Speakers & Program

Plenary Speakers

Professor Lutz Ackermann University of Göttingen, Germany http://www.ackermann.chemie.uni-goettingen.de/ Electrochemical Bond Activation
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Professor Janine Cossy
ESPCI, Paris, France
https://www.lco.espci.fr/-Prof-Janine-Cossy-
Title to be announced

 
Professor Nicolai Cramer
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

https://lcsa.epfl.ch/
Chiral Cycopentadienyl Metals – Chemistry, Reactivity & Selectivity

 
Professor David Milstein
 Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Organic_Chemistry/milstein/
Design and applications of sustainable catalytic reactions for organic synthesis

 
Professor Kyoko Nozaki
University of Tokyo, Japan
 
Professor Richmond Sarpong
University of California, Berkeley, USA

https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/chem/sarpong
Break it to Make it Strategies for the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products

 
Professor Chengjian Zhu
 Nanjing University, Jiangsu Shen, PR China

http://hysz.nju.edu.cn/cjzhu/
Photoredox Catalyzed Inert Bond Functionalization

 

 

OMCOS Award

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Professor Sarah E. Reisman
California Institute of Technology, California, USA
http://reismangroup.caltech.edu/index.html
Ni-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Electrophile Coupling

 

Invited Speakers

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Professor Mu-Hyun Baik
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
https://baik-laboratory.com/
Predictive Use of Computer Models for Oranometallic Reactions
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Dr. Patrick S. Fier
Merck & Co, New York City, USA
https://www.merck.com/index.html
Inventing new reactions for the synthesis and late-stage funcitonalization of complex molecules
Professor Hélène Lebel
University Université de Montréal, Canada

https://helenelebellab.com
Continuous flow transition metal-catalyzed reactions

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Professor Debabrata Maiti
Indian Institut of Technology, Mumbai, India

https://www.dmaiti.com/dm
Selectively Reaching Out to Distal Places

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Professor Jose Luis Mascareñas
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

https://www.usc.es/ciqus/en/general-information/staff/jose-luis-mascarenas
Unconventional cycloadditions catalyzed by transition metal complexes

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Professor Stephen Newman
University of Ottawa, Canada

https://www.newmanlab.ca
Expanding the boundaries for catalytic C-O bond activation

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Dr. Rocco Paciello
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
https://www.basf.com/global/en.html
Some Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis at BASF
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Dr. Lionel Saudan
Firmenich SA, Switzerland
http://www.firmenich.com
Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions towards Fragrance and Flavor. Industrial Applications
Professor Laurel Schafer
University of British Columbia, Canada

https://www.chem.ubc.ca/laurel-schafer
Catalytic amine and N-heterocycle synthesis

 
Dr. Ivo Starý
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

https://www.uochb.cz/web/structure/610.html?do[loadData]=1&itemKey=en_1
Transition metal catalysis in the synthesis of helical aromatics and other extended π-electron systems

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Professor Michinori Suginome
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

http://www.sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/suginome-lab/index.php?Michinori%20Suginome
Macromolecular Chiral Catalyst for Transfer, Switch, and Amplification of Chirality in Asymmetric Catalysis

Professor Ken Tanaka
Tokyo Institut of Technology
http://www.apc.titech.ac.jp/~ktanaka/
Overcoming Steric Hindrance and Molecular Strain by Rhodium-Catalyzed Cycloaddition

Dr. Mónica H. Pérez Temprano
ICIQ Tarragona, Spain
http://www.iciq.org/research/research_group/dr-monica-h-perez-temprano/
Capturing key reactive intermediates: Knowledge Building Blocks for Rational Design(leer)

Professor Liming Zhang
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/people/liming-zhang/index.html
Gold-Catalyzed Propargylation Enabled by Designed Bifunctional Ligands

Professor Dr. Shifa Zhu
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, PR China
http://www2.scut.edu.cn/zhu/zhu/list.htm
Carbene-Transfer Reactions with Alkynes as Precursors

 

Short Talks

Professor Christophe Darcel
1Univ Rennes, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Rennes, France
https://iscr.univ-rennes1.fr/omc/prof-christophe-darcel
Cyclic Amine Synthesis via Multi-Step Reactions Involving Iron-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation

Professor Ulrich Hintermair
Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies and Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, UK
https://www.hintermair-research.com/
Insights into Multiple Interactions and Catalyst Speciation during Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling from Multi-Nuclear operando FlowNMR Spectroscopy

Professor Koji Hirano
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
http://www.dma.jim.osaka-u.ac.jp/view?l=en&u=7371
Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective C-H Amination of Phenol Derivatives with Assistance of Phenanthroline-Based Bidentate Auxiliary

Professor Fumitoshi Kakiuchi
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Japan
https://k-ris.keio.ac.jp/html/100011638_en.html
Selective Arylation of C–O Bond in Aromatic Ketones with Arylboronates Using Various Ruthenium-Phosphine Catalysts

Professor Yoichiro Kuninobu
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
https://kuninobu-lab-english.weebly.com/#
Noncovalent Bond-Controlled Regioselective C-H Transformations

Professor Sabine Laschat
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
https://www.ioc.uni-stuttgart.de/forschung/02_Laschat/index.html
Symmetry, Serendipity & Confinement: Novel Chiral Diene Ligands for Asymmetric Rh-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Additions

Professor Rylan Lundgren
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada
https://spaces.facsci.ualberta.ca/lundgren/
Discovery, Mechanism, and Application of Chemoselective Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

Professor Angela Marinetti
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

New Designs and Applications of Chiral Phosphates in Transition Metal Catalysis

Professor Antonio Mezzetti
Dept of Chemistry and Appl. Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
http://www.mezzetti.ethz.ch/
Base-Free Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Benzils to Benzoins Catalyzed by a Macrocyclic N2P2 Iron(II) Hydride Complex

Professor Veronique Michelet
University Côte d’Azur, Institut de Chimie de Nice, Nice, France
http://sites.unice.fr/site/ffontaine/icn/cms/spip/spip.php?article489
When Gold Meets N-Heterocyclic Carbenes From Design, Synthesis to High Molecular Diversity

Professor Itaru Nakamura
Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
http://www.orgreact.sakura.ne.jp/members/en-nakamuraindex.html
Au-Catalyzed Skeletal Rearrangement of O-Propargylic Oximes via N-O Bond Cleavage with the Aid of a Brønsted Base Cocatalyst

Professor Tiow-Gan Ong
Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan  and  Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
http://www.chem.sinica.edu.tw/faculty/index.php?Name=tgong
The Chemistry of Carbodicarbene and Its Implication toward Catalysis

Professor Masahioko Seki
MA Group, Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Tokuyama Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/research/resource-facilities
Development of Novel and Practical Catalytic System for C-H Azidation and Application to Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals

Professor Anton S. Makarov
Department of Chemistry, Perm State University, Perm, Russia
http://en.psu.ru/study/faculties/faculties-chemistry
Rhodium-Catalyzed Rearrangement of 2-Furyl Tethered 1-Tosyl-1,2,3-Triazoles

Professor Roderick W. Bates
Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
http://www1.spms.ntu.edu.sg/~roderick/
Transition Metals in the Synthesis of Natural Products

Professor Tohru Yamada
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
https://keio.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/tohru-yamada
CO2 Incorporation Reactions and CO2 Mediated Reactions

Professor Yasuhiro Yamashita
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/people/yamashita_yasuhiro/
Development of Catalytic Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reactions of Unactivated Alkylarenes Using Alkaline Metal Catalysts

Dr. Raphael Bigler
Process Chemistry and Catalysis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel
https://www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/switzerland/f-hoffmann-la-roche-ag/5139074234d6b65e6a002327
Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Unfunctionalized, Tetrasubstituted Acyclic All-Carbon Olefins

Professor Masaya Sawamura
2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
https://wwwchem.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~orgmet/index.php?id=318
Asymmetric Synthesis of a-Aminoalkylboronates through Rh-Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp3)–H Borylation

Dr. Jose Ramón Cabrero Antonino
Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), València, Spain
https://itq.upv-csic.es/en
Catalytic Hydrogenative Transformations Involving Carboxylic Acid Derivates

Professor Johannes E. M. N. Klein
Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
https://www.rug.nl/staff/j.e.m.n.klein/research
Reductive Elimination: Are Oxidation State Changes in Elementary Organometallic Mechanisms Always Clear-Cut?

Professor K. C. Kumara Swamy
School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
http://chemistry.uohyd.ac.in/~kcks/
Catalytic Transformations Involving Allenes/Alkynes and Ynamides-Identification of Some Intermediates

Professor Arturo Orellana
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada Hoffmann
http://chemistry.info.yorku.ca/arturo-orellana/
Mild and Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Allylation and Dehydrogenation of Alkyl Pyridines

Professor Xiaodong Shi
Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
http://xmshi.myweb.usf.edu/MikeShi.htm
Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling

Professor Christine Courillon
ERC
https://erc.europa.eu/
European Research Council Funding Schemes