Trends in Organic Chemistry

Metal-Mediated Reactions

Monday 3 December 2007
Conference Centre Wallenberg, Göteborg
 

Recent developments in the area of metal-mediated reactions have made a great impact on organic chemistry, providing new methods that proceed in high chemo-, stereo- and enantioselectivity and giving access to products not attainable by classical organic chemistry. Examples and applications in this area will be presented and discussed during this symposium.

This symposium forms part of the series “Trends in Organic Chemistry” arranged by the Swedish Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry.

Preliminary program

09.30-10.00 Coffee
 
10.00-10.10 Welcome
 
10.10-11.00 Asymmetric Autocatalysis Using Pyrimydyl Alkanol
Professor Kenso Soai, Tokyo University of Science
 
11.00-11.50 Molecular Diversity through Gold Catalysis
Professor Antonio Echavarren, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia
 
11.50-13.00 Lunch
 
13.00-13.50 Discovery and Surprises with Small Molecules
Professor Erick Carreira, ETH Hönggerberg
 
13.50-14.40 Catalytic Asymmetric Cyclization Reactions for Natural Product Synthesis
Professor Dan Yang, University of Hong Kong
 
14.40-15.10 Coffee
 
15.10-16.00 Organotrifluoroborates: Robust Surrogates for Boronic Acids in Suzuki Coupling
Professor Gary Molander, University of Pennsylvania
 
16.00-16.50 Development of Efficient and Practical Catalysts for the Synthesis of
Fine Chemicals and Biologically Active Compounds
Professor Mathias Beller, University of Rostock
 
16.50-17.00 Closing remarks

Location: Wallenbergsalen, Conference Centre Wallenberg, Medicinaregatan 20 A, Göteborg University, Göteborg. Map to Conference Centre Wallenberg.

Participation in the scientific programme is free of charge. Lunch will be provided at a cost of 75 SEK paid in cash at the lunch. If you want lunch you have to register no later than 15 November 2007. For participation without lunch please register no later than 26 November 2007. Please register here.

Symposium hosts: Organic Chemistry/Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology and Organic Chemistry/Department of Chemistry, Göteborg University.

For further information please contact Nina Kann or Göran Hilmersson: kann@chalmers.se or hilmers@chem.gu.se.

Sponsors: AstraZeneca R&D, Vetenskapsrĺdet, Nobelkommittén för kemi, Biovitrum, Borealis, Eka Chemicals AB, SigmaAldrich, Akzo Nobel Surfactants, Neurosearch Sweden AB, VWR International AB

 


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