Conference Program
 
ORGANIC REACTIONS & PROCESSES

July 16-21, 2000
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

Chair:
Michael Harmata

Vice Chair:
Michael F. Lipton

Sunday - July 16, 2000
6:00 pm Dinner
Session 1
Jean Suffert, Discussion Leader
John Hartwig, Yale University
Metal-Catalyzed C-N, C-O ad C-C Bond Forming Reactions and How They Work
Paul Wender, Stanford University
Toward the Ideal Synthesis: New Strategies and New Reactions Inspired by New Medicinal Leads
Monday - July 17, 2000
7:30 am Breakfast
Session 2
Donald Hou, Discussion Leader
Rick Danheiser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Annulation Strategies Based on Highly Unsaturated, Conjugated Molecules
Agnes Kim-Meade, Schering-Plough Research Institute
Discovery and Development of a Novel Enantioselective Alkylation Reaction and Its Application Towards the Synthesis of the Farnesyl Protein Transferase Inhibitor Sch 66336
Session 3
Steven Nolan, Discussion Leader
Gerald Hammond, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Green Flourinations: selective flourine incorporation in aqueous media using a flouroorganometallic building block
Shon Pulley, University of Missouri-Columbia
Diversely Functionalized Aromatics via Benzannulation
David Gin, University of Illinois
New Methods in Carbohydrate Synthesis
12:30 Lunch
4:00 - 6:00 Poster Session 1
6:00 Dinner
Session 4
Mukund Sibi, Discussion Leader
Janine Cossy, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, ESPCI
New Methodologies and their Application to the Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds
P. Andrew Evans, University of Delaware
Regioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution Reactions
Albert Padwa, Emory University
Application of Tandem Processes for Alkaloid Synthesis
Tuesday - July 18, 2000
7:30 am Breakfast
Session 5
Edward Delaney, Discussion Leader
Nicos Petasis, University of Southern California
New Reactions of Organoboronic Acids
Marisa C. Kozlowski, University of Pennsylvania
Synthesis and Application of Novel Cis-Decalin Type Chiral Ligands
Session 6
Mathias McIntosh, Discussion Leader
Jin Cha, University of Alabama
Small Ring-Mediated Organic Synthesis
Ioannis N. Houpis, Merck Research Laboratories
Diastereoselective Michael Reaction, Gem-Difluorination and Cu-Catalyzed Aromatic Amination in the Synthesis of a Complex Drug Candidate
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Annual OR&P Golf "Classic"
Session 7
Christopher Schmid, Discussion Leader
Armin deMeijere, Georg August Universität Göttingen
New Pd-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions and Ti-Mediated C,C-Bond Formations for Organic Synthesis
Margaret Faul, Eli Lilly and Company
New Methods for the Synthesis of Bisindolylmaleimides Indolocarbazoles
Stephane Caron, Pfizer
Process Research Towards an Synthesis of a PDE4/TNFa Inhibitor for the Treatment of Inflammatory Disease
Business Meeting and Nominations
Wednesday - July 19, 2000
7:30 am Breakfast
Session 8
Kay Brummond, Discussion Leader
James R. Gage, Upjohn
Large Scale Synthesis of a New Class of Oxazolidinones
Scott Miller , Boston College
Discovery of Minimal Peptides for Asymmetric Catalysis and Organic Synthesis
Paul Hanson, University of Kansas
Metathesis Approaches to Diverse Phosphorus and Sulfur Motifs
Session 9
Richard Pariza, Discussion Leader
Frederick West, University of Utah
Novel Applications of the Nazarov Cyclization: Domino Processes and Stereochemical Issues
Marc Snapper, Boston College
Cyclobutadienes in synthesis
12:30 Lunch
4:00 - 6:00 Poster Session 2
6:00 Dinner
Session 10
Robert Malezcka, Discussion Leader
Keiji Maruoka, Hakkaido University
Bidentate, Chiral Lewis Acids for Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis
Richard Hsung, University of Minnesota
Organic Reactions Using Chiral Allenamides
Jonathan Clayden, University of Manchester
Sterocontrol and Synthesis with Rotationally Restricted Amides
Thursday - July 20, 2000
7:30 am Breakfast
Session 11
Mezzie Ash, Discussion Leader
Keith Woerpel, University of California-Irvine
New Methods for Stereoselective Synthesis Based Upon the Reactions of Silacyclopropanes
Benzin Zhi, Searle
Process Development of Celebrex
Session 12
Robert B. Grossman, Discussion Leader
Eckhard Ottow, Schering AG
Synthesis of Competitive AMPA-Antagonist ZK 200775 - Optimization and Scale Up
David Crich, University of Illinois-Chicago
The Non-Oxidative Pathway to Alkene Radical Cations; Mechanism, Stereochemistry and Application
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Annual Academic / Industrial Softball Game
4:00 - 6:00 Chair's Reception - Wine Tasting
6:00 Dinner
Session 13
Michael F. Lipton, Discussion Leader
Kenneth Miller, Brown University
The Evolution of Complex Biochemical Systems
Closing Remarks
Friday - July 21, 2000
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 GRC Chartered Bus Departs for Boston

Last Updated: May 4, 2006