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Welcome and Introduction of Professor Richard Heck
Professor Albert Courey
Chair, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
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Session I Chair:
Professor Ken Houk
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
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Professor Craig Merlic
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization Strategies: Avoiding the High Energy Oxidative Addition Step" |
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Professor Barry Trost
Tamaki Professor of Humanities and Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
"On the Invention of Pd Catalyzed Reactions for Enabling Chemical Synthesis" |
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Professor Paula Diaconsescu
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Unique Advantages of Organometallic Supporting Ligands" |
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Session II Chair:
Professor Patrick Harran
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
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Professor Stephen Buchwald
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Pd-Catalyzed Carbon-Nitrogen and Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions: Progress, Applications and Mechanistic Studies" |
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Professor Neil Garg
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Cross-Coupling Reactions of Unconventional Electrophiles" |
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Professor Larry Overman
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
"The Intramolecular Heck Reaction: A Remarkably Versatile Transformation for Forming Complex Polycyclic Structures" |
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Concluding Remarks
Professor Ken Houk
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |