Programme

The programme for the 20th International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry follows. For timings please download the pdf from this page.

Also, 80 posters were presented at the symposium over two poster sessions. For the full list of authors please download the pdf from this page.

Session 1

Plenary 1: Stereoselective synthesis of amino diols
Steve Davies, University of Oxford, UK

Plenary 2: Total synthesis of ecteinascidin 743 and related polycyclic alkaloids
Jieping Zhu, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, France

OBC Lecture Award 2007 Plenary 3: New strategies for organocatalysis
Benjamin List, Max-Planck Institut fur Kohlenforchung, Germany

Plenary 4: Total synthesis of bioactive natural products
Goverdhan Mehta, Indian Institute of Science, India

Short Talk 1: Catalytic addition of heteroatoms to C=C bonds
Mimi Hii, Imperial College, UK

Short Talk 2: Approaches to aromatic and heteroaromatic boronic esters via alkynylboronate cycloadditions
Joe Harrity, University of Sheffield, UK

Short Talk 3: New applications of samarium iodide in organic synthesis
David Procter, University of Manchester, UK

Short Talk 4: Complexity from symmetry using tandem reactions
Rob Stockman, UEA, UK

Plenary 5: Complex molecule synthesis exploiting anion relay chemistry (ARC)
Amos Smith III, University of Pennsylvannia, USA

Session 2

Plenary 6: Chiral carbenoids for asymmetric synthesis
Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol, UK

Plenary 7: New Dimensions of acid and base catalysis
Shu Kobayashi, The University of Toyko, Japan

Plenary 8: Synthetic studies on polyketide-derived polycyclic natural products
Keisuke Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Plenary 9: Gold(I)-catalyzed reactions for organic synthesis
DeanToste, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Plenary 10: Short cuts
Ian Fleming, University of Cambridge, UK

Session 3

Plenary 11: Cyclocarbonylation  and cycloisomerization reactions of allenes Kay Brummond, Chevron Science Center, USA

Plenary 12: Synthesis inspired by efficient domino reactions
Michael Sherburn, Australian National University, Australia

Plenary 13: Natural products: opportunities for discovery
Jef De Brabander, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA

Plenary 14: New asymmetric Rhodium-catalyzed reactions as enabling tools for synthesis
Andrew Evans, University of Liverpool, UK