Modern Organic chemistry – Success stories (CH-642)

Organized jointly by Professors Nicolai Cramer, Jieping Zhu and JĂ©rĂŽme Waser, the seminars usually take place on Wednesday at 17:15. Unless indicated otherwise, the lecture takes place in BCH 2218.

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Past Seminars

Stereocontrol in Photochemical Reactions

 22.05.2025   17:1518:15

Speaker: Prof. Tehshik P. Yoon, University of Winsconsin-Madison, WI, USA https://yoon.chem.wisc.edu/tehshik/
Location:  GĂ©nopode C
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

TBA

 21.05.2025   17:1518:30

Speaker: Prof. David Berkowitz, University of Nebraska, USA https://chem.unl.edu/person/david-berkowitz/  
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Ligand-Enabled Redox Gold Catalysis

 19.05.2025   16:1518:15

Speaker: Nitin T. Patil  
Location:  Genopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Propargylic Alcohol-based APA Reactions for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Allenes"

 14.05.2025   17:0018:00

Speaker: Prof. Shengming Ma, Fudan University and  Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China.
Location:  Unil Lausanne – salle GĂ©nopode B
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Advancing Late-Stage Functionalization: Syngenta's High-Throughput Approaches to C-H Borylation and Thianthrenation

 30.04.2025   16:1517:00

Speaker: Dr. Tomas Smejkal – Principal Team Leader – Automation Chemistry & Reaction Optimization Syngenta Crop Protection  
Location:  Salle Unil GĂ©nopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Synthesis of biologically active compounds. From chiral amines to protein degraders

 30.04.2025   17:1518:00

Speaker: Dr.Antoni Riera Escalé Institut de Recerca BiomÚdica (IRB Barcelona) Departament de Química Orgànica Universitat de Barcelona  
Location:  Salle Unil Genopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Catalyst Control in Complex Molecule Synthesis"

 29.01.2025   15:4516:45

Speaker: Prof. Darren Dixon, University of Oxford
Location:  Cubotron – I UNIL
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Aggregation Matters: Diverting Mechanism in Synthetic Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Reactions"

 29.01.2025   16:4517:45

Speaker: Prof. Joshua Barham, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Location:  Cubotron – I UNIL
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Building and Exploiting Strain in Organic Synthesis" – Modern Organic Chemistry – Success stories

 08.01.2025  

Speaker: Prof. E.A. Anderson, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford  
Location:  GĂ©nopode A UNIL
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Radical Chain and Photocatalyzed Reactions

 21.10.2024   16:1517:15

Speaker: Professeur Renaud, Université de Berne https://www.renaudgroup.ch/
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

New methods for pyridine synthesis

 21.10.2024   17:1518:30

Speaker: Prof. Michael Greaney, University of Manchester, UK https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/michael.greaney
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Mechanistic investigations in light-driven synthetic chemistry. From direct photochemistry to organophotoredox catalysist" – CH-642

 16.10.2024  

Speaker: Prof. Luca Dell’ Amico, University of Padova
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Electroreduction to cleave C-O and C-S bonds”

 26.09.2024  

Speaker: Professor Helena Lundberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Location:  CH G1 495
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Hydride transfer methodology and an approach to the octahydronaphthalene class of natural products

 24.09.2024   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Tim Donohoe, University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry, UK http://donohoe.chem.ox.ac.uk/
Location:  CH G1 495
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Molecular strain as a tool in synthesis

 24.09.2024   17:1518:15

Speaker: Prof. Johannes Wahl, University of Mainz, Germany https://www.wahllab.com/jmw-2  
Location:  CH G1 495
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Copper hydride catalysis with H2 – reactivity-driven methods and selectivity-driven catalyst design

 20.09.2024   16:1517:00

Speaker: Prof. Johannes Teichert Organic Chemistry – Technische UniversitĂ€t Chemnitz
Location:  Unil Lausanne – Salle GĂ©nopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Recent Advances in Functional Group Transfer Catalysis"

 20.09.2024   17:1518:00

Speaker: Prof. Dmitry Katayev
Location:  Unil Lausanne – Salle GĂ©nopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Redox-active carbenes and downstream radical chemistry" (CH-642)

 18.09.2024  

Speaker: Prof. Abraham Mendoza, University of Valencia, Spain
Location:  Auditoire A GĂ©nopode UNIL
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Spin States Matter – Fundamentals, Applications and Translation to Drug Discovery" (CH-642)

 18.09.2024  

Speaker: Prof. Rene M. Koenigs, Aachen University, Germany
Location:  Auditoire A GĂ©nopode UNIL
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

New Methods for C-N bond formation based on radical intermediates

 26.06.2024   16:0017:00

Speaker: Prof Qian ZHANG, Northeast Normal University, P. R. China
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Phosphorylation of Alkyl Radicals

 26.06.2024   17:0018:00

Speaker: Prof Chaozhong LI, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, P.R. China
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Tailor-made biomolecules by molecular evolution"

 25.06.2024  

Speaker: Clemens Mayer, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Harnessing configurational stability: an opportunity for the design of chiral metal-based complexes and the development of new reactions

 25.06.2024   17:1518:15

Speaker: Dr. Hervé Clavier, Directeur de Recherche CNRS,  Aix Marseille Université
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

”Rational Design of High-performance Catalysts Based on Acid–Base Combination Chemistry”

 10.04.2024  

Speaker: Prof. Kazuaki Ishihara, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Photochemistry, Organocatalysis & Enzymes: New Radical Opportunities

 24.01.2024   16:1517:15

Speaker: Professor Paolo Melchiorre, University of Bologna, Industrial Chemistry Department
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"New methods in photochemistry and photocatalysis"

 24.01.2024   17:1518:15

Speaker: Professor Daniele Leonori, RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Organic Chemistry
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Recent advances in the chemistry of ynamides: from synthesis to applications

 27.11.2023   17:1518:30

Speaker: Prof. Gwilherm Evano, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium https://www.ulb.be/fr/gwilherm-evano
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

ChemBio Seminar by Prof. Randall Peterson (University of Utah)

 10.11.2023   13:0014:00

Speaker: Prof. Randall Peterson, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, USA
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

"Development of Photochemical Methods for DNA Encoded Library Synthesis” – CH641

 09.11.2023   15:1516:15

Speaker: Prof. Gary a. Molander, University of Pennsylvania
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

« Boron-Relayed Strategies for C-C Bond Formation” – CH641

 08.11.2023  

Speaker: Prof. Doran Didier, TU Darmstadt
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Tinkering with Metal-Carbene Chemistry”

 11.10.2023  

Speaker: Prof. AloĂŻs FĂŒrstner, Max-Planck Institut
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"TM-catalyzed Formation of Bulky Stereogenic Centers: Concepts and Mechanistic Insights" – CH641

 25.09.2023  

Speaker: Prof. Arjan W. Kleij, ICIQ Tarragona
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Branched Dienes as a Platform for Selective Catalysis” – CH641

 25.09.2023  

Speaker: Prof. Clément Mazet, University of Geneva
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) Lectureship – Prof. Scott Denmark (University of Illinois)

 20.09.2023   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Scott Denmark, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Halogen–Bonding Catalysis for Organic Synthesis

 04.07.2023   16:1517:30

Speaker: Prof. Govindasamy Sekar, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Synthesis of Novel Multi-functional Scaffolds from Sulfonyl Phthalides

 04.07.2023   17:1518:30

Speaker: Prof. Irishi N.N. Namboothiri, Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Bombay, India https://www.chem.iitb.ac.in/~irishi/
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Reductive Metalation of Unsaturated Bonds by Taming Radical Anions

 25.04.2023   17:1518:30

Speaker: Prof. Hideki Yorimitsu, The University of Kyoto, Japan
Location:  GĂ©nopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Catalytric C-H functionalization of hydrocarbons and proteins: dehdrogenation, C-C bond-formation, and amyloid degradation

 27.03.2023   16:1517:30

Speaker: Prof. Motomu Kanai, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Location:  GĂ©nopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Endowing Organometallic Catalysts with a Genetic Memory: Artificial Metalloenzymes"CH-640

 22.02.2023   17:1518:15

Speaker: Professor Dr. Thomas R. Ward, Department of Chemistry, University of Basel
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Improving Efficiency in Heterocyclic Synthesis via Catalytic and Multicatalytic Reactions” (CH-640)

 15.02.2023   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Mark Lautens, University of Toronto, Canada https://sites.chem.utoronto.ca/chemistry/staff/ML/index.php
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Intensification and Electrification of Flow Chemistry for Organic Synthesis” (CH-640)

 10.02.2023  

Speaker: Prof. Thomas Wirth, Cardiff University  
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Reversible Catalytic Reactions” (CH-640)

 08.02.2023   16:1517:30

Speaker: Prof. Mark Lautens, University of Toronto, Canada https://sites.chem.utoronto.ca/chemistry/staff/ML/index.php
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Oxidative Strategies for the Synthesis of Complex Pyridinium Salts” (CH-640)

 25.01.2023   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Sarah Wengryniuk, Temple University, USA
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Sustainability as a driver for innovation: water-based chemistry enabled by surfactants

 07.12.2022   17:1518:15

Speaker: Dr Fabrice Gallou, Distinguished Scientist, Chemical and Analytical Development, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Organocatalysis and Central Chirality Playing Together for the Control of Axial and Helical Chiralities

 25.11.2022   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Jean Rodriguez Aix Marseille Université, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille, Marseille, France https://ism2.univ-amu.fr
Location:  GĂ©nopode C
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Vinyl Triflimides and Nitro Groups – Discovering Reactivity in New and Old Compounds

 25.11.2022   17:1518:15

Speaker: Prof. Meike Niggemann, RWTH Aachen University, Germany http://www.niggemann.oc.rwth-aachen.de/index.html  
Location:  GĂ©nopode C
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“The Versatile Chemistry of N-Heterocycle-stabilized Iodanes (NHIs)“

 23.11.2022   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Boris Nachtsheim, University of Bremen
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Leveraging Physical Organic Chemistry for Applications in Catalysis and Biomedicine”

 23.11.2022   17:1518:15

Speaker: Prof. Ryan Gilmour, University of MĂŒnster
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Metal-Free Diarylations and Vinylations – Discovering New Reaction Pathways with Iodine(III) Reagents”

 04.11.2022   15:1516:15

Speaker: Prof. Berit Olofsson, Stockholm University
Location:  Genopode B UNIL
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Stereocontrol in Amine-Catalyzed Organocatalytic Chlorinations: The Red Pill

 03.10.2022   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Mathias Christmann, Freie UniversitÀt, Berlin, Germany https://www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/chemie/chemie/forschung/OrgChem/christmann/index.html
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Catalytic enantioselective [2,3]- and [1,2]-rearrangements of allylic ylides and ethers

 03.10.2022   17:1518:15

Speaker: Prof. Andrew Smith, University of St Andrews, UK, https://ads-group.squarespace.com/
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Exploring New Reactions and Synthesis of Trivalent Iodine Compounds"

 23.06.2022  

Speaker: Prof. Naohiko Yoshikai, Tohoku University
Location:  CE 1 1
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Stereoconvergent Synthesis with Configurationally Unstable Compounds”

 01.06.2022   16:1517:15

Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey Johnson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Mechanistic Insights and Prediction in Organocatalysis – A Computational Approach"

 11.05.2022  

Speaker: Dr. Cristina Trujilo, Trinity College Dublin
Location:  Genopode B (UNIL)
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Radical Alliances. Solutions and Opportunities for Organic Synthesis"

 11.05.2022  

Speaker: Prof. Samir Z. Zard, Ecole Polytechnique Pallaiseau, France
Location:  Genopode B (UNIL)
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Catalytic Enantioselective Redox-Neutral Processes for Efficient Chemical Synthesis

 09.05.2022   17:1518:30

Speaker: Professor Yu ZHAO, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore https://zhaoyugroup.sg/
Location:  GĂ©nopode B
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Sulfoxides as Substrate Activators: New Cross-Couplings for Materials and Medicines”

 20.04.2022   15:0016:00

Speaker: Professor David John Procter, The University of Manchester
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

“Alkenes as Universal Functional Group Progenitors”

 13.01.2022   17:1518:15

Speaker: Prof. Keary Engle, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla USA
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Metal-Catalyzed Methods for the Synthesis and Functionalization of Small Rings and Nitriles.”

 07.12.2021   15:0016:00

Speaker: Prof. Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto, Canada
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

"Boron an emergent element in radical chemistry"

 06.12.2021   17:1518:15

Speaker: Prof. Armido Studer, MĂŒnster University, Germany
Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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