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.