Cope Scholar Symposium honoring John A. Porco, Jr.
This session is to celebrate the achievements of Prof. John A. Porco, Boston University, winner of a 2009 Cope Scholar award for contributions to organic chemistry. Dr. Porco's keynote address will be titled
Complex Natural Product Synthesis and Reaction Discovery:
Research in the Porco laboratory at Boston University is focused in two major areas: the development of new synthetic methodologies for efficient chemical synthesis of complex molecules and synthesis of complex chemical libraries. His research group has synthesized a number of complex natural product targets, including the epoxyquinoids, salicylate enamide macrolides, the rocaglamides, polyprenylated phloroglucinols, and the diazobenzofluorenes. This talk will outline recent examples from the laboratory in which synthetic methodologies have been developed to meet synthetic challenges posed by complex natural product targets.
Sponsorship
This symposium is sponsored by the Organic Division of the ACS.
Other confirmed speakers in this session
- Prof. Corey Stephenson, Boston University: "Photoredox catalysis: Enabling chemical synthesis with visible light".
- Prof. Scott Snyder, Columbia University, NY: "Lessons in chemoselectivity: Total synthesis of polyphenolic natural products".
- Prof. Aaron Beeler, Assistant Director, Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development (CMLD), Boston University: "Application of Microfluidics in the Discovery of New Chemical Reactions and Chemotypes".
- Prof. Alison Frontier, University of Rochester, NY: "New twists in Nazarov cyclization chemistry".
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| Dr. Stephenson | Dr. Snyder | Dr. Beeler | Dr. Frontier |
