CNRS Researcher

E-mail: valentin.magne[at]cemes.fr

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Valentin joined the group as a permanent CNRS researcher in 2024. His interests include the development of organo- and metallo-catalyzed methodologies, photochemistry, mechanistic elucidation, and the exploration of molecules reactivity on surface studied thanks to particle probe microscopy.

• Research experience:

2024 – Permanent researcher, CEMES

2024 – Post-Doctoral Researcher, CEMES, Toulouse (France).

Advisor: Dr. C. Kammerer. “Controlled Reactivity of Sulfoxides in Solution and on Insulating Surfaces.”

2022 – 2024 Post-Doctoral Researcher, LHFA, Toulouse (France).

Advisor: Dr. D. Madec. “Controlled Reactivity of Sulfoxides in Solution and on Insulating Surfaces.”

2021 – 2022 Post-Doctoral Researcher, LHFA, Toulouse (France).

Advisor: Dr. S. Lakhdar. “Visible Light-Mediated Germanylation of Aryl Fluorides.”

2019 – 2021 Post-Doctoral Researcher, CNL, University of Nottingham (UK).

Advisor: Pr. R. Denton. “Redox Neutral Organocatalytic Mitsunobu Reactions.”

2017 – 2018 Post-Doctoral Researcher, CNL, University of Nottingham (UK).

Advisor: Dr. L. Ball. “Synthesis of Thiophenol Surrogates via Ni‐Catalyzed C−S Cross‐Coupling.”

2014 – 2017 PhD Researcher, ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette (France).

Advisor: A. Marinetti. “New Phosphahelicenes for the Gold(I)-catalyzed synthesis of Chiral Heterocycles.”

2014 (5 months) Undergraduate Researcher, ITAV, Toulouse (France).

Advisor: Dr. S. Chassaing. “Copper(I)-Coated Zeolite Evaluation for Diarylethers Synthesis.”

• Research Articles:

15. Photoinduced modulation of the oxidation state of dibenzothiophene S-oxide molecules on an insulating substrate.

V. Magné, M. Hankache, E. Geagea, P. Simón Marqués, S. Clair, L. Giovanelli, C. Loppacher, E. Fodeke, S. Mallet-Ladeira, E. Maerten, C. Kammerer, D. Madec, L. Nony, Nature Commun. 2025, 16, 4841. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60075-y

 14. New Sulfenate Sources for Double Pallado-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction: Application in Symmetrical Biarylsulfoxide Synthesis, and Evidence of TADF Properties.

V. Magné, I. Cretoiu, S. Mallet-Ladeira, E. Maerten, D. Madec, Molecules, 2024, 29, 4809. DOI: 10.3390/molecules29204809

13. Pentafluorophenyl Copper–Biarylsulfoxide Complexes: Synthesis and Photoreactivity.

V. Magné, R. Lenk, S. Mallet-Ladeira, E. Maerten, D. Madec, Molecules, 2024, 29, 3332. DOI: 10.3390/molecules29143332

12. Visible Light-Mediated Germanylation of Aryl Fluorides: Synthetic and Mechanistic Insights.

V. Magné, C. Bellanger, A. Hussein, N. Saffon-Merceron, S. Lakhdar, Synthesis, 2023, 55, 1855. DOI: 10.1055/a-2012-5078

11. Charge Transfer Complexes (CTCs) with Pyridinium Salts: Toward Efficient Dual Photochemical/Thermal Initiators and 3D Printing Applications. Ma, L. Buchon,

V. Magné, B. Graff, F. Morlet-Savary, Y. Xu, M. Benltifa, S. Lakhdar, J. Lalevée, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, 2200314. DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200314

10. Chiral Phosphathiahelicenes: Improved Synthetic Approach and Uses in Enantioselective Gold(I)-Catalyzed [2 + 2] Cycloadditions of N-Homoallenyl Tryptamines.

V. Magné, Y. Sanogo, C. S. Demmer, P. Retailleau, A. Marinetti, X. Guinchard, A. Voituriez, ACS Catal.2020, 10, 8141. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01819

9. Redox Neutral Organocatalytic Mitsunobu Reactions.

R. H. Beddoe, K. G. Andrews, V. Magné, J. D. Cuthbertson, J. Saska, A. L. Shannon-Little, S. E. Shanahan, H. F. Sneddon, R. M. Denton, Science 2019, 365, 910. DOI 10.1126/science.aax3353

8. Synthesis of Air‐stable, Odorless Thiophenol Surrogates via Ni‐Catalyzed C−S Cross‐Coupling.

V. Magné, L. T. Ball, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 8903. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901874 Hot Paper, 10% Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019.

7. Copper(I)-USY as a Ligand-Free and Recyclable Catalyst for Ullmann-Type O-, N-, S-and C-Arylation Reactions: Scope and Application to Total Synthesis.

T. Garnier, M. Danel, V. Magné, A. Pujol, V. Bénéteau, P. Pale, S. Chassaing, J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 6408. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00620

6. Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Sulfenylspiroindolenines via Spirocyclizations.

V. Magné, P. Retailleau, A. Marinetti, A. Voituriez, X. Guinchard, Molbank 2018, 2018, M985. DOI: 10.3390/M985

5. Synthesis of Spiroindolenines via Regioselective Au(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization of N-Propargyl Tryptamines.

V. Magné, A. Marinetti, V. Gandon, A. Voituriez, X. Guinchard, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 22, 4036. DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700932

4. Short Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Rhazinilam using a Gold(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization.

V. Magné, C. Lorton, A. Marinetti, X. Guinchard, A. Voituriez, Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4794. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02210

3. The Synthesis of Substituted Phosphathiahelicenes viaRegioselective Bromination of a Preformed Helical Scaffold: a New Approach to Modular Ligands for Enantioselective Gold-Catalysis.

P. Aillard, D. Dova, V. Magné, P. Retailleau, S. Cauteruccio, E. Licandro, A. Voituriez, A. Marinetti, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 10984. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC04765C

2. Synthesis of Spiro[piperidine-3,3′-oxindoles] via Gold(I)-Catalyzed Dearomatization of N-Propargyl- and N-Homoallenyl-2-Bromotryptamines.

V. Magné, F. Blanchard, A. Marinetti, A. Voituriez, X. Guinchard, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 21, 3355. DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201600398

1. Cu^I–USY as a Ligand-Free and Recyclable Catalytic System for the Ullmann-Type Diaryl Ether Synthesis.

V. Magné, T. Garnier, M. Danel, P. Pale, S. Chassaing, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4494. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02167 Highlighted in Synfacts 2015, 11, 1327.

• Book Chapters:

3. Reduction of S=O and SO₂ to S, S–X to S–H, and P=O to P.

V. Magné, L. Serusi, M. Gulea, G. Hanquet, D. Madec, and A. Panossian, Comprehensive Organic Synthesis (Third Edition): G. Molander, P. Knochel, Elsevier, 2025; pp 108-164. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-96025-0.00122-8.

2. Six-Membered Rings With One Phosphorus Atom.

F. Rammal, V. Magné, G. Berionni, S. Lakhdar, Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV ; D. S. Black, J. Cossy, C.V. Stevens, Elsevier: Oxford, 2022 ; pp 685–717. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818655-8.00100-1

1. Four-Membered Rings With One Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, or Bismuth Atom.

V. Magné, F. Rammal, G. Berionni, S. Lakhdar, Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV ; D. S. Black, J. Cossy, C.V. Stevens, Elsevier: Oxford, 2022 ; pp 335–362. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818655-8.00156-6