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Estelle Métay is a CNRS Research Director at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1. She graduated from the University of Nantes and obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Paris XII in 2005 (Prof. J. Y. Nédélec), working on the synthesis of medium ring benzolactones with an electrosynthesis step. She spent 14 months as a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University (Prof. E.-I. Negishi). She joined Prof. Marc Lemaire's group in 2007 and joined the CNRS in 2009. She obtained her HDR in 2012 and in 2016 the CNRS bronze medal. Since 2018, she leads the CASYEN team and is co-director of the International Laboratory associating the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar (created in 2011 by Marc Lemaire) and now led by prof. Voahangy Vestalys Ramanandraibe.
Research interests
Her research work concerns the development of new synthesis methods that are more respectful of the environment as well as the valorization of renewable raw materials for access to specialty products (solvents, hydrotropes, surfactants, antifoams...). Much of this work is carried out in partnership with companies. These developments can be used in the field of finalized synthesis (bioactive molecules, catalysts, sensors, colorants, plasticizers...). In parallel to this fundamental research in the laboratory, the service contracts make it possible to establish an initial exchange with industrial partners. These collaborations can then lead to more important and fundamental projects.
Selected publications
Iron-catalyzed selective reduction of nitro compounds to amines. L. Pehlivan, E. Métay, S. Laval, W. Dayoub, P. Demonchaux, G. Mignani, M. Lemaire, Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1939-1941. link
Glycerol Ether Synthesis: A Bench Test for Green Chemistry Concepts and Technologies. M. Sutter, E. Da Silva, N. Duguet, Y. Raoul, E. Métay, M. Lemaire, Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 8609-8651. link
Solvent-free direct α-alkylation of ketones by alcohols catalyzed by nickel supported on silica–alumina. A. Charvieux, J. Giorgi, N. Duguet, E. Métay, Green Chem. 2018, 20, 4210-4216. link
Synthesis of Dipentaerythritol from Pentaerythritol under Acidic Conditions. M. Landart, M. Lemaire, E. Métay, Org. Process Res. Dev. 2020, 24, 2591-2603. link