ERC DUO - Clement Camp
ERC StG project DUO: Atomically Dispersed Heterobimetallic Catalysts for Cooperative C-H Bonds Activation
Summary:
The central objective of the DUO project is the development of original, well-defined and highly dispersed heterobimetallic supported catalysts using a molecular approach. Its chemical foundation is to take advantage of both (1) metal-metal cooperative effects and (2) site-isolation benefits, in combination, to achieve unprecedented and highly reactive active sites. This will ultimately lead to new bond activation pathways to tackle challenging catalytic transformations.
News:
07.2025 : Zack article on Mo-Ir complexes for C-H activation is out in Chem. Science!
11.2025 : Welcome to Camille, Billie and Solveig to the group!
05.2024 : Our article on Ta/M (M = Cu, Ag, Au) is out in J. Am. Chem. Soc.!
02.2024 : Our article on alkane HIE is out in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.!
09.2023 : Zack and Till joined the project, welcome!
11.2022 : We received our new glovebox, NEO, specially designed for the preparation of sensitive organometallic species.
People:
Current group members:
- Clément CAMP (Principal investigator - Project leader)
- Samy AÏSSIOU (Postdoctoral associate)
- Andrey PICHUGOV (PhD candidate)
- Till NEUMANN (PhD candidate)
- Camille CHARTIER (PhD candidate)
- Laurent VEYRE (CNRS research engineer)
- Laurent VANOYE (CNRS research engineer)
Past members:
- Zack DUBRAWSKI (Postdoc, 2024-2025)
- Solveig APPEL (Master student - ENS Lyon, summer 2025)
- Billie SHEARMAN (Master student - Durham University, winter 2024)
- Abdelhak LACHGUAR (Postdoc, 2022-2024)
- Léo CHALAYE (Bachelor student, ENS Lyon, summer 2023)
- Nicolas BARALLON (Bachelor student, Université Claude Bernard, spring 2023)
- Wolf-Georg WAGNER (Master student, RWTH Aachen, winter 2023)
Positions:
We welcome talents from a variety of identities, backgrounds and countries: be part of it!
Post-doc & PhD positions – We are always looking for talented and passionate students and researchers to join the project. Fellowships are available every year. Please contact us at clement.camp@univ-lyon1.fr
Master Students – Positions are usually available over the year. Please contact us in advance (from 5 to 6 months) if possible.
Publications:
All the publications are in open access on the HAL repository
17. Neumann, T.; Del Rosal, I.; Maron, L.; Jeanneau, E.; Maurel, V.; Gambarelli S.; Mouesca J.-M.;Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. "Probing Structural Diversity in a Series of Perhydrocarbyl Heterobimetallic Complexes Associating Tantalum and 3d (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) Transition Metals" Inorg. Chem. 2025, asap
16. Dubrawski, Z.; Shearman B.; Soulé N.; Jeanneau, E.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. "Well-Defined Paramagnetic Polyhydrido-Bridged Iron-Iridium Clusters" Organometallics 2025, 44, 16, 2151-2155 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00301
15. Dubrawski, Z; Del Rosal, I.; Jeanneau, E.; Maron, L.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. "Synergistic C-H Bond Activation Across Molybdenum-Iridium Multiply Bonded Complexes: a Cascade of Transformations" Chem. Science 2025, asap https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC03465E
14. Lachguar, A; Neumann, T.; Pichugov A.; Jeanneau, E.; Veyre, L.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. "Catalytic H/D Exchange of (Hetero)Arenes with Early-Late Polyhydride Heterobimetallic Complexes: Impact of Transition Metal Pairs" Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 3804-3811 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT03171G
13. Lachguar, A.; Del Rosal, I.; Maron, L.; Jeanneau, E.; Veyre L.; Thieuleux C.; Camp, C. "π-Bonding of Group 11 Metals to a Tantalum Alkylidyne Alkyl Complex Promotes Unusual Tautomerism to Bis-Alkylidene and CO2 to Ketenyl Transformation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 27, 18306–18319 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c02172
12. Lachguar, A; Ye, C. Z.; Sheridon, N. K.; Jeanneau, E.; Del Rosal, I.; Maron, L.; Veyre, L.; Thieuleux, C.; Arnold, J.; Camp, C. "CO2 cleavage by tantalum/M (M = iridium, osmium) heterobimetallic complexes" Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 7878-7881 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC02207F
11. Pichugov, A. V.; Escomel, L.; Lassalle, S.; Petit J.; Jabbour R.; Gajan D.; Veyre L.; Fonda E.; Lesage A.; Thieuleux C.; Camp, C. "Highly Selective and Efficient Perdeuteration of n-pentane via H/D Exchange Catalyzed by a Silica-Supported Hafnium-Iridium Bimetallic Complex" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, 16, e202400992https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202400992
10. Lachguar, A; Pichugov, A.; Neumann, T.; Dubrawski, Z.; Camp, C. "Cooperative Activation of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds by Heterobimetallic Systems" Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 1393-1409 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT03571A
Publications on this theme prior the ERC DUO project:
9. Ye, C. Z.; Del Rosal, I.; Kelly S. N.; Brackbill, I. J.; Maron, L.; Camp, C.; Arnold, J. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 9784-9792 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC02380C
8. Ye, C. Z.; Del Rosal, I.; Boreen, M. A.; Ouellette, E. T.; Maron, L.; Arnold, J.; Camp, C. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 861–868 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC04903A
7. Escomel, L.; Abbott, D. F.; Mougel, V.; Veyre, L. ;Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 8214–8217. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC02139K
6. Lassalle, S.; Petit, J.; Falconer, R.; Hérault, V.; Jeanneau, E.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. Organometallics 2022, 41 (13), 1675-1687. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00158
5. Escomel, L.; Soulé, N.; Robin, E.; Del Rosal, I.; Maron, L.; Jeanneau, E.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61(15), 5715-5730. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03120
4. Escomel, L.; Del Rosal, I.; Maron, L.; Jeanneau, E.; Veyre, L.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143 (12), 4844–4856. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c01725
3. Del Rosal, I.; Lassalle, S.; Dinoi, C.; Thieuleux, C.; Maron, L.; Camp, C. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 504–510. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT03818K
2. Lassalle, S.; Jabbour, R.; Del Rosal, I.; Maron L.; Fonda, E.; Veyre, L.; Gajan, D.; Lesage, A.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. J. Catal. 2020, 392, 287–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.10.016
1. Lassalle, S.; Jabbour, R.; Schiltz, P.; Berruyer, P.; Todorova, T. K.; Veyre, L.; Gajan, D.; Lesage, A.; Thieuleux, C.; Camp, C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (49), 19321–19335. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b08311