipse, S. Lakhdar, A. R. Ofial, G. Berionni*, Synthesis 2017, 49, 3495-3504. [special issue on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Professor Herbert Mayr]
    [download] - 30
  • Superelectrophilicity in Michael-Type Reactions: Water Addition to 4-Nitrobenzodifuroxan, S. Lakhdar,* G. Berionni*, F. Terrier,* Synthesis 2017, 49, 3453-3459. [special issue on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Professor Herbert Mayr]
    [download] - 29
  • Reactivity-tuning in frustrated Lewis pairs: nucleophilicities and lewis basicities of sterically hindered phosphines, E. Follet, P. Mayer, D. S. Stephenson, A. R. Ofial, G. Berionni*, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 7422-7427.
    [download] - 28
  • Structures, Lewis acidities, electrophilicities, and protecting group abilities of phenyl-fluorenylium and tritylium ions., E. Follet, P. Mayer, G. Berionni*, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 623-630.
    [download][Selected as hot paper] - 27
  • Nucleophilicity of alkyl zirconocene and titanocene precatalysts and kinetics of activation by carbenium ions and by B(C6F5)3, G. Berionni*, H. Kurouchi, L. Eisenburger, H. Mayr, Chem. Eur. J.2016, 22, 11196-11200.
    [download] - 26
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