ORGN 293 |
| “Organocatalysis: the field.” Over the last ten years, the field of organocatalysis has grown from a small collection of chemically unique or unusual reactions to a thriving area of general concepts, atypical reactivities and broadly useful reactions. While the modern era of organocatalysis still remains in its infancy, growth in this new chemical field continues to move at a breathtaking pace. In this presentation, we will demonstrate a variety of new and valuable transformations based on the paradigms of iminium-activation, enamine-activation, and a new catalysis concept that we term HUB-catalysis. We will also highlight an alternative strategy for natural product synthesis that we hope will provide the strategic foundations to bypass the “taxol problem.” |
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Organocatalysis
1:00 PM-5:05 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 135, Oral
Division of Organic Chemistry |