Sheet of MALACEA KABBARA Raluca

MALACEA KABBARA Raluca
Address : ICMUB Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne
Bât. MIRANDE - Aille B - Bureau B-220
9 Avenue Alain Savary
21000 Dijon – France
Phone number : (+33) 380 399 038
E-mail : rmalacea@ube.fr
Team : CapCoM
Function CNRS Researcher
Tags : Catalysis, Coordination chemistry, Molecular imaging, Organometallic chemistry
ORCID : 0000-0002-6684-1967
  • CV
  • Project
  • Publications
  • Communications
  • Training
CV

Team Leader CaPCoM (Catalysis Polymers Coordination Modelling)

Habilitation – Bourgogne Franche-Comté University (2018)

CNRS researcher – Institute of Molecular Chemistry of the University of Burgundy (since 2009)

PhD in Organometallic Chemistry and Coordination – University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (2006)

Research fellowships – IRC Lyon (2001-2003)

Master in Organic Chemistry– Polytechnic School of Bucharest (2001)

Chemical Engineer Diploma – Polytechnic School of Bucharest (2000)

 

Project

Organometallic complexes for catalysis applications (phenoxyamidine ligands, complexes with oxophilic metals, ROP of cyclic esters)

Organometallic complexes for therapeutic applications

Labeling of amino acids for medical imaging (e.g., PET)

Publications

Full publication list

Florian Chotard, Raluca Malacea-Kabbara, Cédric Balan, Ewen Bodio, Michel Picquet, et al.. Atom Transfer Radical Addition Catalyzed by Ruthenium–Arene Complexes Bearing a Hybrid Phosphine–Diene Ligand. Organometallics, 2018, 37 (5), pp.812-820. ⟨10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00851⟩. ⟨hal-05696647⟩
Thu Van Nguyen, Mehmet Jahja, Jérôme Bayardon, Yoann Rousselin, Thanh-Tu Bui, et al.. Phenoxy-Amidine (FA) Titanium and Zirconium Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Use in Olefin Polymerization. Inorganic Chemistry, 2026, 65 (3), pp.1871-1883. ⟨10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04604⟩. ⟨hal-05495173⟩
Quentin Gaydon, Raluca Malacea‐kabbara, Jérôme Bayardon, Laurent Plasseraud, Michel Picquet, et al.. Synthesis of N,N ‐Dimethylaminoethyl Acrylate via a Zinc Phenoxyimine and Phenoxyamidine Complexes Catalyzed Transesterification Reaction. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2025, 39 (11), ⟨10.1002/aoc.70387⟩. ⟨hal-05344440⟩
Thanh-Tu Bui, Jérôme Bayardon, Cédric Balan, Thierry Roisnel, Raluca Malacea-Kabbara, et al.. When Bigger is Better: Lanthanum Complexes of Bis(phenoxy-amidine) FAlen Ligands as Unique Catalysts for the Isoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Racemic β-Lactones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64 (36), pp.e202509587. ⟨10.1002/anie.202509587⟩. ⟨hal-05168085⟩
Thu-Van Nguyen, Benjamin Théron, Lukáš Vlk, Valentin Vaillant-Coindard, Cédric Balan, et al.. FAlen–Zn Complexes for the Cycloaddition of CO2 to Epoxide and the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide. ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, pp.14087-14099. ⟨10.1021/acscatal.5c03972⟩. ⟨hal-05198134v2⟩
Benjamin Théron, Lukáš Vlk, Tomáš Chlupatý, Marie-José Penouilh, Eliška Procházková, et al.. Flexible Biguanide Mono-and Bimetallic Zinc Complexes for the Ring-Opening (Co)polymerization of Lactides. ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15 (11), pp.9117-9129. ⟨10.1021/acscatal.5c01335⟩. ⟨hal-05168898⟩
Valentin Vaillant-Coindard, Jérôme Bayardon, Yoann Rousselin, Raluca Malacea-Kabbara, Jean-Thomas Pouzens, et al.. Prolinol‐derived phenoxy‐amidine titanium complexes in asymmetric silylcyanation of aldehydes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2024, ⟨10.1002/ejic.202400405⟩. ⟨hal-04730433⟩
Jérôme Bayardon, Chen Qian, Raluca Malacea-Kabbara, Yoann Rousselin, Sylvain Jugé. Enantioselective Synthesis of P-chirogenic 1,2,3-triazolobenzophospholes. The Journal of organic chemistry, 2024, 89 (15), pp.11031-11042. ⟨10.1021/acs.joc.4c01009⟩. ⟨hal-04730220⟩
Valentin Vaillant-Coindard, Florian Chotard, Benjamin Théron, Cédric Balan, Jérôme Bayardon, et al.. Bis(salicylamidine) Ligands (FAlen): A Variant of Salen with “à la Carte” Denticity. Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62 (19), pp.7342-7352. ⟨10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00493⟩. ⟨hal-04225835⟩
Benjamin Théron, Valentin Vaillant-Coindard, Cédric Balan, Yoann Rousselin, Jérôme Bayardon, et al.. Al and Zn phenoxy-amidine complexes for lactide ROP catalysis. Dalton Transactions, 2023, 52 (23), pp.7854-7868. ⟨10.1039/D3DT01216F⟩. ⟨hal-04225864⟩
Communications

Oral presentations or invited lectures since 2022

  • Coordination Chemistry between France and Romania (CoFRO II), Cluj, March 19–20, 2026 (Plenary lecture)

Phenoxy-amidine and bis(phenoxy-amidine) ligands for coordination chemistry and catalysis

  • Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse, February 17, 2026 (Invited lecture)

FAlen ligands for coordination chemistry and catalysis

  • Barrande-Vltava 2025, Pardubice, August 31 – September 2, 2025 (Oral presentation)

New phenoxy-amidine group IV complexes and their application in olefin polymerization and asymmetric silylcyanation of aldehydes

  • GECOM CONCOORD 2024, Ax-les-Thermes, May 19–24, 2024 (Plenary lecture)

Phenoxy-amidines and FAlen ligands, coordination chemistry and catalysis

  • University-Industry Day, Besançon, March 22, 2024 (Oral presentation)

Aluminum and zinc metal complexes for the ring-opening polymerization of lactide

  • First FORTHEM Annual Meeting, Dijon, March 6–8, 2024, Webinar (Oral presentation)

Bio-based polymers and innovative green processes

  • 11th Barrande-Vltava French-Czech Chemistry Meeting, Dijon, August 28–30, 2022 (Oral presentation)

Phosphine-phosphonium gold complexes: synthesis and therapeutic investigations

Training

Teaching

  • Handling of organometallic and sensitive compounds (T2MC Master’s program: Transition Metals in Molecular Chemistry) – since 2021 – Université Bourgogne Europe
  • Organic Chemistry and Stereochemistry (L1 and L3 Chemistry) – since 2013

Other responsibilities

  • Member of the Institute’s Executive Committee
  • Elected member of the Institute Council
  • Chair of the Centre-East Region for the CNRS CAES (since 2018)
  • Treasurer of the CLAS (Local Social Action Committee) in Dijon – since 2012