Assistant Professor

B. Sc. Universit茅 Laval 2010
M. Sc. Universit茅 Laval (Prof. Fr茅d茅ric-Georges Fontaine)
Ph. D. Universit茅 Laval (Prof. Fr茅d茅ric-Georges Fontaine, 2015)
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow Julius-Maximilians Universit盲t W眉rzburg (Prof. Dr. Holger Braunschweig, 2016-2020)

Honor and Awards

CAS Future Leader Award 2019
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship
FRQ-NT Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Prix 脡tudiant-Chercheur 脡toile (FRQ-NT 2015)
Honor Board (Universit茅 Laval)
Mention of Excellence for a Thesis and its Defense (Universit茅 Laval)
NSERC Doctoral Scholarship (ES-D)
Mention of Excellence for the Doctoral Seminar (Universit茅 Laval)
FRQ-NT Doctoral Scholarship
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Exam (Universit茅 Laval)
FRQ-NT Master Scholarship
NSERC Graham-Bell Scholarship for Master Studies
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (2010)
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (2009)
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (2008)
Admission Scholarship (Universit茅 Laval)

Contact Information

Office: OM427
Phone: 514-398-4400 ext. 00307
贰尘补颈濒:听ma.legare [at] mcgill.ca
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Research Areas

• Green Chemistry
• Synthesis / Catalysis
• Materials Chemistry
• Computational Modelling

Research Interests

Research in the L茅gar茅 group aims at pushing the boundaries of sustainable synthesis and materials by unlocking the potential of the main group elements. We design, study, and implement catalytic systems that allow the synthesis of value-added products without making use of precious metals. Most of our catalysts contain only globally available, earth-abundant elements of the p and s blocks.

Our research is really focused on studying what the role the main group elements in catalysis and in organic materials can be. We are particularly interested in harnessing these elements to perform reactions that the transition elements remain unable to mediate. We combine predictive computations with rigorous experimental methods to solve complex and high-impact problems. Our two-pronged approach allows us to stay ahead of the game and to unleash our creativity in order to design unique strategies for catalysis.

Representative Publications (mentored)

尝茅驳补谤茅, M.-A.; Rang, M.; B茅langer-Chabot, G.; Schweizer, J. I.; Krummenacher, I.; Bertermann, R.; Arrowsmith, M.; Holthausen, M. C.; Braunschweig, H. 鈥淭he Reductive Coupling of Dinitrogen鈥�, Science 2019, 363, 1329-1332.

尝茅驳补谤茅, M.-A.; B茅langer-Chabot, G.; Dewhurst, R. D.; Welz, E.; Krummenacher, I.; Engels, B.; Braunschweig, H. 鈥淣itrogen Fixation and Reduction at Boron鈥�, Science 2018, 359, 896-900.

尝茅驳补谤茅, M.-A.; Pranckevicius, C.; Braunschweig, H. 鈥淭he Metallomimetic Chemistry of Boron鈥�, Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 8231-8261.

Braunschweig, H.; Krummenacher, I.; 尝茅驳补谤茅, M.-A.; Matler, A.; Radacki, K.; Ye, Q. 鈥淢ain-Group Metallomimetics 鈥揟ransition Metal-like Photolytic CO Substitution at Boron鈥� J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1802-1805.

尝茅驳补谤茅, M.-A.; Rochette, 脡.; L茅gar茅 Lavergne, J.; Bouchard, N.; Fontaine, F.-G. 鈥淏ench-Stable Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry : Fluoroborate Salts as Precatalysts for the C-H Borylation of Heteroarenes鈥� Chem. Commun, 2016, 52, 5387-5390.

尝茅驳补谤茅, M.-A.; Courtemanche, M.-A.; Rochette, 脡.; Fontaine, F.-G. 鈥淢etal-Free Catalytic C-H Bond Activation and Borylation of Heteroarenes鈥� Science, 2015, 349, 513-516.

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