Training Courses

Organic synthesis is a discipline which has been in existence for more than a century, but despite this longevity, it is, in many ways, a young science with many challenges still to be met and yet to be overcome. It is a major facilitator for the chemical industry and a significant contributor to society, applications being found in the pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, agrochemicals, speciality chemicals, electronics and other related industries. There is a plethora of synthetic techniques and technologies, old and new, available to the organic chemist, and this can be somewhat bewildering.

This three-day course, written and presented by highly experienced chemists from the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry, provides a modular overview of the most important tools available for the organic chemist working in industry. The concepts are illustrated with an abundance of industrial and academic case studies from literature, conferences and private communications. The lectures are interspersed with interactive problems sessions, enabling participants to share in the problem solving and troubleshooting typically experienced when practising organic chemistry in an industrial environment.

Course participants – who is the course aimed at?

• Process Chemists wishing to maximise their knowledge and understanding of the chemical technology being applied in industrial organic synthesis
• Medicinal Chemists wishing to keep their industrial synthetic chemistry know-how at the cutting edge
• Production Chemists wishing to maintain their awareness of emerging industrial chemical technologies
• Analytical Chemists who wish to gain a broader appreciation of organic chemistry used in industry
• Chemical Engineers wishing to maintain their awareness of emerging industrial chemical technologies
• Experienced Chemists looking to refresh and/or augment their knowledge of industrial organic synthesis
• Students who are about to enter industry and can obtain company sponsorship
• Young Chemists who have just started work in industry as organic chemists
• Managers who might benefit from an overview of the chemical technology available for use in the pharmaceutical, fine chemical and allied industries today

Course Content

• Catalytic Hydrogenation
• Other Reduction Methods (hydride reductions)
• Catalytic Oxidation (mainly oxygen and peroxide oxidation)
• Selected Aspects of Oxidation
• Asymmetric Synthesis & Catalysis
• Biocatalysis
• Resolution Methods
• Phase Transfer Catalysis
• Green Chemistry Approaches to Industrial Synthesis
• Case Studies in Industrial Synthesis
• Organic Reactions in Water
• Hazardous Chemical Reactions