Welcome to the LCOM !
LCOM means "Laboratoire de Chimie Oragno-MinÚrale"
and is lead by Jean-Pierre SAUVAGE.
Its title included the word "organo", because organic
chemistry is the central theme of the lab : we build complex molecules like molecular
machines, knots or eletron transfer triads by the so-called "bottom-up
approach". Organic chemistry is the science that enables us to create and
link together the building blocks of our molecules.
"MinÚrale" means that our chemistry includes
also non-organic elements, and mainly transition metal ions. The lab is specialized
in the chemistry of copper, ruthenium, irridium and zinc, but we have been using
also many other metals like gold and, of course, all metal used for catalysis
in organic chemistry (palladium, tin, etc...).
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Last update: 2nd April 2008