Christian Herrero
Build. 420 – SC – ICMMO
Université Paris-Saclay
Rue du doyen Georges Poitou
91405 Orsay Cedex
FRANCE
Biography
Dr. Christian Herrero obtained a BSc degree in Chemistry at Florida International University (Miami, Fl, USA). After his Bachelor’s degree he obtained a Master's degree at the same institution under the supervision of Prof. John Landrum on the study of the oxidation metabolites of Lutein and Zeaxanthin. He started his PhD studies at Arizona State University (Tempe, Az, USA) in the group of Prof. Ana Moore, Prof. Thomas Moore and Prof. Devens Gust on the synthesis of artificial photosynthetic antennas. He finished his PhD at Universiité Paris-Sud under the supervision of Prof. Ally Aukauloo working on the synthesis of artificial reaction center mimics.
For his postdoctoral work Dr. Herrero moved on to CEA, Saclay where he worked at the Department of Life Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Aukauloo, Dr. Leibl and Prof. Rutherford. His work concentrated on the different domains of artificial photosynthesis such as light induced-electron and energy transfer reactions and the light-driven oxidation/reduction of different substrates. He did a second postdoc at Universiité Paris-Sud under the supervision of Prof. Banse where he worked on the visible-light activation of iron-based catalysts.
Since December 2015, Dr. Herrero has worked as a CNRS Research Assistant at Universiité Paris-Sud in charge of the Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Facility where his main interests are the coupling of different techniques such as light activation and electrochemistry to EPR in order to generate and study reactive intermediates present in redox processes.
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Education
BSc Chemistry, Florida International University, USA, 1997
MSc Chemistry, Florida International University, USA, 2001
PhD Chemistry, Paris Sud, France, 2007
Post-Doc, CEA Sclay, France. 2008-2013
Post-Doc, Universiité Paris Sud, France. 2013-2015
Useful Links
EPR Lab at Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay
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Research Interests
Dr. Herrero's research work focuses on the coupling of different techniques (light, electrochemistry) to EPR in order to generate and study radicals, triplet states and transition-metal complexes present in biological and model systems.
The EPR facility is open to investigators of varied disciplines spanning biophysics, biochemistry, catalysis, material science and inorganic chemistry.
Publications
A tale of two complexes: electro-assisted oxidation of thioanisole by a “O2 activator / oxidizing species” tandem system of non-heme iron complexes. A. L. Robinson, J.-N. Rebilly, R. Guillot, C. Herrero, H. Maisonneuve, F. Banse, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2022, n/a
Proton-controlled Action of an Imidazole as Electron Relay in a Photoredox Triad. P. Gotico, C. Herrero, S. Protti, A. Quaranta, S. Sheth, R. Fallahpour, R. Farran, Z. Halime, M. Sircoglou, A. Aukauloo, W. Leibl, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2022, 21, 247-259
Second-sphere effects on H2O2 activation by non-heme FeII complexes: role of a phenol group in the [H2O2]-dependent accumulation of FeIVO vs. FeIIIOOH. J.-N. Rebilly, C. Herrero, K. Sénéchal-David, R. Guillot, T. Inceoglu, H. Maisonneuve, F. Banse, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 15691-15699
Intercepting a transient non-hemic pyridine N-oxide Fe(iii) species involved in OAT reactions. N. T. Vo, C. Herrero, R. Guillot, T. Inceoglu, W. Leibl, M. Clémancey, P. Dubourdeaux, G. Blondin, A. Aukauloo, M. Sircoglou, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 12836-12839
Imbroglio at a photoredox-iron-porphyrin catalyst dyad for the photocatalytic CO2 reduction. A. Trapali, P. Gotico, C. Herrero, M.-H. Ha-Thi, T. Pino, W. Leibl, G. Charalambidis, C. Athanassios, Z. Halime, A. Aukauloo, Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2021, 1-14
Tracking light-induced electron transfer toward O2 in a hybrid photoredox-laccase system. R. Farran, Y. Mekmouche, N. T. Vo, C. Herrero, A. Quaranta, M. Sircoglou, F. Banse, P. Rousselot-Pailley, A. J. Simaan, A. Aukauloo, T. Tron, W. Leibl, iScience, 2021, 24, 102378
Evolution of Ate‐Organoiron(II) Species towards Lower Oxidation States: Role of the Steric and Electronic Factors. L. Rousseau, C. Herrero, M. Clémancey, A. Imberdis, G. Blondin, G. Lefèvre, Chemistry A European Journal, 2020, 26 (11), 2417-2428
Biosynthesis of the sactipeptide Ruminococcin C by the human microbiome: Mechanistic insights into thioether bond formation by radical SAM enzymes. C. Balty, A. Guillot, L. Fradale, C. Brewee, B. Lefranc, C. Herrero, C. Sandström, J. Leprince, O. Berteau, A. Benjdia, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020, 295 (49), 16665–16677
Photoswitchable 11 nm CsCoFe Prussian Blue Analogue Nanocrystals with High Relaxation Temperature. L. Trinh, S. Zerdane, S. Mazérat, N. Dia, D. Dragoe, C. Herrero, E. Rivière, L. Catala, M. Cammarata, E. Collet, T. Mallah, Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 13153-13161
FeIII and FeII Phosphasalen Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Application for 2-Naphtol Oxidative Coupling. E. Oheix, C. Herrero, J. Moutet, J.-N. Rebilly, M. Cordier, R. Guillot, S. Bourcier, F. Banse, K. Sénéchal-David, A. Auffrant, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2020, 26, 13634-13643
Characterization in Aqueous Medium of an FMN Semiquinone Radical Stabilized by the Enzyme-Like Microenvironment of a Modified Polyethyleneimine. Y. Chevalier, Y. L. T. Ki, C. Herrero, D. L. Nouen, J.-P. Mahy, J.-P. Goddard, F. Avenier, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18, 4386-4389
Coupling Nanostructured CsNiCr Prussian Blue Analogue to Resonant Microwave Fields. A. Ghirri, C. Herrero, S. Mazérat, T. Mallah, O. Moze, M. Affronte, Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2020, 3, 1900101
Hydroxylation of Aromatics by H2O2 Catalyzed by Mononuclear Non-heme Iron Complexes: Role of Triazole Hemilability in Substrate-Induced Bifurcation of the H2O2 Activation Mechanism. J.-N. Rebilly, W. Zhang, C. Herrero, H. Dridi, K. Sénéchal-David, R. Guillot, F. Banse, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2020, 26, 659-668
Base-controlled mechanistic divergence between iron(iv)-oxo and iron(iii)-hydroperoxo in the H2O2 activation by a nonheme iron(ii) complex. A. Bohn, C. Chinaux-Chaix, K. Cheaib, R. Guillot, C. Herrero, K. Sénéchal-David, J.-N. Rebilly, F. Banse, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 17045-17051
Electronic and spin delocalization in a switchable trinuclear triphenylene trisemiquinone bridged Ni3 complex. Y. Wang, F. Lambert, E. Rivière, R. Guillot, C. Herrero, A. Tissot, Z. Halime, T. Mallah, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 12336-12339
Non-heme Fe(II) diastereomeric complexes bearing a hexadentate ligand : unexpected consequences on the spin state and oxidation catalytic properties. K. Sénéchal-David, C. Buron, N. Ségaud, J.-N. Rebilly, A. Dos Santos, J. Farjon, R. Guillot, C. Herrero, T. Inceoglu, F. Banse, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2019, 25, 12405 – 12411
Selective Formation of an FeIVO or an FeIIIOOH Intermediate From FeII-H2O2 : Controlled Heterolytic vs Homolytic O-O Bond Cleavage by the Second Coordination Sphere. K. Cheaib, M. Q. E. Mubarak, K. Sénéchal-David, C. Herrero, R. Guillot, M. Clémancey, J.-M. Latour, S. D. Visser, J.-P. Mahy, F. Banse, F. Avenier, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 854-858
EPR reversible signature of self-trapped holes in fictive temperature-treated silica glass. M. Lancry, N. Ollier, B. Babu, C. Herrero, B. Poumellec, Journal of Applied Physics, 2018, 123, 113101
Electronic Structures of Mono-Oxidized Copper and Nickel Phosphasalen Complexes. C. Herrero, A. Auffrant, G. Nocton, C. Clavaguéra, M. Cordier, R. Singh Chauhan, T. Cheisson, I. Mustieles-Marín, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23 (71), 17940-17953
Imidazolidine Ring Cleavage upon Complexation with First Row Transition Metals. K. Cheaib, C. Herrero, R. Guillot, F. Banse, J.-P. Mahy, F. Avenier, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 3884-3891
Reactions of persulfides with the heme cofactor of oxidized myoglobin and microperoxidase 11: reduction or coordination. E. Galardon, F. Huguet, C. Herrero, R. Ricoux, I. Artaud, D. Padovani, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 7939-7946
αRep A3: A versatile artificial scaffold for metalloenzyme design. T. Di Meo, W. Ghattas, C. Herrero, C. Velours, P. Minard, J.-P. Mahy, R. Ricoux, A. Urvoas, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 10156-10166
Intramolecular Photogeneration of a Tyrosine Radical in a Designed Protein. A. G. Tebo, A. Quaranta, C. Herrero, V. L. Pecoraro, A. Aukauloo, ChemPhotoChem, 2017, 1, 89-92
Light-driven electron transfer in a modular assembly of a ruthenium(II) polypyridine sensitiser and a manganese(II) terpyridine unit separated by a redox active linkage. DFT analysis. A. G. Tebo, S. Das, R. Farran, C. Herrero, A. Quaranta, R. Fallahpour, S. Protti, M.-F. Charlot, A. Aukauloo, W. Leibl, Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2017, 20, 323-332
Controlled Jahn-Teller distortion in (MgCoNiCuZn)O-based high entropy oxides. D. Berardan, A.-K. Meena, S. Franger, C. Herrero, N. Dragoe, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 704, 693-700
Characterization and Subsequent Reactivity of an Fe-Peroxo Porphyrin Generated by Electrochemical Reductive Activation of O2. R. Oliveira, W. Zouari, C. Herrero, F. Banse, B. Schöllhorn, C. Fave, E. Anxolabéhère-Mallart, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 12204-12210
Photoassisted Oxidation of Sulfides Catalyzed by Artificial Metalloenzymes Using Water as an Oxygen Source. C. Herrero, N. Nguyen-Thi, F. Hammerer, F. Banse, D. Gagné, N. Doucet, J.-P. Mahy, R. Ricoux, Catalysts, 2016, 6, 202
Reduction of a Tris(picolyl)amine Copper(II) Complex by an Polymeric Flavo-Reductase model in Water. K. Cheaib, Y. Roux, C. Herrero, A. Trehoux, F. Avenier, J.-P. Mahy, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 18098-18101
Oxidation catalysis via visible-light water activation of a [Ru(bpy)3]2+ chromophore BSA-metallocorrole couple. C. Herrero, A. Quaranta, R. Ricoux, A. Trehoux, A. Mahammed, Z. Gross, F. Banse, J.-P. Mahy, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 706-710
Synergistic "ping-pong" energy transfer for efficient light activation in a chromophore-catalyst dyad. A. Quaranta, G. Charalambidis, C. Herrero, S. Margiola, W. Leibl, A. Coutsolelos, A. Aukauloo, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 24166-24172
An Artificial Enzyme Made by Covalent Grafting of an FeII Complex into β-Lactoglobulin: Molecular Chemistry, Oxidation Catalysis, and Reaction-Intermediate Monitoring in a Protein. C. Buron, K. Sénéchal-David, R. Ricoux, J.-P. Le Caër, V. Guérineau, P. Méjanelle, R. Guillot, C. Herrero, J.-P. Mahy, F. Banse, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 12188-12193
Successive light-induced two electron transfers in a Ru-Fe supramolecular assembly: from Ru-Fe(ii)-OH2 to Ru-Fe(iv)-oxo. C. Herrero, A. Quaranta, M. Sircoglou, K. Senechal-David, A. Baron, I. M. Marin, C. Buron, J.-P. Baltaze, W. Leibl, A. Aukauloo, F. Banse, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 2323-2327
Carbon dioxide reduction via light activation of a ruthenium-Ni(cyclam) complex. C. Herrero, A. Quaranta, S. El Ghachtouli, B. Vauzeilles, W. Leibl, A. Aukauloo, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16, 12067-12072