16th Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium
Brussels, Belgium July 8-13, 2018
Registration
Opening
Session Chairs:
Prof. Paul KNOCHEL
LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY, Munich, Germany
L01 - Controversy and Resolution in Organic Chemistry: Claims of Plagiarism, Fabrication and Falsification
Prof. Jeffrey SEEMAN
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Richmond, United States
In-memoriam Istvan Marko
Welcome Reception
Registration
Introduction & Award Ceremony
Session Chair:
Prof. Christian STEVENS
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
Tetrahedron Chair: Studies in Natural Product Synthesis, Translational Chemistry & Electrifying Synthesis
Prof. Phil BARAN
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, La Jolla, United States
Studies in Natural Product Synthesis
Coffee break & Exhibiton
Translational chemistry - part 1
Sandwich lunch, Poster Session 1 & Exhibition
Reaxys workshop
End of the workshop
Translational chemistry – part 2
Coffee break & Exhibiton
Electrifying Synthesis
Belgian Beer Cocktail
Session Chair:
Prof. Steve LANNERS
UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR, Namur, Belgium
L02 - Going Around in Circles - Pathways to Mechanism
Prof. Guy LLOYD-JONES
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, Edinburgh , United Kingdom
L03 - Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Natural Products and the Chemistry They Inspire
Prof. Sarah E. REISMAN
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Passadena, United States
Coffee break & Exhibiton
Session Chair:
Prof. Olivier RIANT
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
L04 - Lewis Acid Enabled Copper Catalysed Synthesis of Functional Molecules
Prof. Syuzanna HARUTYUNYAN
UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, Groningen, The Netherlands
Sandwich lunch, Poster Session 1 & Exhibition
L05 - Synthetic Molecules for Cell Biology and Cell Therapy
Prof. Motonari UESUGI
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, Japan
Coffee break & Exhibiton
Session Chairs:
Prof. Ben FERINGA
UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, Groningen, The Netherlands
L06 - Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis - Organic Reactions Inspired by the Organometallic Chemistry of Gold
Prof. F. Dean TOSTE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, United States
Award ceremony & cocktail
Session Chair:
Prof. Michael SINGLETON
UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
L07 - Adventures in Catalysis: from Mechanisms to Applications
Prof. Franziska SCHOENEBECK
RWTH AACHEN, Aachen, Germany
L08 - New Organocatalytic Concepts for Higher-Order Cycloadditions and Coupling Reactions
Prof. Karl Anker JOERGENSEN
AARHUS UNIVERSITY, Aarhus, Denmark
Coffee break & Exhibiton
Session Chair:
Prof. Johan VAN DER EYCKEN
UGENT, Ghent, Belgium
L09 - The Simplicity of Rearrangements: Methodology and Total Synthesis
Prof. Nuno MAULIDE
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, Vienna, Austria
Sandwich lunch, Poster Session 2 & Exhibition
Excursions
Session Chair:
Prof. Sven MANGELINCKX
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
L10 - The (Ongoing) Evolution of the Hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) Reaction
Prof. Thomas HOYE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, United States
L11 - Bioinspired Chemistry with Proline-Rich Peptides
Prof. Helma WENNEMERS
ETH ZURICH, Zürich, Switzerland
Coffee break & Exhibiton
L12 - Asymmetric Catalysis Directed by Metal-Centered Chirality
Prof. Eric MEGGERS
PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG, Marburg, Germany
Sandwich lunch, Poster Session 2 & Exhibition
Session Chair:
Alain DE MESMAEKER
SYNGENTA INTERNATIONAL AG, Basel, Switzerland
L13 - Making the Tiniest Machines
Prof. David LEIGH
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, Manchester, United Kingdom
Coffee break & Exhibiton
Session Chair:
Prof. Pierre DE CLERCQ
UGENT, Ghent, Belgium
L14 - Recent Progress on Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomatization Reactions
Prof. Shuli YOU
SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, CAS, Shanghai, China
L15 - A Journey with Pyridine in Transition Metal Catalysis
Prof. Bert MAES
UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP, Antwerp, Belgium
Symposium Dinner
Session Chair:
Prof. Erik VAN DER EYCKEN
KULEUVEN, Leuven, Belgium
L16 - Conformational Analysis and Domino Processes in Natural Product Total Synthesis
Prof. Jieping ZHU
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE, Lausanne, Switzerland
L17 - New Cyclizations and Cycloadditions Catalyzed by Gold
Prof. Antonio M. ECHAVARREN
INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain
Coffee break & Exhibiton
Session Chair:
Prof. Alain KRIEF
UNAMUR, Namur, Belgium
L18 - Reversible Reservoirs for Radicals: A Powerful Strategy for the Construction of Carbon-Carbon Bonds
Prof. Samir ZARD
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, Palaiseau, France
Closing Ceremony