Past DOC Virtual Symposia

Nicholas Ball
Pomona College
Synthetic Strategies toward Fluorosulfurylation of Organic Molecules and Sulfur-Fluoride Exchange (SuFEx)
Cristina Nevado
University of Zurich
Assembly of all-C quaternary centers…with a Smile(s):-)<

Rebecca LaLonde
Reed College, Portland,OR
Challenges & Opportunities: Two Case Studies of Generating Publishable Results with Undergraduate Researchers
Miles Johnson
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Synthesis and Analysis of Modular Bis(phosphino)pyrrole Ligands
Jeff Johnson
Hope College, Holland, MI
Rhodium-Catalyzed C–C Single Bond Activation: Using Mechanistic Understanding to Guide Reaction Development

Martin Eastgate
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceuticals
Sophie Rousseaux
University of Toronto
New Strategies for the Synthesis of Small Rings and Nitrile Derivatives

Osvaldo Gutierrez
Texas A&M University
Combining Theory and Experiment to Develop Selective Fe-Catalyzed Multicomponent Radical Cascades
Rob Britton
Simon Fraser University
A short de novo synthesis of nucleoside analogues

Caroline Blakemore
Pfizer, Inc.
Synthetic Challenges of chiral alpha-methylated aryl acetic acid derivatives
Mary Watson
University of Delaware
Deaminative cross-coupling reactions

Michael Willis
Oxford University
New catalysts and reactions targeting sulfur functional groups
Ryan Shenvi
Scripps Research, La Jolla
Rapid synthesis and interrogation of CNS-active natural products

Nuno Maulide
University of Vienna
Making difficult bonds with rearrangments
Neil Garg
University of California, Los Angeles
Strained intermediates & chemical education as vehicles for innovation

Alison Wendlandt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Selective catalytic transformations of carbohydrates
Eric Voight
Abbvie
Beyond the Rule of Five: Synthesis of Antiviral Drugs at AbbVie

Vy Dong
University of California, Irvine
Adventures in Aldehyde C-H bond Activation
P. Andrew Evans
Queen’s University
Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Reactions of Allylic Anions – A New Paradigm for C-C Bond Formation

Matt Bio
CEO, Snapdragon Chemistry
Pervaporation as an enabling technology for continuous ring closing metathesis
Tehshik Yoon
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Stereocontrol in Photochemical Synthesis