Young Chemists 2017 (YC17)
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, RCS 1 Bldg, LT C
Friday 28th April 2017

This is the 15th annual meeting in the YC series and features research lectures from recently appointed young chemists that have started their independent academic careers within the last five years, and a keynote lecture from a senior scientist.

This conference is FREE to all to attend.

Date: Friday 28th April 2017
Location: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, RCS 1 Bldg, LT C
Application and Fees: This conference is FREE to all to attend.
For Further Information: Please contact Michele Sahrle

Young Chemists 2017 (YC17) - 28nd April 2017
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, RCS 1 Bldg, LT C
10:00 COFFEE
10:40 Opening Remarks
Professor Chris Braddock, Imperial College London
Session 1: Chair: Professor Donald Craig, Imperial College London
10:45 "Self-Optimising Flow Reactors for Rapid Process Development"

Dr Richard Bourne, Leeds University

11:25 "Modern kinetic analyses for catalytic reactions"

Dr Jordi Burés, Manchester University

12:05 "Cu-Acetylides in Enantioselective Catalysis: Propargylic substitutions, formal cycloadditions and sigmatropic rearrangements"

Dr Chris Cordier, Imperial College London

12:45 BREAK
Session 2: Chair: Professor Alan Spivey, Imperial College London
14:00 "New methodologies for the synthesis of partially fluorinated functionality"

Dr Graham Pattison, Warwick University

14:40 "Inadvertently Bridging the Gap between Undergraduate Practical Classes and Organic Research"

Dr Philippa Cranwell, University of Reading

15:20 "Technologies for Homogeneous & Versatile Protein Modification (especially antibodies)"

Dr Vijay Chudasama, University College London

16:00 BREAK
Session 3: Chair: Professor Phil Parsons, Imperial College London
16:40 "Redox Processes with Organic Reagents"

Keynote Speaker: Professor John Murphy, University of Strathclyde

17:45 WINE RECEPTION