IIT Bombay Symposium on Chemical Synthesis
12th December 2018
Department of Chemistry IIT Bombay

Program Schedule :


TimeProgram
08:30-09:00Registration
  
09:00-09:05Welcome by Head, Chemistry Department
09:05-11:00Session I - Chair person : Prof. Sambasivarao Kotha
9:05-09:35Prof. Lutz Ackermann
 "Electrocatalytic C-H Activation"
  
09:35-10:05Prof. Daniel Werz
 "BOIMPYs and oligomerized BODIPYs: Intramolecular J-aggregates and superfluorophores"
  
10:05-10:35Prof. Krishna P. Kaliappan
 "Serendipity and Logicality in Organic Synthesis"
10:35-11:00Tea Break
11:00-1:00Session II - Chair person : Prof. Raghavan Sunoj
11:00-11:30Prof. Eric Ferriera
 "Synthetic Advances in Cyclizations via Transition Metal Catalysis"
  
11:30-12:00Prof. Uttam Tambar
 "Stereoselective Functionalization of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons"
  
12:00-12:30Prof. C.P. Rao
 "Synthesis and Application of Inorganic - Organic/Protein based Nano-Materials"
  
12:30-01:00Prof. Todd B. Marder
 "Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and Alkyl Boronates"
1:00-2:30Lunch
2.30-4.00Session III - Chair person : Prof. Irishi Namboothiri
2:30-3:00Prof. Benjamin List
 "Very Strong and Confined Acids Enable a General Approach to Asymmetric Lewis Acid Catalysis"
  
3:00-3:30Prof. Munetaka Akita
 "Photoredox catalyzed Fluoroalkylation by Highly Reducing Organic Catalysts"
  
3:30-4:00Prof. Suvarn Kulkarni
 "Rare Sugar Containing Glycans in Pathogenic Bacteria - Synthesis and Applications"
4:00-4:30Tea
4:30-6:10Session IV - Chair person : Prof. Ramaswamy Murugavel
4:30-5:00Prof. Michael J. Krische
 "Hydrogen-Mediated C-C Bond Formation"
  
5:00-5:30Prof. Naoto Chatani
 "Rh-Catalyzed C-H Alkylation with Alkenes: The Possible Generation of Carbene Intermediates from Alkenes"
  
5:30-6:00Prof. Bas de Bruin
 "Catalytic Ring-Closing Reactions via Cobalt-Catalyzed Radical-type C-H Functionalisation"
6:00-6:10Concluding Remarks