RT Journal Article T1 Search for B+c decays to the ppπ+ final state A1 LHCb Collaboration, A1 Adeva Andany, Bernardo A1 Borsato, Martino A1 Dosil Suárez, Álvaro A1 Fernández Albor, Víctor Manuel A1 Gallas Torreira, Abraham Antonio A1 García Pardiñas, Julián A1 Hernando Morata, José Ángel A1 Lemos Cid, Edgar A1 Lucio Martínez, Miriam A1 Martínez Santos, Diego A1 Plo Casasus, Máximo A1 Prisciandaro, Jessica A1 Ramos Pernas, Miguel A1 Romero Vidal, Antonio A1 Saborido Silva, Juan José A1 Sanmartín Sedes, Brais A1 Santamarina Ríos, Cibrán A1 Vázquez Regueiro, Pablo A1 Vázquez Sierra, Carlos A1 Vieites Díaz, María AB A search for the decays of the B+cmeson to p¯pπ+is performed for the first time using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0fb−1collected by the LHCbexperiment in ppcollisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7and 8TeV. No signal is found and an upper limit, at 95% confidence level, is set, fcfu×B(B+c→ppπ+) <3.6 ×10−8in the kinematic region m(pp) <2.85GeV/c2, pT(B) <20GeV/cand 2.0