Past Events Category: Organic Chemistry

1315 Seminar Hall
October 14, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

1315 Seminar Hall, Chemistry Building
October 7, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

Dr. Till Opatz’s bio Title: Wood, Light and Electricity – Three Flavors of Synthetic Chemistry Abstract: At present, synthetic organic chemistry largely relies on fossil carbon sources. The seminar will highlight the alternative use of …

1315 Seminar Hall
September 16, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

Catalytic Photochemical Deracemization Reactions

1315 Seminar Hall
September 10, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

Title:  Why Study the History of Chemistry? What an education in chemistry has been, is, and could be. Abstract:  Nineteenth-century chemists used history to establish chemistry’s place in the university. Their twentieth-century successors saw it …

1315 Seminar Hall
August 23, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

"Late-Stage Functionalizations"

The Learning Studio 1435
June 25, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

The Electro-Inductive Effect

1315 Seminar Hall
April 30, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Dr. Cathleen Crudden Title: The power of organometallics: From catalysts to self-assembled monolayers to atomically precise nanoclusters Abstract: The use of N-heterocyclic carbenes to modify homogeneous metal catalysts is widespread since the high metal–NHC bond …

1315 Seminar Hall
April 30, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Dr. Rob Risi Title: Discovery and Synthesis of Macrocyclic MCL-1 Inhibitor ABBV-467 Abstract: ABBV-467 is a highly potent and selective MCL-1 inhibitor that was advanced to a phase I clinical trial for the treatment of …

1315 Seminar Hall, North Tower
April 24, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

Machine-learning-accelerated photodynamics simulations in complex environments 

April 16, 2024 @ 3:30 pm

Light-to-Heat (Photothermal) Conversion Promotes High Activation Barrier Reactions