7 March 2025

12th SCI-RSC National Retrosynthesis Competition

Organised by:

SCI's Young Chemists’ Panel, SCI's Fine Chemicals Group and RSC’s Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group

London, UK

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Synopsis

For many years, the UK has produced high calibre synthetic organic chemists, able to retrosynthetically disconnect complex molecules and natural products then solve the challenging problem associated with the forward synthesis. To celebrate this and following on from the success of the previous eleven competitions, we are pleased to announce the 12th SCI-RSC National Retrosynthesis Competition.

The event will showcase the calibre of UK chemists from both industry and academia and provide a platform for them to demonstrate their retrosynthetic and forward synthetic prowess. Entries will be shortlisted to a final 10 teams who will then be invited to present before their peers and the judges. Following the presentations, an exciting line up of the UK's leading academic and industrial synthetic chemists will judge the event, with the top three teams winning specifically designed trophies, in addition to the acclaim and praise from peers, colleagues and the wider Chemistry community for winning the event.

First round molecule

The first-round molecule will be released on week commencing 30 September 2024.

How to enter
Once the first molecule has been released a competition entry pack will be available to download from this webpage.

12th Retrosynthesis Competition final teams presentations
Programme

Friday 7 March 2025

09:50
Registration
10:20
Welcome and Introduction
10:30
End of our Tether
AstraZeneca
10:55
Claise 'n' Shine
Vertex
11:20
Radical Croptimism
Syngenta
11:45
You can call me Al-dol
University of Dundee
12:10
Lunch
13:10
The Barbierians
Concept Life Sciences
13:35
A Functional Group
University of Leeds
14:00
SynCity 3000
University of Oxford
14:25
Break
14:45
Better enolate than never
Sygnature Discovery
15:10
When life gives you lemons, make Limonoids
Pharmaron
15:35
Home Swiet Home
Imperial College
16:00
Networking reception
16:30
Announcement of Winners
17:05
Event close

SCI’s Fine Chemicals Group and Young Chemists’ Panel are committed to promoting diversity and equality in the chemical sciences. We aim to identify high quality speakers for all our conferences with full inclusivity where attendees from all backgrounds are welcome. We are open to offering flexible presentation options. 

Exhibition and Sponsorship
If you are interested in exhibiting at this event or in sponsorship opportunities, please click here for the pack and contact conferences@soci.org letting us know what package you are interested in. 
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Venue and Contact

Burlington House
Piccadilly
W1J 0BA
 

 

Conference Team

Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 1561

Email: conferences@soci.org

Fees

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Partners
RSC
Exhibitors
Teledyne-LABS-Logo
Gold Sponsor
Syngenta
Bursary sponsor
Astex - logo
Sponsor
Sygnature Discovery Ltd
GSK logo