Sophie Doudet, Madame de Staël

Sophie Racine

The first [4+2]-annulation between aminocyclobutanes and aldehydes to access tetrahydropyranyl amines is reported. With phthalimido cyclobutane dicarboxylates and aromatic aldehydes, tetrahydropyrans were obtained in 53-92% yield and 3:117:1 dr using scandium triflate or iron trichloride as catalyst. The use of thymineor fluorouracilsubstituted cyclobutanes gave direct access to six-membered ri...

Large Sophie Germain primes

If P is a prime and 2P+1 is also prime, then P is a Sophie Germain prime. In this article several new Sophie Germain primes are reported, which are the largest known at this time. The search method and the expected search times are discussed.

Madame Magali DELMAS, Professeur à l’Université de California à Los Angeles (Rapporteur)

Mirrors, Cross-dressing and Narcissism in Choisy’s Histoire de Madame la Comtesse des Barres

The Abbé de Choisy was one of the most intriguing figures in Louis XIII’s entourage and, most notably, Louis XIV’s court. A prolific author, he composed the Sun King’s memoirs, his own personal memoirs, and in his old age wrote an ambitious twelve volume-work entitled Histoire de l’Eglise. Although he led a ecclesiastic career, his writing and intellectual interests reached well beyond the Chur...

Scientific Verses: Subversion of Cartesian Theory and Practice in the "Discours a Madame de La Sabliere"

Verses: Subversion of Cartesian Theory and Practice in the "Discours a Madame de La Sabliere"" (1996).