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Dr. Sotiropoulos Jean-Marc / Personal Data Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos was born in Toulouse FRANCE, in 1963 and studied chemistry at the University Paul Sabatier Toulouse, where he obtained his Ph.D. degree (Research supervisor: Dr. Guy Bertrand). After a postdoctoral position with Prof. Dr. K. Seppelt at the FU Berlin as A.v. Humbolt fellow, he joined the CNRS in the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour to mainly work on reactive species from the group 13, 14, 15, their electronic properties and reactivities. He also contributes to the developpment of new photoelectron system. These activities are focused following three main
areas: The formation of intermediate molecules (or not), and the processes involved in reactions often raise questions among synthetic chemists. Our group can, in an original way, shed light on these issues. The
coupling between UV photoelectron spectroscopy and quantochemistry represents a tandem that is proving to be very powerful, allowing comprehensive
responses to the systems
studied. Compared
to the explanations of observed
phenomena, we go further, focusing
us to rationalize
new syntheses based on substituents in a
series of reactions. Main
Interests
Unusual compounds - Bonding and electronic properties - Reactivity studies Spectroscopy and Theoretical investigations Particular emphasis is placed on the unusual reactive compounds
of the main group elements. Our lab possesses three UV-Photo Electron
Spectrometers to realize these topics, and particular couplings are used to
generate such elusive species (Thermolysis for example). The key to success in
this work is the capability to characterize rapidly these species before they
polymerize…. All our apparatus are specially equipped with system which avoid
rearrangement and allow an iso-kinetic transport of the molecules. Recently, we have acquired a cryostat, allowing us to freeze species at 4K and use infrared spectroscopy to study them.
Under these conditions, Photoelectron Spectroscopy and IR represent a powerful coupling for the study of transient species. Moreover, to interpret the spectra obtained and to evaluate the behaviour of the studied molecules, the results are systematicaly analyzed with modern quantochemistry methods. clic
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