Organic Chemistry, Present and Future
09/04/2007
16:30Registration
18:00Welcome Mixer
10/04/2007
08:00Registration
09:15Introductory Remarks
Welcome
Prof. Roland KEUNINGS
(PRO-RECTEUR À LA RECHERCHE, UCL, Belgium)
Opening Remarks
Prof. István MARKÓ
(UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
09:30Chair:
Prof. Jean-Jacques TOULME
(IECB & INSERM - UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX II, Bordeaux, France)
From Supramolecular Chemistry to Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry
Prof. Jean-Marie LEHN
(ISIS/UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG, Strasbourg, France)
10:20Chair:
Prof. Wim DEHAEN
(KULEUVEN, Heverlee, Belgium)
Protein-sized Synthetic Folded Architectures
Dr Ivan HUC
(IECB & CNRS - UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX, Bordeaux, France)
11:10Coffee break
11:40Chair:
Prof. Dirk TOURWE
(VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
Adventures in Peptide Synthesis and Molecular Recognition
Dr. Laurent TREMBLEAU
(UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
12:30Lunch and Poster Installation
14:00Chair:
Prof. Martin O'DONNELL
(PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS, Indianapolis, IN, United States)
Novel Modified Nucleobases, Nucleosides and Nucleotides: Synthesis, Biological Activity and Applications
Dr. Michal HOCEK
(IOCB, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Prague, Czech Republic)
14:50Chair:
Dr Dominique LESUISSE
(SANOFI AVENTIS, Chilly-Mazarin, France)
Reactivity and Conformational Flexibility: a Study of Bridged Azetidinones
Prof. Jacqueline MARCHAND-BRYNAERT
(UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
15:40Coffee break
16:10Chair:
Prof. Frans C. DE SCHRYVER
(KULEUVEN, HEVERLEE, Belgium)
Fine Approach to Polymer Synthesis
Prof. Kyoko NOZAKI
(THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan)
17:00Chair:
Dr Edmond DIFFERDING
(DIFFERDING CONSULTING, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
Organic Nanochemistry
Prof. François DIEDERICH
(ETH ZURICH, Zürich, Switzerland)
17:50End of Day One
11/04/2007
09:30Chair:
Dr Christophe GENICOT
(UCB SA, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium)
Natural Product Synthesis: a Stimulus for Discovery
Prof. Steven V. LEY
(UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
10:20Chair:
Dr. Solo GOLDSTEIN
(INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER, Suresnes, France)
Total Synthesis of Natural Products: An Inspiring Source of Unique Synthetic Methodologies
Prof. István MARKÓ
(UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
11:10Coffee break
11:40Chair:
Dr Willy DUMONT
(FUNDP, NAMUR, Belgium)
Dearomatization of Phenols – Why, How and What for?
Prof. Stéphane QUIDEAU
(UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX 1, Talence, France)
12:30Lunch and Poster Session 1
14:30Chair:
Prof. Jacques FASTREZ
(UCL, LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium)
Tackling the Problems of Carbohydrate-Mediated Biological Recognition
Prof. Chi-Huey WONG
(ACADEMIA SINICA, Taipei, Taiwan)
15:20Chair:
Prof. Pierre DE CLERCQ
(UGENT, Ghent, Belgium)
Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products: Complex Targets-Simple Solutions
Prof. Goverdhan MEHTA
(UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, Hyderabad, India)
16:30Coffee break
17:00Chair:
Dr Guy ROSSEY
(SANOFI AVENTIS, Montpellier, France)
Advances in Complex Target-Oriented Synthesis
Prof. David A. EVANS
(HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, United States)
17:50End of Day Two
12/04/2007
09:30Chair:
Prof. Benjamin LIST
(MAX PLANCK INSTITUT, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany)
Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis
Dr. Hisashi YAMAMOTO
(UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, United States)
10:20Chair:
Prof. Alain KRIEF
(FUNDP, Namur, Belgium)
Chiral Metal Hydrides for Asymmetric Catalysis
Prof. Olivier RIANT
(UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
11:10Coffee break
11:40Chair:
Prof. Eli LOEWENTHAL
(CHEMISTRY DPT, TECHNION, Haifa, Israel)
New Methods for the Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure Quaternary Carbon Centers
Prof. Dr Ilan MAREK
(TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Haifa, Israel)
12:30Lunch and Poster Session 2
14:30Chair:
Dr Brigitte LESUR
(INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER, Croissy-Sur-Seine, France)
Novel Ligands and Reactions in Asymmetric Catalysis
Dr. Juan Carlos CARRETERO
(UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID, Madrid, Spain)
15:20Chair:
Dr Philippe BOVY
(SANOFI AVENTIS, Vitry-Sur-Seine, France)
Catalytic and Asymmetric Vinylogous Mukaiyama Reactions: Methodology and Synthetic Applications
Dr. Jean-Marc CAMPAGNE
(ENSCM, Montpellier, France)
16:30Coffee break
17:00Chair:
Dr. Stéphane DE LOMBAERT
(BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, Ridgefield CT, United States)
Rapid Formation of Molecular Complexity in Natural Product Synthesis
Prof. Erik SORENSEN
(PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, United States)
17:50End of Day Three
19:30Optional Symposium Dinner
13/04/2007
09:30Chair:
Dr Stéphane DUMAS
(EPIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.)
Fluorous Mixture Synthesis Approaches to Natural Product Stereoisomer Libraries
Prof. Dennis P. CURRAN
(UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Pittsburgh, United States)
10:20Chair:
Prof. Georges DIVE
(ULG, Liège 1, Belgium)
Discovery, Understanding and Applications of New Fluorination Processes
Prof. Véronique GOUVERNEUR
(UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, United Kingdom)
11:10Coffee break
11:40Chair:
Prof. Patrick PALE
(UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, STRASBOURG, France)
A Quest for New Reactions: Some Interesting Perspectives for Organic Synthesis
Prof. Samir ZARD
(ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, Palaiseau, France)
12:30Lunch and Poster Session 3
14:30Chair:
Dr Alain DE MESMAEKER
(SYNGENTA, Stein, Switzerland)
Modified Nucleotides: Tools in Bioorganic Chemistry
Prof. Bernd GIESE
(UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG, Fribourg, Switzerland)
15:20Chair:
Dr Alex CORDI
(INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER, SURESNES, France)
Selective Reactions and their Use in the Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products
Prof. Janine COSSY
(ESPCI PARISTECH, Paris, France)
16:30Coffee break
17:00Chair:
Prof. Jacqueline MARCHAND-BRYNAERT
(UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
New Chemistry from an Old-timer!
Prof. Léon GHOSEZ
(, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium)
18:15Closing Remarks
Dr Edmond DIFFERDING
(DIFFERDING CONSULTING, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
Closing Reception
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