A radical exchange process: synthesis of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane derivatives of xanthates

Saroj Kumar Rout,  Gilles Marghem,  Junjie Lan,  Tom Leyssens and  Olivier Riant; Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 14976-14979

Enantio‐, Regio‐ and Chemoselective Copper‐Catalyzed 1,2‐Hydroborylation of Acylsilanes

Audric Nagy, Laurent Collard , Kiran Indukuri, Tom Leyssens, Olivier Riant; Chem.Eur.J. 2019, vol 25, p. 8705 –8708

Covalent Grafting of BPin functions on Carbon Nanotubes and Chan–Lam–Evans Post‐Functionalization

Antonin Desmecht,  Debobrata Sheet, Claude Poleunis, Sophie Hermans, Olivier Riant; Chem.Eur.J. 2019, vol 25, p. 1436 –1440

Carbon‐Nanotube‐Appended PAMAM Dendrimers Bearing Iron(II) α‐Keto Acid Complexes: Catalytic Non‐Heme Oxygenase Models

Debobrata Sheet, Abhijit Bera, Yang Fu, Antonin Desmecht, Olivier Riant, Sophie Hermans, Chem.Eur.J.2019,vol 25, p. 9191 –9196

Preparation of magnetically recoverable carbon nanotube-supported Pd(II) catalyst

Antonin Desmecht, Florence Pennetreau, Annaëlle L'hoost, Irina Nircha, Benoit P. Pichon, Olivier Riant, Sophie Hermans,  Catalysis Today Vol. 334, Pages 24-29

Low Photosensitizer Dose and Early Radiotherapy Enhance Antitumor Immune Response of Photodynamic Therapy-Based Dendritic Cell Vaccination

Bastien Doix, Natalia Trempolec, Olivier Riant, Olivier Feron, Front. Oncol., 27 August 2019 Vol 9, article 811

Re-Evaluating the Mechanism of Action of α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl DUB Inhibitors B-AP15 and VLX1570: A Paradigmatic Example of Unspecific Protein Crosslinking with Michael Acceptor Motif-Containing Drugs

Jennifer Ward ,Adán Pinto-Fernández, LoÏc Cornelissen ,Sarah Bonham, Laura Diaz Saez, Olivier Riant, Kilian Huber, Benedikt M. Kessler, Olivier Feron, Edward W. Tate, ChemRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.10028444.v1

Interruption of lactate uptake by inhibiting mitochondrial pyruvate transport unravels direct antitumor and radiosensitizing effects

Cyril Corbet, Estelle Bastien, Nihed Draoui, Bastien Doix, Lionel Mignion, Bénédicte F. Jordan, Arnaud Marchand, Jean-Christophe Vanherck, Patrick Chaltin, Olivier Schakman, Holger M. Becker, Olivier Riant & Olivier Feron; Nature Communications - Vol. 9, no.1, p. 1208

Improving the selectivity to 4-tert-butylresorcinol by adjusting the surface chemistry of heteropolyacid-based alkylation catalysts

Pezzotta Chiara, Fleury Guillaume, Soetens Mathieu, Van der Perre S., J.F.M. Denayer, Riant Olivier, Gaigneaux Eric M.; Journal of Catalysis - Vol. 359, p. 198-211

Biosynthesis of the nickel-pincer nucleotide cofactor of lactate racemase requires a CTP-dependent cyclometallase

Desguin Benoît, Fellner Matthias, Riant Olivier, Hu Jian, Hausinger Robert, Hols Pascal, Soumillion Patrice; Journal of Biological Chemistry (2018), 293(32), 12303-12317

Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Hybrids

Desmecht Antonin, Steenhaut Timothy, Pennetreau Florence, Hermans Sophie, Riant Olivier; Chemistry - A European Journal (2018), 24(49), 12992-13001

Copper-​Catalyzed One-​Pot Borylative Aldolisation β-​Fluoride Elimination for the Formal Addition of Acrylates to Carbonyl Moieties

Rasson Corentin, Stouse Adrien, Boreux Arnaud, Cirriez Virginie, Riant Olivier; Chemistry - A European Journal (2018), 24(37), 9234-9237

Gold-​catalyzed synthesis of β-​trifluoromethylated α,​β-​unsaturated ketones from CF3-​substituted propargylic carboxylates and their reactivity in Diels-​Alder reactions

Boreux Arnaud, Lambion Aubin, Campeau Dominic, Sanita Marina, Coronel Ruben, Riant Olivier, Gagosz Fabien; Tetrahedron (2018), 74(38), 5232-5239

Preclinical Evaluation of White Led-Activated Non-porphyrinic Photosensitizer OR141 in 3D Tumor Spheroids and Mouse Skin Lesions

Bastien Doix, Estelle Bastien, Alix Rambaud, Adán Pinto, Caroline Louis, Vincent Grégoire, Olivier Riant, Olivier Feron; Front. Oncol., September 2018 | Volume 8 | Article 393

η5-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)iridium Complex Catalyzed Imine Reductions Utilizing the Biomimetic 1,4-NAD(P)H Cofactor and N-Benzyl-1,4-dihydronicotinamide as the Hydride-Transfer Agent

Soetens Mathieu, Drouet Fleur, Riant Olivier; ChemCatChem - Vol. 9, p. 929-933

Transmetalation of alkylzirconocenes in copper-catalyzed alkyl-alkynyl cross-coupling reactions

Indukuri Kiran, Riant Olivier; Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis - Vol. 359, p. 2425-2433

Tetrabutylammonium Bifluoride as an Efficient Activating Agent for Copper-Catalyzed Vinylsilane Cross-Coupling Reactions

Cornelissen Loïc, Nagy Audric, Leyssens Tom, Riant Olivier; Synlett: accounts and rapid communications in synthetic organic chemistry" - Vol. 28, p. 2465-2467

Acyl Fluorides as Efficient Electrophiles for the Copper-Catalyzed Boroacylation of Allenes

Boreux Arnaud, Indukuri Kiran, Gagosz Fabien, Riant Olivier; ACS Catalysis - Vol. 7, p. 8200-8204

Diastereoselective and enantioselective alkaline-hydrolysis of 2-aryl-1-cyclohexyl acetate: a CAL-B catalyzed deacylation/acylation tandem process

Belkacemi Fatma Zohra, Merabet-Khelassi Mounia, Aribi-Zouioueche Louisa, Riant, Olivier; Tetrahedron: Asymmetry- Vol. 28, p. 1644-1650

Versatile two-step functionalization of nanocarbons: grafting of propargylic groups and click post-fuctionalization

Desmecht Antonin, Hermans Sophie, Riant Olivier; ChemistryOpen - Vol. 6, p. 231-235

Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted aminoarylferrocene as direct route to enantioenriched 2-hydroxymethyl-1-phenylferrocene via enzymatic kinetic resolution

Merabet-Khelassi Mounia, Aribi-Zouioueche Louisa, Riant Olivier; Research on Chemical Intermediates - Vol. 43, no.10, p. 5293-5303

Validation of a SPE HPLC-​UV method for the quantification of a new ER-​specific photosensitizer OR-​141 in blood serum using total error concept

Bony Emilie, Mace Yohan, Pinto Adan, Delvaux David, Kiss Robert, Riant Olivier, Feron Olivier, Quetin-Leclercq Joelle; Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 141, 87-94

Reducing the serine availability complements the inhibition of the glutamine metabolism to block leukemia cell growth

Polet Florence, Corbet Cyril, Pinto Adan, Illan Rubio Laila, Martherus Sarkies Ruben-Matthe, Bol Vanesa, Drozak Xavier, Grégoire Vincent, Riant Olivier, Feron, Olivier; Oncotarget - Vol. 7, no.2, p. 1765-1776

The effect of the migrating group structure on enantioselectivity in lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of 1-phenylethanol

Melais Nedjma, Aribi-Zouioueche Louisa, Riant Olivier; Comptes Rendus. Chimie - Vol. 19, p. 971-977

A new ER-specific photosensitizer unravels (1)O2-driven protein oxidation and inhibition of deubiquitinases as a generic mechanism for cancer PDT

Pinto Fernandez Adan, Mace Yohan, Drouet Fleur, Bony Emilie, Boidot Romain, Draoui Nihed, Lobysheva Irina, Corbet Cyril, Polet Florence, Martherus Sarkies-Ruben-Matthe, Deraedt Quentin, Schicke Olivier, Delvaux David, Louis Caroline, Dessy Chantal, Elias Benjamin, Quetin-Leclercq Joelle, Riant Olivier, Feron Olivier; Oncogene - Vol. 35, no. 30, p. 3976-3985

Molecular Engineering of trifunctional supported catalysts for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols

Fernandes Antony E., Riant Olivier, Jensen Klavs F., Jonas Alain M.; Angewandte Chemie - Vol. 55, p. 11044-11048

One “Click” to controlled bifunctional supported catalysts for the Cu/TEMPO-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols

Fernandes Antony E., Riant Olivier, Jonas Alain M., Jensen Klavs F.; RSC Advances - Vol. 6, p. 36602-36605

Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl-allenes by gold-catalyzed rearrangement of propargyl benzyl ethers

Boreux Arnaud, Lonca Geoffroy H., Riant Olivier, Gagosz Fabien; Organic Letters - Vol. 18, p. 5162-5165

Reducing the serine availability complements the inhibition of the glutamine metabolism to block leukemia cell growth

Polet Florence, Corbet Cyril, Pinto Fernandez Adan, Illan Rubio Laila, Martherus Sarkies-Ruben-Matthe, Bol Vanesa, Drozak Xavier, Grégoire Vincent, Riant Olivier, Feron Olivier; OncoTarget - Vol. 7, no. 2, p. 1765-1776

Recent developments in the Chemistry of vinylsiloxanes

Indukuri Kiran, Cornelissen Loïc, Riant Olivier; Synthesis - Vol. 48, p. 4400-4422

Copper-catalyzed silylcupration of activated alkynes

Vercruisse Sébastien, Jouvin Kévin, Riant Olivier, Evano Gwilherm; Synthesis 2016; 48(19): 3373-3381

Easy kinetic resolution of some bêta-amino alcohols by Candida antarctica lipase B catalyzed hydrolysis in organic media

Alalla Affef, Merabet-Khelassi Mounia, Riant Olivier, Aribi-Zouioueche Louisa; Tetrahedron: Asymmetry - Vol. 27, p. 1253-1259

Synthesis and Evaluation of Certain Symmetrical Schiff Bases as Inhibitors of MDA-​MB-​241 Human Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation

Smaail Radi, Said Tighadouini, Olivier Féron, Olivier Riant, Yahia N. Mabkhot; Lett. Drug Des. Discov. 2016, 13, 205-209

New N,​N,​N',​N'-​tetradentate Pyrazolyl Agents: Synthesis and Evaluation of their Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities

Farid Abrigach, Btissam Bouchal, Olivier Riant, Yohan Macé, Abdelilah Takfoui, Smaail Radi, Abdelouahad Oussaid, Mohammed Bellaoui, Rachid Touzani; Med. Chem. 2016, 12, 83-89

Covalently and non-​covalently immobilized clusters onto nanocarbons as catalysts precursors for cinnamaldehyde selective hydrogenation

Charles Vriamont, Tommy Haynes, Emily McCargue-Murphy, Florence Pennetreau, Olivier Riant, Sophie Hermans, J. Catal. 2015, 329, 389-400 

Easy preparation of enantiomerically enriched heteroaromatic alcohols through lipase-​catalyzed acylation with succinic anhydride under unconventional activation

Nedjma Melais, Mourad Boukachabia, Louisa Aribi-Zouioueche, Olivier Riant, Bioprocess Biosyst. Eng.2015, 38, 1579-1588 

Cytotoxic activities and metabolic studies of new combretastatin analogues

Yohan Macé, Emilie Bony, David Delvaux, Adan Pinto, Véronique Mathieu, Robert Kiss, Olivier Féron, Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq, Olivier Riant, Med. Chem. Res. 2015, 24, 3143-3456

Covalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Xanthates and Peroxides

Florence Pennetreau, Charles Vriamont, Béatrice Vanhorenbeke, Olivier Riant, Sophie Hermans, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 1804-1810

Effects of Thickness and Grafting Density on the Activity of Polymer-​Brush-​Immobilized Tris(triazolyl) Copper(I) Catalysts

Antony E. Fernandes, Qian Ye, Laurent Collard, Cécile Le Duff, Cécile d'Haese, Gladys Deumer, Vincent Haufroid, Bernard Nysten, Olivier Riant, Alain M. Jonas, ChemCatChem, 2015, 7, 856-864

Recruiting the Students To Fight Cancer: Total Synthesis of Goniothalamin

Fady Nahra, Olivier Riant, J. Chem. Educ. 2015, 92, 179-182

Synthesis of Acylsilanes by Copper(I)​-​Catalyzed Addition of Silicon Nucleophiles onto Acid Derivatives

Virginie Cirriez, Corentin Rasson, Olivier Riant, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 3137-3140

A covalently anchored homogeneous gold complex on carbon nanotubes: a reusable catalyst

Charles Vriamont, Michel Devillers, Olivier Riant and Sophie Hermans, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 10504-10506.

Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of carboxycoumarins as a new antitumor treatment targeting lactate transport in cancer cells

Nihed Draoui, Olivier Schicke, Antony E. Fernandes, Xavier Drozak, Fady Nahra, Amélie Dumont, Jonathan Douxfils, Emmanuel Hermans, Jean-Michel Dogné, Romu Corbau, Arnaud Marchand,Patrick Chaltin, Pierre Sonveaux, Olivier Feron, Olivier Riant, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2013, 21, 7107–7117

Ketone hydrosilylation by Cu(I) diphosphine complexes: A kinetic study

Thomas Vergote, Sonia Gharbi, François Billard, Olivier Riant, Tom Leyssens, J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 133-139

NHC-copper(I) bifluoride complexes: "Auto-activating" catalysts

Thomas Vergote, Fady Nahra, Daniel Peeters, Olivier Riant, Tom Leyssens, J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 730, 95-103

Radical Addition of Xanthates on Carbon Nanotubes as an Efficient Covalent Functionalization Method

Béatrice Vanhorenbeke, Charles Vriamont, Florence Pennetreau, Michel Devillers, Olivier Riant, Sophie Hermans, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 852-856

Copper-Catalyzed Addition Of Nucleophilic Silicon To Aldehydes

Virginie Cirriez, Corentin Rasson, Thomas Hermant, Julien Petrignet, Jesus Diaz Alvarez, Koen Robeyns, Olivier Riant, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 1785-1788

Copper/Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4 Reduction and Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones: Enantioselective Dual Catalysis

Fady Nahra, Yohan Macé, Dominique Lambin, Olivier Riant, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3208-3212

Catalysis with Gold Complexes Immobilised on Carbon Nanotubes by π-π Stacking Interactions: Heterogeneous Catalysis versus the Boomerang Effect

Charles Vriamont, Michel Devillers, Olivier Riant, Sophie Hermans, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12009-12017

A green route to enantioenriched (S)-arylalkyl carbinols by deracemization via combined lipase alkaline-hydrolysis/Mitsunobu esterification

Zahia Houiene, Mounia Merabet-Khelassi, Nassima Bouzemi, Olivier Riant, Louisa Aribi-Zouioueche, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2013, 24, 290-296

Copper catalyzed tandem conjugated borylations-aldol reaction

Alexandre Welle, Virginie Cirriez, Olivier Riant; Tetrahedron, 2012, 68, 3435-3443

Preparation of novel phenazine derivatives as antiangiogenic and anticancer agents

Olivier Feron, Olivier Riant, Robert Kiss, Joëlle Leclercq, Gabrielle Chataigne, Nicolas Vandelaer, Carole Lamy; PCT Int. Appl. (2012), WO 2012085222 A1 20120628

Mechanism of ketone hydrosilylation using NHC-Cu(I) catalysts: a computational study

Thomas Vergote, Thomas Gathy, Fady Nahra, Olivier Riant, Daniel Peeters, Tom Leyssens; Theor. Chem. Acc. 2012, 131, 1-13

Green methodology for enzymatic hydrolysis of acetates in non-aqueous media via carbonate salts

Mounia Merabet-Khelassi, Zahia Houiene, Louisa Aribi-Zouioueche, Olivier Riant; Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2012, 23, 828-833

Grafting Control of Mainstay Terpyridine Self-Assembled Monolayers for the Preparation of Planar Silicon Surfaces with Variable Catalytic Loadings

Antony E. Fernandes, Sébastien Devillez, Cécile d'Haese, Gladys Deumer, Vincent Haufroid, Bernard Nysten, Olivier Riant; Langmuir, 2012, 28, 14822-14828

Thicker is Better? Synthesis and Evaluation of Well-Defined Polymer Brushes with Controllable Catalytic Loadings

Antony E. Fernandes, Ali Dirani, Cécile d'Haese, Gladys Deumer, Weiming Guo, Peter Hensenne, Fady Nahra, Xavier Laloyaux, Vincent Haufroid, Bernard Nysten, Olivier Riant, Alain M. Jonas; Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 16226-16233

Reversible Photomodulation of the Swelling of Poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) Thermoresponsive Polymer Brushes

Ali Dirani, Xavier Laloyaux, Antony E. Fernandes, Bertrand Mathy, Olivier Schicke, Olivier Riant, Bernard Nysten, Alain M. Jonas; Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 9400-9408

Correlation between the Structure and Wettability of Photoswitchable Hydrophilic Azobenzene Monolayers on Silicon

Xiaowei Pei, Antony E. Fernandes, Bertrand Mathy, Xavier Laloyaux, Bernard Nysten, Olivier Riant, Alain M. Jonas; Langmuir, 2011, 27, 9403-9412

Racemization of secondary alcohols catalyzed by ruthenium: application to chemoenzymatic dynamic resolution

Mounia Merabet-Khelassi, Nicolas Vriamont, Louisa Aribi-Zouioueche, Olivier Riant; Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2011, 22, 1790-1796

Effect of the quantity of lipase on kinetic enantiomeric selectivity in enzymic acylation of arylalkylcarbinols

Mounia Merabet-Khelassi, Nassima Bouzemi, Jean-Claude Fiaud, Olivier Riant, Louisa Aribi-Zouioueche; Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2011, 14, 978-986

A theoretical study of the electronic effect of the ligand bite angle on the hydrosilylation reaction of ketones by Cu(I) diphosphine complexes

Thomas Gathy, Olivier Riant, Daniel Peeters, Tom Leyssens; J. Organomet. Chem. 2011, 696, 3425-3430

Copper-catalysed domino silylative aldol reaction leading to stereocontrolled chiral quaternary carbons

Alexandre Welle, Julien Petrignet, Bernard Tinant, Johan Wouters, Olivier Riant; Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10980-10983

High throughput screening and evolution of a library of ligands in asymmetric H-transfer reduction of acetophenone

Radwan Abdallah, Pierre Grenouillet, Nicolas Vriamont, Olivier Riant, Claude de Bellefon; Comb. Chem. High Throughput Screening, 2010, 13, 393-413