The Pierre Süe Prize (Grand Prix Pierre Süe) 2014 has been awarded to Michel Ephritikhine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France, and Claude Mirodatos, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France, by the Société Chimique de France (SCF, French Chemical Society). The prize recognizes French chemists whose work is acclaimed on an international level. It was presented during a ceremony on May 21, 2015, in Paris, France.
Professor Ephritikhine is honored for his outstanding contribution to the organometallic chemistry of lanthanides and actinides. Professor Mirodatos receives the award for his original approach to heterogeneous catalysis.
Michel Ephritikhine obtained his Ph.D. for work under the supervision of Jacques Levisalles in 1975, followed by post-doctoral research with M. L. H. Green, Oxford University, UK. In 1984, he joined CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Professor Ephritikhine focuses on the chemistry of f elements (actinides in particular) and organometallic complexes of these elements. At CEA, he founded and leads a research team interested in the synthesis, characterization and properties of organometallic complexes of f elements.
Claude Mirodatos received his Ph.D. in 1977 at the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France. He then performed postdoctoral studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK, with Charles Kemball. He currently works at the Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON, Institute of Researches on Catalysis and Environment) in the Department for Engineering and Process Intensification, which he directed until 2011.
Claude Mirodatos is an expert in heterogeneous catalysis who works on the identification and control of active sites and on methodological developments in catalyst design. He does not only work on model systems, but also on reactions and processes of industrial interest, such as the reforming of bio-ethanol or catalytic cracking.
Selected Publications of Michel Ephritikhin
- UIII–CN versus UIV–NC Coordination in Tris(silylamide) Complexes,
Alexandre Hervé, Yamina Bouzidi, Jean-Claude Berthet, Lotfi Belkhiri, Pierre Thuéry, Abdou Boucekkine, Michel Ephritikhine,
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2474–2490.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00034 - U–CN versus Ce–NC Coordination in Trivalent Complexes Derived from M[N(SiMe3)2]3 (M = Ce, U),
Alexandre Hervé, Yamina Bouzidi, Jean-Claude Berthet, Lotfi Belkhiri, Pierre Thuéry, Abdou Boucekkine, Michel Ephritikhine,
Inorg.Chem. 2014, 53, 6995–7013.
DOI: 10.1021/ic500939t - A Diagonal Approach to Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide: Organocatalytic Transformation for the Reductive Functionalization of CO2,
Christophe Das Neves Gomes, Olivier Jacquet, Claude Villiers, Pierre Thuéry, Michel Ephritikhine, Thibault Cantat,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 187–190.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105516 - The U=C Double Bond: Synthesis and Study of Uranium Nucleophilic Carbene Complexes,
Thibault Cantat, Thérèse Arliguie, Anne Noël, Pierre Thuéry, Michel Ephritikhine, Pascal Le Floch, Nicolas Mézailles,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 963–972.
DOI: 10.1021/ja807282s
Selected Publications of Claude Mirodatos
- Nature and reactivity of the surface species observed over a supported cobalt catalyst under CO/H2 mixtures,
Anaëlle Paredes-Nunez, Davide Lorito, Nolven Guilhaume, Claude Mirodatos, Yves Schuurman, Frederic C. Meunier,
Catal. Today 2015, 242, 178–183.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.04.033 - A Novel Technology for Natural Gas Conversion by Means of Integrated Oxidative Coupling and Dry Reforming of Methane,
Joris W. Thybaut, Guy B. Marin, Claude Mirodatos, Yves Schuurman, Andre C. van Veen, Vladislav A. Sadykov, Helmut Pennemann, Rainer Bellinghausen, Leslaw Mleczko,
Chem. Ing. Tech. 2014, 86, 1855–1870.
DOI: 10.1002/cite.201400068 - Heats of Adsorption for Seven Gases in Three Metal−Organic Frameworks: Systematic Comparison of Experiment and Simulation,
David Farrusseng, Cécile Daniel, Cyril Gaudillère, Ugon Ravon, Yves Schuurman, Claude Mirodatos, David Dubbeldam, Houston Frost, Randall Q. Snurr,
Langmuir 2009, 25, 7383–7388.
DOI: 10.1021/la900283t - Natural gas treating by selective adsorption: Material science and chemical engineering interplay,
Marco Tagliabue, David Farrusseng, Susana Valencia, Sonia Aguado, Ugo Ravon, Caterina Rizzo, Avelino Corma, Claude Mirodatos,
Chem. Eng. J. 2009, 155, 553–566.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.09.010
