Publications

Vanderbiest, X., & Riant, O. (2026). A Building Block Strategy for Construction of C(sp3)–SCF3 Bonds via Nickel-Catalyzed 1,2-Difunctionalization of Trifluoromethylthiolated Alkenes. Organic Letters, 28(30), 9840-9845. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02895 (Original work published 2026)

Vanderbiest, X., & Riant, O. (2026). Ni‐Catalyzed Reductive Acyl Cross‐Coupling: Straightforward Synthesis of α‐Trifluoromethylthiolated Ketones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.70503 (Original work published 2026)

Salamone, L., Tan, Q., Evano, G., & Riant, O. (2026). Vinylsiloxanes as Alkenylating Agents in Nickel-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of Vinylarenes. Organic Letters, 28(17), 5592-5597. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01252 (Original work published 2026)

Salamone, L., Vanderbiest, X., & Riant, O. (2026). SCF3‑Alkenes Unlocked: A Gateway via Cu(I)-Catalyzed Stereocontrolled Cross-Coupling. Organic Letters, 28(11), 3565-3571. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c00527 (Original work published 2026)

Salamone, L., Vanderbiest, X., & Riant, O. (2026). SCF3‑Alkenes Unlocked: A Gateway via Cu(I)-Catalyzed Stereocontrolled Cross-Coupling. Organic Letters, 28(11), 3565-3571. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c00527 (Original work published 2026)

Fernandes, A., Riant, O., & Jonas, A. (2025). Recent advances in the application of CuAAC for the covalent immobilization of homogeneous catalysts, a decade of progress. Tetrahedron, 192, 135108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2025.135108 (Original work published 2025)

Salamone, L., Vanderbiest, X., & Riant, O. (2025). Nickel-Catalyzed Stereospecific Alkylation of Vinylsiloxanes Using Pyridinium Salts. Organic Letters, 27(11), 2569-2575. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00098 (Original work published 2025)

Tan, Y., Pierrard, F., Hui, K., Riant, O., & Jiang, X. (2025). Palladium-Catalyzed Tsuji–Trost-Type Reactions in Bioorthogonal Chemistry: From Test Tubes to Living Systems. Topics in Current Chemistry, 383(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-025-00522-y (Original work published 2025)

Boukachabia, M., Bendjeffal, H., Bouaroudj, T., Djebli, A., & Riant, O. (2025). Natural pozzolan as a novel heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of alkylaminophenols. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1033, 123635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2025.123635 (Original work published 2025)

BOUKACHABIA, M., Merabet-Khelassi, M., & Riant, O. (2025). Condensation of carboxylic acids with amines using the Boc<sub>2</sub>O/DMAP system under solvent-free conditions. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 23(9), 2172-2179. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ob01868k (Original work published 2025)

Grosso, S., Marchese, M. M., Salamone, L., Riant, O., & Evano, G. (2025). Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Vinylsiloxanes. ACS Catalysis, 16(1), 197-202. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c07064 (Original work published 2025)

Güngör, E., Savary, J., Adema, K., Dijkhuizen, L. W., Keilwagen, J., Himmelbach, A., Mascher, M., Koppers, N., Bräutigam, A., Van Hove, C., Riant, O., Nierzwicki‐Bauer, S., & Schluepmann, H. (2024). The crane fly glycosylated triketide δ‐lactone cornicinine elicits akinete differentiation of the cyanobiont in aquatic Azolla fern symbioses. Plant, Cell & Environment. Published. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14907 (Original work published 2024)

Melais, N., Aribi-Zouioueche, L., & Riant, O. (2024). Valorization of Chicken Viscera as Natural Raw Material Source: Application to Hydrolysis of Fatty Esters for Sewage Treatment. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-024-04915-5 (Original work published 2024)

Tan, Y., Pierrard, F., Frédérick, R., & Riant, O. (2024). Enhancing Tsuji–Trost deallylation in living cells with an internal-nucleophile coumarin-based probe. RSC Advances, 14(8), 5492-5498. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra08938j (Original work published 2024)

Body, N., Eeckhout, S., Léonard, A.-S., Troian-Gautier, L., Hermans, S., Riant, O., & et al. (2024). Structure‐Activity Relationship of Benzophenazine Derivatives for Homogeneous and Heterogenized Photooxygenation Catalysis. Chemistry: A European Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400242 (Original work published 2024)

Deskeuvre, M., Lan, J., Messens, J., Riant, O., Feron, O., & Frédérick, R. (2024). A novel approach to pH-Responsive targeted cancer Therapy: Inhibition of FaDu cancer cell proliferation with a pH low insertion Peptide-Conjugated DGAT1 inhibitor. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 657, 124132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124132 (Original work published 2024)

Riant, O., Marchese, M. M., Strähler, S., & Ghiba, L. (2023). Copper-Catalyzed Radical Cascade Annulation for the Preparation of Difluorinated Pyrrolidines and Piperidines. Synthesis : journal of synthetic organic chemistry, 55(12), 1886-1892. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2004-6031 (Original work published 2022)

Body, N., Bevernaegie, R., Lefebvre, C., Jabin, I., Hermans, S., Riant, O., & Troian-Gautier, L. (2023). Photo‐Catalyzed α‐Arylation of Enol Acetate Using Recyclable Silica‐Supported Heteroleptic and Homoleptic Copper(I) Photosensitizers. Chemistry: A European Journal, 29(64), e20230121. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301212 (Original work published 2023)

Chusov, D., Molander, G. A., Ratovelomanana-Vidal, V., Riant, O., & Schulz, E. (2023). A Pioneering Career in Catalysis: Henri B. Kagan. ACS Catalysis, 13(17), 11494-11508. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c02965 (Original work published 2023)

Grosso, S., Mlynczak, M., Evano, G., & Riant, O. (2023). Copper‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Acylzirconocenes and Diaryliodonium Salts: An Efficient Synthesis of Alkyl‐aryl‐ketones from Alkenes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26(47). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202300938 (Original work published 2023)

Body, N., Lefebvre, C., Eloy, P., Haynes, T., Hermans, S., & Riant, O. (2023). Impact of silica nanoparticles architectures on the photosensitization of O2 by immobilized Rose Bengal. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 440, 114648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114648 (Original work published 2023)

Tan, Y., Lefevre, M., Pierrard, F., Soetens, M., Shoueiry, M., Yildiz, E., Ibanez, S., Özkan, K., Feron, O., Frédérick, R., & Riant, O. (2023). Tandem Heck/Tsuji-Trost Reaction for Uncaging of Alloc-Protected Amines with Palladium Complexes in Living Cells. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 996, 122743 [1-9]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2023.122743 (Original work published 2023)

Deskeuvre, M., Lan, J., Dierge, E., Messens, J., Riant, O., Corbet, C., Feron, O., & Frédérick, R. (2022). Targeting cancer cells in acidosis with conjugates between the carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 inhibitor etomoxir and pH (low) insertion peptides. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 624(1), 122041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.122041 (Original work published 2022)

Lan, J., Cadassou, O., Corbet, C., Riant, O., & Feron, O. (2022). Discovery of Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibitors as Anticancer and Radiosensitizer Drugs Based on Compensatory Stimulation of Lactate Release. Cancers, 14(21), 5454 [1-15]. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14215454 (Original work published 2022)

Quertenmont, M., Toussaint, F. C., Defrance, T., Lam, K., Markó, I. E., & Riant, O. (2021). Continuous Flow Electrochemical Oxidative Cyclization and Successive Functionalization of 2-Pyrrolidinones. Organic Process Research and Development, 25(12), 2631-2638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.1c00188 (Original work published 2021)

Guillot, M., de Meester, J., Collard, L., Riant, O., & Leyssens, T. (2021). Co-Crystallization-Induced Spontaneous Deracemization: An Optimization Study. Organic Process Research and Development, 25(4), 884-891. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00538 (Original work published 2021)

Pernik, I., Desmecht, A., Messerle, B. A., Hermans, S., & Riant, O. (2021). Dendrimeric and Corresponding Monometallic Iridium(III) Catalysts Bound to Carbon Nanotubes Used in Hydroamination Transformations. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2021(34), 3419-3516. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202100380 (Original work published 2021)

Ben Amara, N. E. H., Merabet-Khelassi, M., Aribi-Zouioueche, L., & Riant, O. (2021). CAL-B-mediated efficient synthesis of a set of valuable amides by direct amidation of phenoxy- and aryl-propionic acids. Chemical Papers, 75(8), 4045-4053. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-021-01636-5 (Original work published 2021)

Benamara, N. E., Merabet‐Khelassi, M., Lakoud, S. G., Aribi‐Zouioueche, L., & Riant, O. (2021). Enantioselective Enzymatic Synthesis of (R)-Phenyl Alkyl Esters and Their Analogue Amides using Fatty Acids as Green Acyl Donors. ChemistrySelect, 6(48), 13941-13946. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202103831 (Original work published 2021)

Xu, G., Leloux, S., Zhang, P., Meijide Suárez, J., Zhang, Y., Derat, E., Ménand, M., Bistri‐Aslanoff, O., Roland, S., Leyssens, T., Riant, O., & Sollogoub, M. (2020). Capturing the Monomeric (L)CuH in NHC‐Capped Cyclodextrin: Cavity‐Controlled Chemoselective Hydrosilylation of α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 59(19), 7591-7597. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202001733 (Original work published 2020)

Trempolec, N., Doix, B., Degavre, C., Brusa, D., Bouzin, C., Riant, O., & Feron, O. (2020). Photodynamic Therapy-Based Dendritic Cell Vaccination Suited to Treat Peritoneal Mesothelioma. Cancers, 12(3), pii:E545. (Original work published 2020)

Ward, J. A., Pinto-Fernandez, A., Cornelissen, L., Bonham, S., Díaz-Sáez, L., Riant, O., Huber, K. V. M., Kessler, B. M., Feron, O., & Tate, E. W. (2020). 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. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63(7), 3756-3762. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00144 (Original work published 2020)

Guillot, M., de Meester, J., Huynen, S., Collard, L., Robeyns, K., Riant, O., & Leyssens, T. (2020). Cocrystallization-Induced Spontaneous Deracemization: A General Thermodynamic Approach to Deracemization. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition). Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202002464 (Original work published 2020)

Quertenmont, M., Goodall, I., Lam, K., Markó, I. E., & Riant, O. (2020). Kolbe Anodic Decarboxylation as a Green Way To Access 2-Pyrrolidinones. Organic Letters, 22(5), 1771-1775. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00056 (Original work published 2020)

Rasson, C., & Riant, O. (2020). Copper(I) Diphosphine Bifluoride Complexes as Efficient Preactivated Catalysts for Nucleophilic Addition on Unsaturated Functional Groups. Organic Process Research and Development, 24(5), 835-840. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.9b00443 (Original work published 2020)

Guillot, M., De Meester, J., ter Horst, J. H., Riant, O., & Leyssens, T. (2020). Fungicide Precursor Racemization Kinetics for Deracemization in Complex Systems. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021(3), 473-482. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202001402 (Original work published 2020)

Sheet, D., Bera, A., Fu, Y., Desmecht, A., Riant, O., & Hermans, S. (2019). Carbon‐Nanotube‐Appended PAMAM Dendrimers Bearing Iron(II) α‐Keto Acid Complexes: Catalytic Non‐Heme Oxygenase Models. Chemistry: A European Journal, 25, 9191-9196. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201901735 (Original work published 2019)

Desmecht, A., Sheet, D., Poleunis, C., Hermans, S., & Riant, O. (2019). Chan–Lam–Evans Coupling is Now Available on Carbon Nanotubes. Synfacts : current highlights in synthetic organic chemistry, 2019(05), 496. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1612491 (Original work published 2019)

Doix, B., Trempolec, N., Riant, O., & Feron, O. (2019). Low Photosensitizer Dose and Early Radiotherapy Enhance Antitumor Immune Response of Photodynamic Therapy-Based Dendritic Cell Vaccination. Frontiers in Oncology, 9, 811. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2019.00811 (Original work published 2019)

Desmecht, A., Pennetreau, F., L’hoost, A., Nircha, I., Pichon, B. P., Riant, O., & Hermans, S. (2019). Preparation of magnetically recoverable carbon nanotube-supported Pd(II) catalyst. Catalysis Today, 334, 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.02.057 (Original work published 2019)

Nagy, A., Collard, L., Indukuri, K., Leyssens, T., & Riant, O. (2019). Enantio‐, Regio‐ and Chemoselective Copper‐Catalyzed 1,2‐Hydroborylation of Acylsilanes. Chemistry: A European Journal. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201901785 (Original work published 2019)