Highlighting Organic Chemistry in Catalonia

PROGRAMME (Times are GMT+1, Ireland/UK Time; CET starting time is 9.00 am)

• 9.00 am – 9.15 am Introduction – Anton Vidal (Representative of the Catalan Chemical Society in the EuChemS Division ofOrganic Chemistry; Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona – UB – as ICREA Research Professor)

9.15 am – 9.45 am Daniel Maspoch (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – ICN2 as ICREA Research Professor)

Clip-off Chemistry: Synthesis by Bond Cleavage

1. 9.45 am – 10.15 am Arjan Kleij (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia – ICIQ as ICREA Research Professor)

Photocatalytic Strategies to Rapidly Access Molecular Complexity

1. 10.15 am – 10.45 am Carme Rovira (Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona – UB – as ICREA Research Professor)

Protein Glycosylation Mechanisms

10.45 am – 11.15 am Pere Clapés (Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia – IQAC-CSIC)

Engineered Aldolases: The Green Lane to Asymmetric Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation

1. 11.15 am – 11.45 am Òscar Pàmies (Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University Rovira i Virgili - URV)

Expanding the Scope of Asymmetric Hydrogenation to Include Tetrasubstituted Enones

11.45 am – 12.15 pm Ana Belén Cuenca (Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià, University Ramon Llull – URL)

New Reactions and Structures Involving Main Group Elements

1. 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Anna Pla-Quintana (Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Girona - UdG)

Reactivity of in situ Generated Metal Vinyl Carbenes

1. 12.45 pm Closing Remarks – Pat Guiry, President, EuChemS Division of Organic Chemistry