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Preprint) When aggregation becomes the norm: interpreting experiments beyond their molecules
Blokhuis, A.*[+]; Geiger, Y.[+]; Otto, S.*
ChemRxiv, 2025. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-6pl69
13) Autoinductive Effects in Zinc-Catalyzed Alkylations of Benzaldehyde Mediated by Simple Chiral β-Amino Alcohol Ligands
El Khoury, J.; Thierry, T.; Geiger, Y.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
ChemistryEurope , 2025, 2500067. DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500067

12) Competitive Exclusion among Self-Replicating Molecules Curtails the Tendency of Chemistry to Diversify
Eleveld, M. J.; Geiger, Y.[+]; Wu, J.[+]; Kiani, A.; Schaeffer, G.; Otto, S.*
Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 132. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01664-0.
Free read-only link: https://rdcu.be/d1S5C
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11) Divergence of catalytic systems in the zinc-catalysed alkylation of benzaldehyde mediated by chiral proline-based ligands
Thierry, T.[+]; Geiger, Y.[+]; Bellemin-Laponnaz S.*
Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 615. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00491-y
Free read-only link: https://rdcu.be/dAAg7
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10) Les effets non linéaires en catalyse asymétrique.
Thierry, T.; Frey, J.; Geiger, Y.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
Act. Chim. 2024, 491, 40.
Preprint on HAL: hal-04218082.
Tutorial review on non-linear effects for a broad scientific audience.
9) Enantioselective Self-Replicators
Yang, S.[+]; Geiger, Y.[+], Geerts, M.; Eleveld, M. J.; Kiani, A.; Otto, S.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,145, 16889. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05472
8) Observation of Hyperpositive Non-Linear Effect in Asymmetric Organozinc Alkylation in Presence of N-Pyrrolidinyl Norephedrine
Thierry, T.; Geiger, Y.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
Molecules 2022, 12, 3780. DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123780
7) Non‐Linear Effects in Asymmetric Catalysis: Impact of Catalyst Precipitation
Geiger, Y.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
ChemCatChem 2022, 14, e202200165. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200165
6) One Soai reaction, two mechanisms?
Geiger, Y.*
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 1206. DOI: 10.1039/D1CS01038G
5) Absence of non-linear effects in presence of aggregates in asymmetric catalysis
Geiger, Y.; Achard, T.; Maisse-François, A.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 2021, 2916. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100183
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4) Hyperpositive non-linear effects: enantiodivergence and modelling.
Geiger, Y.; Achard, T.; Maisse-François, A.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
Chem. Sci. 2020, 46, 12453. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04724D
Highlighted in Nat. Rev. Chem. 2020, 4, 635. DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-00236-3;Chem. Sci. Pick of the week & Hot Article.
3) Observation of hyperpositive non-linear effect in catalytic asymmetric organozinc additions to aldehydes.
Geiger, Y.; Achard, T.; Maisse-François, A.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
Chirality (special issue)2020, 32, 1250. DOI: 10.1002/chir.23271
2) Hyperpositive non-linear effects in asymmetric catalysis.
Geiger, Y.; Achard, T.; Maisse-François, A.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*
Nat. Cat. 2020, 3, 422. DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-0441-1
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1) Synthesis and Application of Dynamic Self-Supported Enantioselective Catalysts.
Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.*; Achard, T.; Bissessar, D.; Geiger, Y.; Maisse-François, A.
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2017, 332, 38. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.10.005











