Young Chemists 2013 (YC2013)
Lecture Theatre C, RCS1 Building (No. 36 on the map), Imperial College London
26th April 2013

MMS Conferencing & Events is hosting their 11th annual one-day conference featuring presentations from young organic chemists that have started their independent academic careers within the last five years.

This conference is FREE to all to attend.

Date: 26th April 2013
Location: Lecture Theatre C, RCS1 Building (No. 36 on the map), Imperial College London
26th April 2013
Application and Fees: This conference is FREE to all to attend.
For Further Information: Please contact Michele Sahrle.

Session 1: Chair: Professor Donald Craig, Imperial College London
10:20 "Synthesis and functionalisation of small-ring heterocycles"
Dr James Bull, Imperial College London
10:55 "New allylic rearrangements. Stereoselective sigmatropic and pi-allylic reactions"
Dr Matthew Cook, Queens University Belfast
11:30 "Borocations: versatile reagents for the borylation of pi-nucleophiles"
Dr Michael Ingelson, University of Manchester
12:05 "Iron-catalysed reductive alkene functionalisation"
Dr Stephen Thomas, University of Edinburgh
12:40 BREAK
Session 2: Chair: Professor Alan Spivey, Imperial College London
13:45 "Computer-aided discoveries of organic structures and selectivity"
Dr Rob Paton, Oxford University
14:20 "Chemical tools for studying RabGGTase and Rab isoprenylation"
Dr Robin Bon, Leeds University
14:55 "Synthesis and application of stable analogues of phosphohistidine"
Dr Mike Webb, Leeds University
15:30 "Design and synthesis of conjugated polymers for solution processed electronics"
Dr Martin Heeney, Imperial College London
16:05 BREAK
Session 3: Chair: Dr Chris Braddock, Imperial College London
16:40 Keynote Speaker. Professor Philip Parsons, Imperial College London
17:25 Closing remarks
17:30 WINE RECEPTION