Organic Chemistry Seminars – Archives 2011-2015

2015

Fall 2015

Wednesday, September 16

Prof. Christian Bochet, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Chromo-, chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity in photochemical reactions

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Friday, September 18

Prof. Neil Garg, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Recent Forays in Methods Development and Total Synthesis

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, September 23

Prof. X. Peter Zhang, Boston College, USA

Metalloradical Catalysis for Development of Homolytic Radical Chemistry

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Friday, September 25, 17h15 in Genopode B

Prof. Yoichiro Kuninobu, Tokyo University, Japan

Development of Novel C-H Bond Transformations and Its Application to the Synthesis of Organic Functional Molecules

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, October 28

Prof. Stephane Quideau, University of Bordeaux, France

Asymmetric Hydroxylative Phenol Dearomatization Reactions using Chiral Iodanes

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, December 2, SCS lectureship

Prof. Huw Davies, Emory University, USA

Collaborative Approach for C-H Functionalization

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, December 9

Prof. Ed Anderson, University of Oxford, UK

Cycloisomerization: Synthesis, Selectivity and Mechanisms

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.

Spring 2015


Wednesday, January 28

Dr. Christophe Aissa, University of Liverpool, UK

Manipulation of olefins by rhodium-catalysed C–H activation

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Thursday, January 29

Dr. Christian Bruneau, Université de Rennes 1, France

Hydrogen transfer and sp3C-H functionalization with metal(phosphinesulfonate) catalysts

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Thursday, March 5

Prof. Hon Wai Lam, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation by Catalytic 1,4-Metal Migration

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Friday, March 6

Prof. David W. Lupton, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

Enantioselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysed Annulations Without Acyl Anion Equivalents

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday April 15, SCS lectureship

Prof. Guy Bertrand, University of California, San Diego

Stable carbenes and related species: Powerful tools in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry

hosted by Prof. Kay Severin.


Thursday, April 16, SCS lectureship

Prof. Kenichiro Itami, University of Nagoya, Japan

C-H Activation Catalysis for Carbon Materials and Plant/Animal Biology

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, April 22, SCS lectureship

Prof. Tristan Lambert, Columbia University, New York, USA

Advances in Catalysis via the Exploration of Novel Ionic Structures

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Tuesday, May 5

Prof. Mukund P. Sibi, North Dakota State University, USA

Cooperativity in Catalysis: A Novel Method for Enantioselective Transformations with Complex Substrates

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, May 6, Heilbronner-Hückel lecture

Prof. Paul Knochel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

Chemoselective Reactions with Polyfunctional Organometallics

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, May 13

Prof. Wei Zhang, Colorado State University, Boulder, USA

Bottom-up Design of Organic Functional Materials with Dynamic Covalent Chemistry

hosted by Prof. Xile Hu.


Monday, June 1, in Genopode A at 17h15

Prof. Abigail Doyle, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

New Substrates and Ligands for Ni-Catalyzed Alkyl Cross Coupling

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Tuesday, June 2, in Genopode A at 16h15

Dr. Tanja Gaich, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

The total synthesis of natural products beyond biogenetic relationships

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Tuesday, June 2, in Genopode A at 17h15

Prof. Hans-Ulrich Reissig, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Our Route to Strychnine: Samarium Diiodide Induced Cyclization Reactions

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, June 10, in Genopode A at 16h15

Prof. Cristina Nevado, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Challenging Targets, Unique Binding Modes: Novel Strategies Against Cancer

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, June 10, in Genopode A at 17h15

Prof. Andreas Pfaltz, University of Basel, Switzerland

Asymmetric hydrogenation with chiral iridium catalysts

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Tuesday, June 23 in Genopode A

Prof. Hideki Yorimitsu, Kyoto University, Japan

Organosulfur Chemistry Revisited: From Pummerer Annulation to Catalytic C-S/C-H Coupling

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


2014

Fall 2014

Wednesday, September 3

Prof. Arturo Orellana, University of York, Toronto, Canada

Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions Using Strained Tertiary Alcohols pdf

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Tuesday, September 16, !!Talk Cancelled!!

Prof. Ben Cravatt, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

Activity-based proteomics – applications for enzyme and inhibitor discovery

hosted by Prof. Kai Johnsson.


Wednesday, September 17

Prof. Oleg Melnyk, Institut Pasteur of Lille, France

From protein total synthesis to peptide transamidation and metathesis: Playing with the reversibility of N,S- or N,Se-acyl migration reactions

hosted by Prof. Christian Heinis.


Friday, September 19, SCS lectureship

Prof. Sukbok Chang, KAIST, Korea

Development of Direct C-H Amination Reactions Based on Mechanistic Aspects pdf

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, September 24

Prof. Frank Glorius, Westfalische Wilhelms-University Munster, Germany

Mild, versatile and strategic: C-H activation and asymmetric arene hydrogenation

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Monday, September 29

Prof. Kazuya Kikuchi, Osaka University, Japan

In Vivo Imaging Probes with Tunable Chemical Switches

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, October 8

Prof. Gwilherm Evano, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Heterosubstituted Alkynes : Copper – Mediated Syntheses and Applications

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, October 22

Prof. Darren Dixon, University of Oxford, UK

Exploring and Exploiting New Reactivity with Novel Classes of High-Performance Multifunctional Cooperative Catalysts

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Tuesday, November 4, special NCCR chemical biology seminar

Prof. Jörn Piel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Mining microbial dark matter for drug development

hosted by Prof. Kai Johnsson.


Wednesday, November 12, 10:30 in Genopode A

Prof. Magnus Rueping, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Sustainable Catalysis – Concepts and Applications

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, November 26, Sigma Aldrich Lecture

Prof. Luisa de Cola , Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaire (ISIS), University of Strasbourg, France

Hybrid porous (nano)materials. Confinement and applications

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Spring 2014

Wednesday, February 19, special seminar in the memory of Prof. Manfred Schlosser sponsored by Wiley

Dr. Frederic Leroux, Director of Research CNRS, University of Strasbourg, France

Control of Axial Chirality: With or without transition metals – That’s the question

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, March 5

Prof. Kilian Muniz, ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain

Oxidative Amination with and without Metals

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Thursday, March 20, SCS-Lecture

Prof. Peter Schreiner, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen, Germany

Tunneling Control of Chemical Reactions

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, April 2

Prof. Tibor Soos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

From Simplicity to Complexity: Exploiting the Synthetic Potential of Bifunctionality

hosted by Prof. Xile Hu.


Wednesday, April 30

Prof. Joachim Mittendorf, Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Bayer HealthCare, Germany

Discovery of Riociguat, A Novel, Oral Stimulator of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Thursday, May 1

Prof. Masahiro Murakami, Kyoto University, Japan

Reactions Set up in Sequence Open New, Save Lots

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Monday, May 12

Prof. Shuli You,Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China

Transition-metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Dearomatization Reactions

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Thursday, May 15

Prof. Gary Molander,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

A Novel Mechanistic Paradigm for Cross-Coupling

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, May 28

Prof. Karl-Heinz Altmann, ETHZ, Switzerland

Total synthesis of macrocyclic natural products and their biological exploration

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Friday, May 30

Prof. Hiroki Oguri , Hokkaido University

Chemo-enzymatic and biogenetically-inspired synthesis of natural products

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, June 18

Prof. Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol, UK

Assembly Line Synthesis

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Friday, June 20 at 11h00 in Genopode C

Prof. Stephen Hanessian, University of Montreal, Canada

The Enterprise of Synthesis: From Concept to Practice

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, July 16

Prof. Chris Vanderwal, University of California, Irvine, USA

Synthesis of Complex Polyhalogenated Natural Products

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


2013

Fall 2013

Thursday, September 5, 11:00 in Genopode B

Dr. Andrew Plant, Global Head of Chemistry, Syngenta Crop Protection, Stein, Switzerland

The Importance of Chemistry in Agriculture

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, September 18, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Prof. André Beauchemin, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Molecules using Inexpensive Reagents and Catalysts: Hydroaminations, Aminocarbonylations and Tethering Catalysis

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, October 2, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Prof. Michael C. Willis, University of Oxford, UK

New Reactivity and Selectivity in Rh Catalysed C-C Bond-Formation

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, October 23, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Prof. Johann Mulzer, University of Vienna, Austria

Reflections on total synthesis

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Thursday, October 31, 17:15 in Genopode B

Prof. Daniel B. Werz,Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

Domino Reactions with Three-Membered Rings and Triple Bonds

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, November 6, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Prof. Horst Kessler,Technische Universität München, Germany

Selective integrin inhibitors for application as drugs, for coating biomaterials and for molecular imaging

hosted by Prof. Christian Heinis.


Tuesday, November 12, 17:15

Prof. Robin Beford,University of Bristol, UK

Casting iron in new catalytic roles

hosted by Prof. Xile Hu.


Wednesday, November 13, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Prof. Manfred T. Reetz,Philipps Universität Marburg and Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany

Directed Evolution of Stereoselective Enzymes: A Prolific Source of Catalysts for Asymmetric Reactions

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, November 27, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Dr. Jean Suffert,University of Strasbourg, France

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, December 4, 17:15, ISIC Seminar

Prof. Dennis Dougherty,California Institute of Technology, USA

Chemistry on the Brain: Understanding the Nicotine Receptor

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Spring 2013

Wenesday, February 20 in Genopode B

Prof. Armido Studer, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

SET Oxidations and Reductions with Organic Reagents

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, February 27 in Genopode B

Prof. Jonathan Clayden, University of Manchester, UK

Torque Talk : Communicating information through helical molecules

hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Friday, March 15 at 10:30 am in CE 1105

Dr. Andrew Thomas, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland

Discovery of Bitopertin: A potent and selective GlyT1 inhibitor (GRI) for the treatment of Schizophrenia

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Friday, March 15 at 5:15 pm in BCH 2218

Prof. Koichi Fukase, University of Osaka, Japan

Synthesis of regulatory molecules and probes for innate immunity, receptor signaling, and glyco-imaging

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, March 20 in Genopode B

Prof. Paolo Melchiorre, ICIQ Tarragona, Spain

When Asymmetric Aminocatalysis Meets the Vinylogy Principle

Hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, March 27 in Genopode B

Prof. Steven Ley, University of Cambridge, UK

Flow Chemistry: an Enabling Tool for Complex Molecule Synthesis

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Friday, April 5 at 11:00 am in BCH 2218

Prof. Mei Xiang Wang, Tsinghua University, China

Recent Advances of Supramolecular Chemistry: Understanding Anion-pi Non-covalent Bond Interactions and Cu(II)-catalyzed Arene C-H Bond Activation

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, April 10 in Genopode B

Prof. Christian Hackenberger, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

When Staudinger meets Huisgen: New concepts for the chemoselective modification of azides

Hosted by Prof. Kai Johnsson.


Tuesday, April 23 in BCH 2218

Prof. Thomas Wirth, Cardiff University, UK

Advanced Concepts for Catalysis in Synthesis and Flow Chemistry

Hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, April 24 in Genopode B

Prof. Fabien Gagosz, Ecole Polytechnique, France

When Gold Encounters Alkynes and Allenes

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Friday, April 26 in BCH 2218

Prof. Takahiko Akiyama, Gakushuin University, Japan

Recent progress in the chiral phoshoric acid catalysis

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, May 8 in Genopode B

Prof. Guosheng Liu, Shangai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China

Transition Metal-Catalyzed Fluorination of Organic Compounds

Hosted by Prof. Xile Hu.


Monday, July 1 in BCH 2218

Prof. Jean-François Paquin, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Organofluorine Chemistry: A few ways to make and break C-F bonds

Hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


2012

Fall 2012

Friday, September 28 in CE 103

Prof. Jin-Quan Yu, Scripps Research Institute, USA

Accelerated C–H Activation Reactions: A Shortcut to Drug Molecules from Chemical Feedstock

CUSO 3ème cycle lecture hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Tuesday, October 23 in BCH 3118

Prof. Zoltan Novak, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Cross-coupling, cycloaddition, C-H activation: efficient tools for reactions involving sp and sp2 carbon centers.

SCIEX visit, hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, October 24

Dr. Ruben Martin, ICIQ Tarragona, Spain

Metal-catalyzed activation of inert molecular bonds

Hosted by Prof. Xile Hu.


Wednesday, October 31

Prof. Mathias Christmann, TU Dortmund, Germany

Syntheses of UCS1025A, Ripostatin B and Englerin A by Catalytic Transformations of Renewable Raw Materials

Hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, November 7

Prof. Roderich Sussmuth, TU Berlin, Germany

Structure, biosynthesis and engineering of ribosomally synthesized peptide antibiotics.

Hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, November 14

Dr. Christopher S. P. McErlean, University of Sidney, Australia

On-Water Catalysis: Mechanism and Synthetic Applications.

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, November 28

Dr. Nuno Maulide, MPI Mühlheim, Germany

Catalytic rearrangements as tools for C-C bond formation

Hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, December 5

Prof. Clément Mazet, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Pd-catalyzed Cross-couplings and Alternatives to Cross-couplings for the (Enantioselective) Alpha Arylation of Aldehydes

Hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Spring 2012

Thursday, January 19, in BCH 3118

Dr. Chris Braddock, Imperial College London, UK

Biomimetic bromination for natural product synthesis

Hosted by Prof. Jerome Waser.


Wednesday, February 15

Prof. Tohru Fukuyama, University of Tokyo, Japan

Synthetic Studies on Heterocyclic Natural Products

3ème Cycle lecture hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Wednesday, February 22

Prof. Thomas Carrell, LMU München, Germany

The Extension of the Watson-Crick Base Systems

Hosted by Prof. Kai Johnsson.


Monday, March 19, in BCH 3118

Prof. Marc Lautens, University of Toronto, Canada

No Strain, No Gain: Lessons in Catalysis

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, March 21

Prof. Troels Skrydstrup, University of Aahrus, Denmark

The Design and Application of Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecules

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, March 28

Prof. John Vederas, University of Alberta, Canada

Synthesis, Structure & Activity of Sulfur-Containing Peptides from Bacteria

Hosted by Prof. Christian Heinis.


Monday, April 23, in BCH 3118

Prof. Amir H. Hoveyda, Boston College, USA

New Concepts, Catalysts, Reagents and Methods for Enantioselective Synthesis

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, April 25, at 14:15

Prof. Bernhard Breit, University of Freiburg, Germany

Hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, May 16

Prof. P. Andrew Evans, University of Liverpool, UK

New Transition Metal-Catalyzed Higher-Order Carbocyclization Reactions

Hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Tuesday, May 22

Prof. Louis Fensterbank, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

New Radical and Organometallic Methodologies for Organic Synthesis

Hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Wednesday, May 30

Prof. Jonathan Nitschke, University of Cambridge, UK

Designing complex self-assembled structures and functions from simple building blocks

Special RSC lecture, hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Thursday, June 21 in BCH 3118

Prof. ZhenFeng Xi, Department of chemistry, Beijing University, P. R. China

Zirconocene and Si-Tethered Diynes: A Happy Match Directed toward Organometallic Chemistry and Organic Synthesis.

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, July 4 in BCH 3118

Prof. Martin Lear, Department of chemistry, National University of Singapore

Natural products still taunt the organic chemist: From enediyne and cembrane macrocycles to unusual sugars and peptides

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Friday, July 6 in BCH 3118

Prof. Glenn Sammis, Department of chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Fluorine Atom Transfer to Alkyl Radicals

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Monday, July 9 in at 11h00

Prof. Barry M. Trost, Department of chemistry, Stanford University, USA

On the Invention of Pd Catalyzed Reactions for Enabling Chemical Synthesis

hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Thursday, July 26 in BCH 3118

Prof. Jianbo Wang, Department of chemistry, Beijing University, P. R. China

Cross-Coupling Reactions involving Carbene

hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.

2011

Fall 2011

Thursday, September 15, in BCH 3118

Prof. Kazuaki Ishihara, Nagoya University, Japan

Asymmetric Hypervalent Iodine Catalyses

Hosted by Prof. Jieping Zhu.


Wednesday, September 21

Prof. Michael E. Jung, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

A Series of Synthetic Stories: Rhodexin A, Brasilicardin A and Auripyrone A

Hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Wednesday, October 5 at 14h15, in BCH 3118

Prof. Matthew S. Sigman, University of Utah, USA

New Approaches to Asymmetric Catalyst Design and Optimization

Hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Friday, October 7, in CH G1 495

Prof. Go van Dam , University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

Shining new light on fluorescence imaging: a translational platform

Hosted by Prof. Elena Dubikovskaya.


Wednesday, October 12

Prof. Berit Olofsson, Stockholm University, Sweden

Synthesis and Applications of Diaryliodonium Salts

Hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Wednesday, October 26

Prof. Pier Giorgio Cozzi, University of Bologna, Italy

Stereoselective Organocatalytic SN1-type reactions

Hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Wednesday, November 2

Prof. David Milstein, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Design of Metal-Catalyzed Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry

Hosted by Prof. Xile Hu.


Wednesday, November 9

Prof. Herbert Waldmann, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany

Hunting the Targets of Natural Product-Inspired Compounds

Hosted by Prof. Kai Johnsson.


Tuesday, November 22, 16h15 in BCH 3118

Prof. Olivier Baudoin, University Claude Bernard Lyon, France

Hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, November 30

Prof. Hans-Dieter Arndt, Friederich-Schiller University Jena, Germany

Peptide Natural Products – Inspiration for  Synthesis and Chemical Biology

Hosted by Prof. Nicolai Cramer.


Wednesday, December 7

Prof. Alanna Schepartz, Yale University, USA

3ème Cycle lecture, hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Tuesday, December 13

Prof. Jeffrey S. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

New Complexity Building Reactions for Organic Synthesis

Hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Wednesday, December 14

Dr. Marco Bandini, University of Bologna, Italy

Indole: an Inspiring Molecular Platform for Asymmetric Catalysis

Hosted by Prof. Jérôme Waser.


Spring 2011

Wednesday, February 9, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Prof. Lutz F. Tietze, University of Göttingen

Multiple Pd-catalyzed Transformations in the Synthesis of Natural Products, Drugs and Materials.


Monday, February 21, 11:00 in BCH 3118

Prof. Hirokazu Arimoto, Tohoku University

Synthesis of Novel Vancomycin Derivatives with Excellent Antibacterial Activities Against Resistant Bacteria


Monday, February 21, 17:15 in BCH 3118

Dr. Hermann Wegner, University of Basel

Organic Chemistry- N-Au!


Thursday, March 3, 17:15 in BCH 3118

Prof. Jeffrey W. Bode, ETH Zurich

Enantioselective Annulations with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts


Friday, March 18, 17:15 in BCH 2218

Prof. A. Stephen K. Hashmi, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

Gold Catalysis: New Catalysts, Reactions and Mechanistic Insights


Friday, May 13, 17h15 in BCH 2218

Prof. Corey Stephenson, Boston University

Photoredox Catalysis: Enabling Chemical Synthesis with Visible Light


Tuesday, May 17, 17:15 in BCH 3118 – hosted by Prof. Xile Hu

Prof. Michael Greaney, University of Edinburgh

New Method for Streamlined Heterocycle Synthesis


Wednesday, May 18, 11:00 in BCH 3118

Prof. Paul Knochel, LMU München

Preparation of Polyfunctionalized Organometallics and Selective Cross-Coupling


Thursday, May 19, 11h00 in BCH 4310 – hosted by Prof. Xile Hu

Prof. Joe O’Connor, University of California, San Diego

Metal-triggered Cycloaromatization of Dienynes and Enediynes


Monday, May 23, 17h00 in BCH 3118  – hosted by Prof. Kai Johnsson

Prof. Dirk Trauner, LMU München

The Photopharmacology of Glutamate Receptors and Voltage-Gated Ion Channels


Wednesday, May 25, 17h15 in CE 1  2  – 3ème Cycle Lecture

Prof. Dalibor Sames, Columbia University

Design of Fluorogenic Probes for Imaging Metabolism and Neurotransmission in the Brain


Monday, July 18, 17h00 in BCH 3118

Prof. Tom Rovis , Colorado State University