e-Bürgenstock 2021:
Presidents meet Young Fellows
Thursday, May 6, 2021 - Online Event
Program e-Bürgenstock Conference 2021
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09.00
Welcome and Conference Opening
Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker, SCS President
Prof. Tom Ward, University of Basel
Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker, SCS President
Prof. Tom Ward, University of Basel
09.05
Invited Lecture:
Prof. Veronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford
«Hydrogen Bonding Phase Transfer Catalysis»
09.50
Prof. Shoubhik Das, University of Antwerp
«CO2-Catalysed Oxidation and Dehydrogenation Reactions: It’s Transition Metal-Free»
10.10
Dr. Michael Parmentier, Novartis AG
«Building a Toolbox for Chemistry using Surfactant in Water»
10.30
Short Break
10.45
Dr. Luca Dell'Amico, University of Padova
«Unlocking the Synthetic Potential of Light-Excited Aryl Ketones – Applications in DirectPhotochemistry and Photoredox Catalysis»
11.05
Prof. Dmitry Katayev, University of Fribourg
«N-Nitroheterocycles: Easily Accessible, Bench-Stable and Broadly Applicable Reagents forCatalytic Nitration»
11.25
Prof. Olalla Vázquez, Marburg University
«Light-Activated Tools for Interrogation of Biological Processes»
11.45
Invited Lecture:
Prof. Don Hilvert, ETH Zürich
«Evolving virus-like nucleocapsids from nonviral protein cages»
12.30
Lunch Break
13.00
Virtual Poster Session
14.30
Invited Lecture:
Prof. Ilan Marek, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
«Nucleophilic Substitution at Quaternary Stereocenters»
15.15
Dr. Denis Gribkov, Syngenta Crop Protection AG
«Development of a Novel C-N Oxidative Coupling as a Key Enabler for an Atom Efficient Manufacturing Process of an Agrochemical»
15.35
Prof. Song Lin, Cornell University
«Amping Up Organic Synthesis with Electricity: An Electrocatalytic Approach to Reaction Discovery»
15.55
Prof. Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto
«Strategies for Selective C–C and C–O Bond Cleavage in Cyclopropanols»
16.15
Short Break
16.30
Invited Lecture:
Prof. Herbert Waldmann, TU Dortmund
«Pseudo Natural Products - Chemical Evolution of Natural Product Structure»
Prof. Herbert Waldmann, TU Dortmund
«Pseudo Natural Products - Chemical Evolution of Natural Product Structure»
17.15
Music Intermezzo 1
17.30
Virtual farewell and toast to the end of the conference
Music Intermezzo 2 (on Zoom)