Coordination, Ligands, Interactions et Catalyse | CLIC | Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg

Preparation and studies of coordination complexes and control of their properties via the use of rigid and semi-rigid ligands,
Synthesis of molecular materials based on tetrapyrrolic macrocycles,
Energy and electron transfers in supramolecular scaffolds,
Study of sigma-hole interactions (halogen and chalcogen bonds) in solution,
Halogen/Chalcogen bond catalysis,
Synthesis of chiral and luminescent organometallic cyclotribenzylenes and metallo-cryptophanes for the detection of small molecules,
Development of hydroxamate-type ligands specific for lanthanides and actinides for applications in nuclear medicine.

Keywords: Molecular materials, Self-assembly, Molecular electronics, Surface organization, Weak interactions, Porphyrins, Bipyridines, Cyclophanes, Sigma-Hole, Catalysis, Chalcogen Bond, Metallo-cryptophanes, Chelators for medical imaging, radiotherapy and therapy with actinide chelators.

Selection of key publications

Recent reviews:

A. Padilla Hernandez, V. Mamane
Chalcogen Bonding in Complexes Based on Electrophilic Tellurium
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2026, 551, 217416.

J. Joseph, M. Berville, J. Wytko, J. Weiss, H.P. Jacquot de Rouville
pi-mers and pi-dimers: Two Radical Supramolecular Interactions – A Tutorial Review
Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 31, e202403115.

P. Pale, V. Mamane
Chalcogen bonding catalysis: tellurium, the last frontier?
Chem. Eur. J.2023, 29, e202302755.

J. Taut, J.-C. Chambron, B. Kersting
Fifty years of inorganic biomimetic chemistry
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2023, e202300739.

M. Vonesch, J. A. Wytko, H. Kitagishi, K. Kano, J. Weiss
Modelling haemoproteins: porphyrins and cyclodextrins as sources of inspiration
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 14558-14565.

Recent articles:

L. Groslambert, A. Padilla Hernandez, A. Hasija, E. Aubert, P. Pale, V. Mamane
Supramolecular Assemblies Involving Triaryltelluronium Cations: Combining Chalcogen Bonding, Hydrogen Bonding and Lone Pair–pi Interactions
CrystEngComm 2026, 28, 123-129.

A. Herren, B. Leforestier, L. Groslambert, L. Guenée, M. Pupier, A. Poblador Bahamonde, V. Mamane, J. Viger-Gravel
Electronic and Geometric Symmetry in Chalcogen-Bonded Telluronium Cations Revealed by ¹²⁵Te NMR and DFT
J. Phys. Chem. C 2026, 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05552.

L. Groslambert, Y. Cornaton, P. Pale, M. Ditte, E. Aubert, A. Tkatchenko, J.-P. Djukic, V. Mamane
Chalcogen Bonding with Telluronium Cations: toward Selective Population of Tellurium σ‑Holes by Lewis Bases.
J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 8255-8268.

M. Berthe, C. Boudon, N. Le Breton, H. Kitagishi, K. Oohora, T. Hayashi, J. A. Wytko, J. Weiss
Insight into copper coordination in O₂ reduction by water-soluble cytochrome c oxidase models
Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 3659-3666.

M. Berthe, C. Boudon, J. Weiss, J. A. Wytko
Role of flexibility in a strapped porphyrin hemoprotein model
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines2025, 29, 394-399.

L. Zujew, O. Fonquernie, F. Mangin, S. Brandès, J. Gorny, M. Meyer, J.-C. Chambron, L. Février
Effect of ligand denticity on the removal of ²³⁸Pu from dilute aqueous solutions by hydroxamate-based chelating gels
New J. Chem.2025, 49, 20151-20160.

L. Zujew, L. Raibaut, J.-C. Chambron
From Desferrioxamine B unpolung to an enantiopure bifunctional chelator for Zr-89 immunoPET
Chem. Eur. J.2025, 31, e202501114.

F. Mangin, O. Fonquernie, P. Jewula, S. Brandès, M.-J. Penouilh, Q. Bonnin, B. Vincent, E. Espinosa, E. Aubert, M. Meyer, J.-C. Chambron
Combining desferriferrioxamine B and 1-hydroxy-2-piperidone ((PIPO)H) to chelate zirconium. Solution structure of a model complex of the [⁸⁹Zr]Zr–DFOcyclo*–mAb radioimmunoconjugate
ChemPlusChem2024, 89, e202400062.

J. Zhang, N. Zorn, E. Leize-Wagner, M. Jean, N. Vanthuyne, E. Espinosa, E. Aubert,B. Vincent, J.-C. Chambron
Cyclotribenzylene alkynylgold(I) phosphine complexes: Synthesis, chirality, and exchange of phosphine
Dalton Trans.2024, 53, 5521–5533.

L. Groslambert, P. Pale, V. Mamane
Telluronium-Catalyzed Halogenation Reactions: Chalcogen-Bond Activation of N-Halosuccinimides and Catalysis.
Chem. Eur. J.2024, 30, e202401650.

J. Joseph, J. Raya, F. Palmino, J. Jeannoutot, M. Berville, J. Weiss, F. Chérioux, J. A. Wytko
Self-assembled viologens on HOPG: Solid-state NMR and AFM unravel the location of the anions.
Nanoscale2024, 16, 13089-13095.

X. Yao, M. Vonesch, J. Wytko, J. Weiss, X. Sun, J.-C. Lacroix
Reliable I/V characteristics and long lifetime of porphyrin-based single-molecule junctions.” J. Mater. Chem. C2024, 12, 4326-4335

M. Berthe, Y. Kagawa, A. Riquet, T. Hayashi, J. Weiss, J. A. Wytko
Remote template effect in the synthesis of bipyridine-strapped porphyrins
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 6718-6721.

R. Weiss, E. Aubert, L. Groslambert, P. Pale, V. Mamane
Evidence for and evaluation of fluorine–tellurium chalcogen bonding
Chem. Sci.2023, 14, 7221-7229.

J. Zhang, F. Aribot, J.-C. Chambron, N. Zorn, E. Leize-Wagner, M. Jean, N. Vanthuyne, E. Espinosa, E. Aubert
Organoplatinum-bridged cyclotribenzylene dimers
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2023, e202300284, 1-15.

G. Alberti, C. Zanoni, V. Losi, S. Rovertoni, L. R. Magnaghi, O. Fonquernie, S. Brandès, A. Amati, J.-C. Chambron, N. Maudoux, R. Biesuz, M. Meyer
Kinetic and thermodynamic sorption studies of Fe(III) and Zr(IV) by DFO@Purolite, a desferrioxamine B based resin
New J. Chem.2023, 47, 13436-13449.

P. Jewula, M. Grandmougin, M. Choppin, A. M. C. Tivelli, A. Amati, Y. Rousselin, L. Karmazin, J.-C. Chambron, M. Meyer
Complexes of Fe(III) and Ga(III) derived from the cyclic 6- and 7-membered hydroxamic acids found in mixed siderophores
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2023, 26, e202300038, 1-11.

D. S. Abou, M. Longtine, A. Fears, N. Benabdallah, R. Unnerstall, H. Johnston, K. Shim, A. Hasson, H. Zhang, D. Ulmert, F. Mangin, S. Ozen, L. Raibaut, S. Brandès, M. Meyer, J.-C. Chambron, D. S. Tatum, D. Magda, R. L. Wahl, D. L. J. Torek
Evaluation of candidate theranostics for ²²⁷Th/⁸⁹Zr paired radioimmunotherapy of lymphoma
J. Nucl. Med.2023, 64, 1062-1068.

J. Joseph, P. Mobian, A. Chaumont, J. A. Wytko, J. Weiss
Going up the ladder: Stacking four 4,4’-bipyridine moieties within a Ti(IV)-based tetranuclear architecture
Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 16448-16457.

J. Zhang, A. Schaly, J.-C. Chambron, B. Vincent, N. Zorn, E. Leize-Wagner, M. Jean, N. Vanthuyne
Alkynylgold(I) C₃-chiral concave complexes: Aggregation and luminescence
Chem. Eur. J.2022, 28, e202103759, 1-14.

F. Schleife, C. Bonnot, J.-C. Chambron, M. Börner, B. Kersting
Expanding mercaptocalixarenes: A new kind of macrocyclic ligands for stabilization of polynuclear thiolate clusters
Chem. Eur. J.2022, 28, e20210455, 1-12.

R. Weiss, E. Aubert, P. Pale, V. Mamane
Chalcogen-Bonding Catalysis with Telluronium Cations
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 19281-19286.

M. Hananaa, C. Kahlfuss, J. Weiss, R. Cornut, B. Jousselme, J. A. Wytko, S. Campidelli
ORR activity of metalated phenanthroline-strapped porphyrin adsorbed on carbon nanotubes
C. R. Chimie2021, 3 1-8.

J. Richard, J. Joseph, C. Wang, A. Ciesielski, J. Weiss, P. Samorì, V. Mamane, J. A. Wytko
Functionalized 4,4-Bipyridines: Synthesis and 2D Organization on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite
J. Org. Chem.2021, 4, 3356-3366.