24th North Postgraduate Symposium on Novel Organic Chemistry

Event Schedule

12:30

Arrival and refreshments

13:00

Opening remarks

13:05

Phorboxazole B: The C20-C32 core fragment Kristaps Ermanis, University of York

13:25

Synthesis of 1-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines using lithiation-substitution Xiabing Li, University of Sheffield

13:45

Tertiary thiols by stereospecific arylation/vinylation of thiocarbamates Gaëlle Mingat, University of Manchester Chair: Thomas James

14:05

Synthesis of the complete carbon skeleton of Malhamensilipin A Jan Saska, University of Nottingham

14:25

One-pot multi-component pericyclic reactions Joseph Cowell, Newcastle University

14:45

Selective hydrometallations of propargylic alcohols and their applications in synthesis Mark McLaughlin, Queen's University Belfast

15:05

Refreshment break Chair: Sarah Narramore

15:35

Highly stereoselective synthesis of Z-homoallylic alcohols by kinetic resolution of racemic secondary allylboronates Celia Incerti-Pradillos, Loughborough University

15:55

Application of Horner-Wittig Reaction to the construction of contiguous stereocenters Laura Parry, University of Bradford

16:15

Oligobenzamide α-helix mimetic scaffolds: The role of non-covalent interactions in molecular recognition Valeria Azzarito, University of Leeds Chair: Katherine Horner

16:35

High' temperature asymmetric α-Lithiation-trapping of N-Boc pyrrolidine: role of N-Boc rotamers in the synthesis of tetra-substituted pyrrolidines Giacomo Gelardi, University of York

16:55

Terminal alkyne hydroalumination with hystricine like Cp*2ZrCl2 catalysis of stabilized HAlCl2(THF)2 Darren Willcox, University of Nottingham

17:15

Closing remarks

17:25

Wine reception followed by prize presentation

18:30

Speakers dinner