Fees
- The course fee is £1525
- Lunch & Refreshment each day
- Course Dinner on Monday 7 July
- The comprehensive course manual
General Information
The course will begin with registration at 12.30pm followed by lunch on Monday 7 July 2008 and will end after lunch at approximately 2:00pm on Friday 11 July 2008.
Synthesis & Methods
Critical Updates of the Literature of Organic Chemistry
7 - 11 July 2008, Basel, Switzerland
A 5 day course for Industrial Chemists in Research & Development
given by Dr Will Watson, Technical Director of Scientific Update, Dr Nick Greeves, University of Liverpool, Professor Jeremy Kilburn, University of Southampton, Professor Istvan Marko, Catholic University of Louvain, Professor Guy Lloyd Jones, Bristol University
This course, presented by a group of talented, enthusiastic, academics from European Universities, will concentrate on synthetic organic chemistry, stressing the important literature of 2002-2008, highlighting those which will be of importance to chemists in industry. The aim is not to catalogue every new reaction, but to illustrate new concepts, principles, methodology and strategy as well as new reagents for organic synthesis.
The course is intensive, but in a relaxed, informal atmosphere which makes for an enjoyable 5 days.
The comprehensive course manual, containing all the information presented, enables maximum literature coverage with the minimum of note taking. References to all materials presented are included in the comprehensive course manual.
The tutorials allow the lecture material to be enhanced by application to problems in organic synthesis.
The participant/tutor ratio is kept at about 6:1 to ensure fruitful interactions. As a result, the numbers attending are strictly limited.
This course complements the “Contemporary Strategies in Organic Synthesis” course with minimal overlap.
Course Outline
Selectivity in Oxidation and Reduction – Nick Greeves
Tutorial
Stereoelectronic Effects – Jeremy Kilburn
Understanding Stereoselectivity – Nick Greeves
Organopalladium Chemistry – Guy Lloyd Jones
Radical Cyclisation Reactions – Jeremy Kilburn
Afternoon and Evening Free
Lanthanides in Organic Synthesis – Nick Greeves
Tutorial
Recent Development in Biocatalysis – Istvan Marko
Retrosynthesis/Synthetic Strategy Workshop
Group Presentations
Organopalladium and Metathesis Reactions – Guy Lloyd Jones
Tutorial
Asymmetric Organo Catalysis – Istvan Marko
Tutorial
Afternoon and Evening Free
Industrial Synthesis of Optically Active Compounds – Will Watson
Tutorial
Strategy in Synthesis (Total Synthesis Case Histories) – Istvan Marko
The organisers reserve the right to change the published programme of events and course content as circumstances dictate.