Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Organic Chemistry, 53 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 24 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine's work include Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (51 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (26 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (24 papers). Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine is often cited by papers focused on Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (51 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (26 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (24 papers). Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and Austria. Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine's co-authors include Marc‐André Courtemanche, Marc‐André Légaré, Étienne Rochette, Laurent Maron, Davit Zargarian, Josée Boudreau, Freddy Kleitz, Marie‐Hélène Thibault, Douglas W. Stephan and Dominic Larivière and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine

98 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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Metal-free catalytic C-H bond activation and borylation of heteroarenes

2015 383 citations Marc‐André Légaré, Marc‐André Courtemanche et al. Science profile →

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Robert P. Tooze United Kingdom

Jesús Campos Spain

Andrea Rossin Italy

Edward Rosenberg United States

Robbert Duchateau Netherlands

Andrea Meli Italy

Antonío Otero Spain

Jorge J. Carbó Spain

Diane A. Dickie United States

Xinzheng Yang China

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Kaliaguine, Serge, et al.. (2025). CO2 fixation reaction over pyrimidinium-based dicationic ionic liquid in MIL-101(Cr). Applied Catalysis A General. 697. 120186–120186.

Kaliaguine, Serge, et al.. (2023). Highly Efficient Catalysts for CO₂ Fixation using Guanidinium‐Functionalized Zr‐MOFs. ChemCatChem. 15(10). 11 indexed citations

Kaliaguine, Serge, et al.. (2023). Post-synthetic modification of Zr-MOFs using guanidine for cyclic carbonate formation catalysis. Catalysis Today. 422. 114216–114216. 25 indexed citations

Fontaine, Frédéric‐Georges, et al.. (2023). Metal‐Free Directed Site‐Selective Csp³‐H Borylation of Saturated Cyclic Amines. Angewandte Chemie. 135(39).

Fontaine, Frédéric‐Georges, et al.. (2023). Metal‐Free Transfer C−H Borylation of Substituted Thiophenes. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 649(9-10). 5 indexed citations

Knight, Samantha M., et al.. (2022). A Metal-Free Approach for the C–H Activation and Transfer Borylation of Electron-Rich Alkenes. ACS Catalysis. 12(21). 13609–13618. 8 indexed citations

Fontaine, Frédéric‐Georges, et al.. (2021). Comparative Studies of Digestion Techniques for the Dissolution of Neodymium-Based Magnets. Metals. 11(8). 1149–1149. 11 indexed citations

Sahraei, Abolfazl Alizadeh, et al.. (2021). Insights into the Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Grafted Mesoporous Silica for the Catalytic Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates by Nanoconfinement. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(23). 27019–27028. 14 indexed citations

Légaré, Marc‐André, Marc‐André Courtemanche, Étienne Rochette, & Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine. (2015). Metal-free catalytic C-H bond activation and borylation of heteroarenes. Science. 349(6247). 513–516. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Courtemanche, Marc‐André, Marc‐André Légaré, Laurent Maron, & Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine. (2014). Reducing CO₂ to Methanol Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs: On the Mechanism of Phosphine–Borane-Mediated Hydroboration of CO₂. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(30). 10708–10717. 219 indexed citations

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Fontaine, Frédéric‐Georges, et al.. (2013). Indium@silica core–shell nanoparticles as plasmonic enhancers of molecular luminescence in the UV region. Chemical Communications. 49(81). 9299–9299. 38 indexed citations

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Garon, C.N., Maxime Daigle, Isabelle Lévesque, et al.. (2012). On the Interaction of Acetone with Electrophilic Metallocavitands Having Extended Cavities. Inorganic Chemistry. 51(19). 10384–10393. 7 indexed citations

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Badshah, Amin, Hizbullah Khan, Ajmal Khan, et al.. (2011). Urease inhibition and anti-leishmanial assay of substituted benzoylguanidines and their copper(ii) complexes. Dalton Transactions. 40(36). 9202–9202. 23 indexed citations

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Légaré, Marc‐André, et al.. (2011). Reactivity of a Cl-boratabenzene Pt(ii) complex with Lewis bases: generation of the kinetically favoured Cl-boratabenzene anion. Dalton Transactions. 40(46). 12439–12439. 11 indexed citations

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Boudreau, Josée, Marc‐André Courtemanche, & Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine. (2011). Reactivity of Lewis pairs (R2PCH2AlMe2)2 with carbon dioxide. Chemical Communications. 47(39). 11131–11131. 129 indexed citations

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Boudreau, Josée & Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine. (2011). Coordination of Ethylene to a Zwitterionic Rh(III) Half-Sandwich Complex: Influence of Ambiphilic Ligands on Reactivity. Organometallics. 30(3). 511–519. 35 indexed citations

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Thibault, Marie‐Hélène & Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine. (2010). Aluminium complexes bearing functionalized trisamido ligands and their reactivity in the polymerization of ε-caprolactone and rac-lactide. Dalton Transactions. 39(24). 5688–5688. 40 indexed citations

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Bélanger‐Chabot, Guillaume, et al.. (2010). Synthesis of a 1-boratabenzene-(2,3,4,5-tetramethylphosphole): towards a planar monophosphole. Chemical Communications. 46(36). 6816–6816. 27 indexed citations

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Thibault, Marie‐Hélène & Frédéric‐Georges Fontaine. (2009). (η⁴-Cycloocta-1,5-diene)diiodidoplatinum(II). Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 65(9). m1028–m1028. 1 indexed citations

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Garon, C.N., et al.. (2007). Synthesis and Characterization of Tantalum(V) Boronate Clusters: Multifunctional Lewis Acid Cages for Binding Guests. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(26). 4979–4982. 25 indexed citations

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