Publications

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. Accepted/in-press. 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)