Nikolaos V. Tzouras

A truly impressive palladium catalyst enables mild cross-coupling of challenging substrates and applications in late-stage functionalization of drug molecules. Stay tuned for more of this chemistry coming soon.

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After years of experience with Au(I)‐Aryls, we introduce a new synthetic route based on the use of aqueous ammonia, while presenting pitfalls (and some guidelines) regarding the transmetallation of arylboronic acids to gold @ChemEurJ @wileyinresearch …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…

Honored to be awarded the first EurJOC-KVCV-SRC Prize by @BeKvcv @EurJOC @ChemEurope at the @merckgroup MOCS2025 in Blankenberge. Returning two years after the Incentive award was an indescribable experience. Grateful to my mentors, Steven Nolan, @Vougioukalakis and @Nahra_Chem

Mild cross-coupling of bulky tertiary alkoxides with aryl chlorides enabled by a unique palladium NHC complex - appears in Chemical Communications pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… The catalyst will be made commercially available by @UmicoreM14365 @UmicoreGroup Funded by @AvHStiftung

Congratulations to Jie for leading this challenging project on Palladium catalyzed C-F Amination and Para‐C─H Arylation - appears in @angewandte onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… Co-funded by @AvHStiftung

As always, very interesting hydrofluorination chemistry coming from the Paquin group - this time using the simplest Au-NHC catalyst: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Very grateful to see some of our complexes being used in such well-designed and innovative systems.

Selenium insertion into gold-carbon bonds: one of the two synthetic routes leading to a new generation of organometallic compounds with promising in vitro and ex vivo anticancer activity - now published in Chemical Science pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

A New Generation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Gold-Selenolato Complexes as Potent Anticancer Agents: Distinct Synthetic Routes and Evaluation in 2D and 3D Cancer Models pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

New Communication from Jean-François Paquin, Raphaël Pronovost, Mathis Rion, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Steven P. Nolan @jfluorine 'Gold-catalyzed hydrofluorination of terminal alkynes using potassium bifluoride (KHF2)' buff.ly/3ZRfTxU

Selenoureas reacting like carbenes in the presence of a phosphine? A paper 5 years in the making since the 1st reaction was done with @Nahra_Chem @ChemEurJ: …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Thanks to @Vougioukalakis, D. J. Nelson, @XStruct_group + funding and institutions involved

@ThomasScattoli1 @ChemicalScience @OrganoMetalsPD @discunipd @MCDietl @_LauraOrian Congrats Thomas, nicely done and very interesting compounds

What a wonderful way to end this fruitful August! In collaboration with Hashmi group we have reported in @ChemicalScience an elegant synthetic route to Au/Pt (or Pd) complexes and their anticancer activity! @OrganoMetalsPD @discunipd @MCDietl @_LauraOrian pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

A very efficient strategy to synthesize azines bearing a guanidine core from NHC-derived selenoureas and diazo reagents just published in @ChemEurJ: doi.org/10.1002/chem.2… (soon OA). Congrats to Stathis & @NVT_NHC and thank you to @uoaofficial @ELIDEK_HFRI & our collaborators.

Gold-alkoxides that are stable, accessible in 30 min under air, yet still reactive: Synthesis and reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) gold-fluoroalkoxide complexes - now published in Dalton Transactions pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Glad to see this benzotriazole-based Carbene-Metal Amides story published in @DaltonTrans Many thanks to all our colleagues from @uoaofficial and @ugent Nice to have a star on this one, more soon @Vougioukalakis @XStruct_group @Subh_Bhandary @npozsoni pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

Our new NHC-Au/Ag/Cu benzotriazolyl complexes, active in propargylamide cycloisomerization and carbonyl hydrosilylation, just published @DaltonTrans #OpenAccess! Congrats Angie & @NVT_NHC! Thank you: to our co-workers @ugent & @uoaofficial, @ELIDEK_HFRI pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Glad to see our work in @ACSCatalysis highlighted in Advances in Engineering: advanceseng.com/dual-role-hexa… Thanks to the editors and the selection team of Advances in Engineering for this recognition. @Vougioukalakis @uoaofficial @ugent @ELIDEK_HFRI @FWOVlaanderen

@Subh_Bhandary @XStruct_group @AnnaMKaczmarek1 @J_A_C_S @FWOVlaanderen @ResearchUGent Congratulations Subhrajyoti, great work.

Check out our (@XStruct_group @AnnaMKaczmarek1 ) latest work on "Photosynthesis of Organoboron Polymer Single Crystals with Dynamic Effects"- in @J_A_C_S doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4… #Organo_Boron #DynamicCrystals #RTP Thanks to @FWOVlaanderen @ResearchUGent

@PapageorgiouLab @uoaofficial @Vougioukalakis Thank you!

@NVT_NHC @uoaofficial @Vougioukalakis Bravo!

I would like to thank the editors of hub.uoa.gr for announcing the good news @uoaofficial @Vougioukalakis: hub.uoa.gr/en/important-i… hub.uoa.gr/important-inte…

@sofiak1r @uoaofficial @Vougioukalakis Thank you

@NVT_NHC @uoaofficial @Vougioukalakis Congratulations!