Swiss Chemical Society - Syngenta Symposium 2015
«Chirality – Upsides for Chemical Innovation»
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Syngenta Research Center Stein, Switzerland
Auditorium WST-810.E.75
The Swiss Chemical Society and Syngenta are pleased to announce the 3rd edition of a one-day symposium entitled Chirality – Upsides for Chemical Innovation on Thursday 15th October 2015. The focus will be on cutting-edge research in chirality and its role in life science, from synthesis and beyond for chemical innovation.
Program
| 08.00 | Registration |
| 08.45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Gerardo Ramos, Head Crop Protection R&D, Syngenta |
| 09.00 | Plenary Lecture 1 – Prof. Ben Feringa (University of Groningen, NL) Exploring Chiral Space beyond the Molecule |
| 09.45 | Invited Lecture 1 - Prof. Oliver Trapp (University of Heidelberg, D) Coulomb Explosion Imaging of (R,R)-2,3-Dideuterooxirane and Unambiguous Access to the Absolute Configuration of (+)-Glyceraldehyde |
| 10.15 | Coffee Break |
| 10.45 | Invited Lecture 2 - Dr. Alexander Mayweg (Roche, Basel, CH) Chirality in Medicinal Chemistry: Crucial or Curse? |
| 11.15 | Invited Lecture 3 - Dr. Christoph Taeschler (Lonza, Visp, CH) Process development aspects for L-Carnitine |
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11.45 |
Plenary Lecture 2 - Prof. Manfred Reetz (University of Marburg, D) Directed Evolution of Stereoselective Enzymes: A Prolific Source of Catalysts for Asymmetric Reactions |
| 12.30 | Lunch and Poster session (room E-20-22) |
| 14.00 | Plenary Lecture 3 – Prof. Scott Miller (Yale University, USA) Searching for Selective Reactions on Complex Molecular Scaffolds |
| 14.45 | Invited Lecture 4 – Dr. Eric Francotte (Novartis, Basel, CH) Exploiting the Chiral Recognition Power of Natural Polysaccharides for Large Scale Separation of Stereoisomers |
| 15.15 | Invited Lecture 5 – Dr. Edouard Godineau (Syngenta, Stein, CH) Chirality in Agrochemicals |
| 15.45 | Invited Lecture 6 – Prof. Jérôme Lacour (University of Geneva, CH) On the Use of Stereogenic Nitrogen Atoms |
| 16.15 | Coffee Break |
| 16.45 | Plenary Lecture 4 - Prof. Eric Jacobsen (Harvard University, USA) Anion-Binding Catalysis |
| 17.30 | Closing Remarks Dr. Camilla Corsi, Head Chemical Research R&D, Syngenta |
| 17.45 | Aperitif |
Poster Session
A poster session will round out the program and poster prices will award the best posters.
Registration
A maximum of 150 participants can attend the symposium and all available seats are taken. Therefore the registation is closed.
Contact
Dr. Sarah Sulzer
Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG
Schaffhauserstrasse
CH-4332 Stein
Phone: +41 62 866 0000
Website
David Spichiger, SCS
27.04.2015