Cyril Rousseau was born in Orléans (France) in 1973. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Orléans in 2002 under the supervision of Professor O. Martin at the «Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (I.C.O.A.)». His work has focused on developing new methods of synthesis of Aryl C-glycosides by intramolecular path. He then spent two years in Denmark in the team of professor M. Bols in the university of Aarhus where he started a new topic on the use of modified cyclodextrins as artificial enzymes. He then worked in the university of Kaunas (Lithuania) as responsible for research where his work focused on the enhancement of glycerol. After 4 months in the team of Professor D. Gryko in Warsaw as a postdoc position funded by a grant Marie Curie, he returned in 2006 in the team of Professor M. Bols at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). In 2008, he became «Maître de Conférences at the University of Artois» and joined the team « catalyse et chimie du végétal  ». His current work deals with catalysis and biomass.

Selected publications :

1. «Tosylated glycerol carbonate, a versatile bis-electrophile to access new functionalized glycidol derivatives»
   J. Rousseau, C. Rousseau, B. Lynikaite, A. Šackus, C. de Leon, P. Rollin, A. Tatibouët
   Tetrahedron, 2009, 65, 8571-8581, doi : 10.1016/j.tet.2009.07.095
   
   
2. «Modular access to heterocycles : methyl-3-aminobenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate thiourea linkage or pyrimidine-4-one-2-thione formation.»
   J. Rousseau, V. Krisciuniene, I. Rimkeviciute, C. Rousseau, V. Amankaviciene, A. Sackus, A. Tatibouet, P. Rollin. Monatsh
   Chem., 2009, 140, 339-348
   
   
3. «Selective discrimination of cyclodextrin diols using cyclic sulfates»
   M. Petrillo, L. Marinescu, C. Rousseau, and M. Bols
   Org. Lett., 2009, 11 (9), 1983-1985
   
   
4. «Synthesis and biological evaluation of potent glycosidase inhibitors: 4-deoxy- 4,4-difluoroisofagomine and analogues»
   R. Li, M. Bols, C. Rousseau, X. Zhang, R. Wang, F-L. Qing
   Tetrahedron 65 (2009) 3717-3727
   
   
5. «Artificial enzymes, «Chemzymes» : current state and perspectives»
   J. Bjerre, C. Rousseau, L. Marinescu and M. Bols
   Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2008) 81:1–11 – DOI 10.1007/s00253-008-1653-5
   
   
6. «Glycerol Carbonate : a Renewable Reagent for Renewable Synthons
   A. C. Simao, B. Pukleviciene, C. Rousseau, A Tatibouët, A. Šackus, A. P. Rauter and P. Rollin
   Letters in Organic Chemistry 2006, 3, 744-748
   
   
7. «Glycerol Derivatives : Valorisation Through Fine Organic Chemistry»
   B. Pukleviciene, A. C. Simao, C. Rousseau, A. Šackus, A Tatibouët and P. Rollin
   Latvian Journal of Chemistry, 2006, 1 (3), 1
   
   
8. «Supramolecular oxidation of Anilines using hydrogen peroxide as Stoichiometric oxidant»
   L. Marinescu, M. Mølbach, C. Rousseau and M. Bols
   Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 17578-17579
   
   
9. «Artificial Glycosyl Phosphorylases»
   C. Rousseau, F. Ortega-Caballero, L. U Nordstrøm, B. Christensen, T. Ellebæk Petersen and M. Bols
   Chemistry - A European Journal, 2005, 11, 5094-5101
   
   
10. «Artificial Epoxydase II. Synthesis of Cyclodextrin Ketoesters and Epoxydation of Alkenes»
    C. Rousseau, B. Christensen and M. Bols
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005, 2734-2739
    
    
11. «Remarkable Supramolecular Catalysis of Glycoside Hydrolysis by a Cyclodextrin Cyanohydrin»
    F. Ortega-Caballero, C. Rousseau, B. Christensen, T. Ellebæk Petersen and M. Bols,
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 3238-3239
    
    
12. «Cyclodextrins containing an acetone bridge. Synthesis and study as epoxidation catalysts»
    C. Rousseau, B. Christensen, T. Ellebæk Petersen and M. Bols
    Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2004, 2, 3476-3482
    
    
13. «An Artificial Enzyme that catalyses hydrolysis of Aryl Glycosides»
    C. Rousseau, N. Nielsen and M. Bols
    Tetrahedron letters, 2004, 45, 8709-8711
    
    
14. «Intramolecular C-Glycosylation of 2-O-Benzylated Pentenyl mannopyranosides : remarkable 1,2-trans stereoselectivity»
    N. Girard, C. Rousseau, O. R. Martin
    Tetrahedron letters, 2003, 44, 8971-8974
    
    
15. «Stereodirected Synthesis of Aryl a-C-Glycosides from 2-O-Arylsilyl-glucopyranosides»
    C. Rousseau, O. R. Martin
    Organic Letters, 2003, 5, 3763-3766
    
    
16. «Synthesis of bergenin-related natural products by way of an intramolecular C-glycosylation reaction»
    C. Rousseau, O. R. Martin
    Tetrahedron : Asymmetry, 2000, 11, 409-412
    
    
17. «Synthesis of benzo[5,6]cyclohepta[b]indol-6-one derivatives»
    B. Joseph, D. Alagille, C. Rousseau, J.Y. Mérour
    Tetrahedron, 1999, 55, 4341-4352