Conference Program
 
ORGANIC REACTIONS & PROCESSES

July 20-25, 2003
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

Chair:
Christopher R. Schmid

Vice Chair:
Kay Brummond

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
6:00 pm Dinner
7:15 pm Welcome and Announcements
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNEW CHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Michael Harmata (Univ. of Missouri)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmScott Denmark (Univ. of Illinois)
"New Vistas in Organosilicon Chemistry"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pmLutz Tietze (Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen)
"Domino Reactions in the Synthesis of Natural Products and Combinatorial Chemistry"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 am Photo Session - Meet by Library Promptly at 8:30 am
8:50 am Announcements
9:00 am - 10:00 amCASE STUDIES IN INDUSTRIAL SYNTHESIS
Discussion Leader: Mezzie Ash (Dow AgroSciences)
9:00 am - 9:25 amRobert Dugger (Pfizer Groton)
"Synthesis of the CETP Inhibitor CP-529,414"
9:25 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:55 am Shankar Swaminathan (Bristol Myers-Squibb)
"Á Telescoped, Process-Friendly and Robust Macrolactamization for an Oncology Candidate, BMS-247,550"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:20 am - 12:30 pmSYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY AND CATALYSIS
Discussion Leader: Chulbom Lee (Princeton Univ.)
10:30 am - 11:10 amGreg Fu (MIT)
"Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions"
11:10 am - 11:15 amDiscussion
11:15 am - 11:40 amJeffrey Johnston (Indiana Univ.)
"The Development of New Reagents for Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis"
11:40 pm - 11:45 pmDiscussion
11:45 am - 12:25 pmPeter Wipf (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
"Synthesis of Natural Product-Based Thioredoxin Inhibitors"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY FOR HETEROCYCLES
Discussion Leader: Fraser Fleming (Duquesne Univ.)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pmMercedes Amat (Univ. de Barcelona)
"New Methodologies for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Bioactive Piperidine-Containing Compounds"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:25 pmRichard Hsung (Univ. of Minnesota)
"Stereoselective Methodologies Using Chiral Allenamides and Ynamides"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pmDavid Gin (Univ. of Illinois)
"Synthesis of Pyrrolidine Alkaloids"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pmAndre Charette (Univ. de Montréal)
"Catalytic, Enantioselective Nucleophilic Addition to C=N Derivatives"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:50 am Announcements
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCASE STUDIES IN INDUSTRIAL SYNTHESIS
Discussion Leader: Neil Boaz (Eastman Fine Chemicals)
9:00 am - 9:25 amMahavir Prashad (Novartis)
"Process Development of TKA731: A Tachykinin Receptor Antagonist"
9:25 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:55 amJiong (Jack) Chen (Pharmacia)
"Scale-up of an Oxazolidinone - Battles Against Impurities"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pmORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Cathleen Crudden
10:30 am - 11:20 am Miwako Mori (Hokkaido Univ.)
"Novel Nickel-Promoted and -Catalyzed CO2 Incorporation Reaction"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 amKuiling Ding (Shanghai Institute of Org. Chemistry)
"Combinatorial Approach to Chiral Catalyst Engineering and Screening"
11:55 am - 12:00 pmDiscussion
12:00 pm - 12:25 pmP. Andrew Evans (Indiana Univ.)
"New Metal-Mediated Cross-Coupling and Annulation Reactions"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Free Time
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmRADICAL AND NOVEL CHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Terry Rathman (FMC)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmPhilippe Renaud (Univ. of Bern)
"Radical Alternatives to Classical Reactions"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion
8:15 pm - 8:55 pmJeff Marcoux (Merck)
"Recent Studies in Practical Synthesis"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pmPaul Floreancig (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
"Electrophile Formation from Unconventional Precursors"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 amAnnouncements and Nominations for 2005 Conference Chair
9:00 am - 10:30 pmNEW CHEMISTRY FROM INDUSTRY
Discussion Leader: Ioannis Houpis (Eli Lilly Belgium)
9:00 am - 9:25 amXiu Wang (Abbott)
"Highly Selective Borohydride Reagents for Reductive Amination"
9:25 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:55 amXini Zhang (R. W. Johnson)
"Use of Continuous Microreactor Technology in Process Research for Early Drug Development"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pmNEW CHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Marc Snapper (Boston College)
10:30 am - 11:20 amDieter Hoppe (Universität Münster)
"New Synthetic Applications of Chiral Organolithium Compounds"
11:20 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 11:55 amHelena Malinakova (Univ. of Kansas)
"Palladacycles with a Metal-Bonded Stereogenic Carbon. New Tools for Organic Synthesis"
11:55 am - 12:00 pmDiscussion
12:00 pm - 12:25 pmScott Miller (Boston College)
"Peptide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions for Organic Synthesis"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY AND CATALYSIS
Discussion Leader: John Wolfe (Univ. of Michigan)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmWilliam Roush (Univ. of Michigan)
"Development of New Carbonyl Allylation Reactions for Application Towards Natural Product Synthesis"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pmEric Jacobsen (Harvard Univ.)
"The Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 amAnnouncements and Election of 2005 Conference Chair
9:00 am - 10:00 amINDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT
Discussion Leader: Bill Nugent (Bristol Myers-Squibb)
9:00 am - 9:25 amJade Nelson (Pfizer Holland)
"An Asymmetric Hydrogenation-Based Process for Atorvastatin Lactone Production"
9:25 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:55 amJoe Adams (GlaxoSmithKline UK)
"GW559090A: Chemical Development of a Potential -4 Integrin Antagonist for the Treatment of Asthma"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:15 amConference Evaluation
10:15 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pmTOTAL SYNTHESIS AND CATALYSIS
Discussion Leader: Marisa Koslowski (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
10:30 am - 10:55 amTony Zhang (Eli Lilly & Co.)
"Process Development of Cryptophycins, A Biosynthetic Approach"
10:55 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 11:25 amMichael Krische (Univ. of Texas)
"Enones as Latent Enolates in Catalysis"
11:25 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:20 pmMasakatsu Shibasaki (Univ. of Tokyo)
"Asymmetric Catalysis in Target-Oriented Synthesis"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmChair's Reception
6:00 pm Conference Banquet
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSCIENCE AND ART
Discussion Leader: Kay Brummond (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmDonald Williams (The Smithsonian Institute)
"At the Intersection of the Left Brain and the Right Brain: Creative Applications of Materials Science for the Preservation of Art"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pmDiscussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am Departure

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