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SCHEDULE
        

SUNDAY, JUNE 5

3:00 PM - Midnight

Registration

Taylor Commons,
Frick Chemistry Building

Afternoon – free time

Minor League Baseball - Trenton Thunder
Princeton University Campus Walking Tour

 

8:00 PM - Midnight

Reception and Poster Session, Exhibitor Booths
Sponsored by Merck

Taylor Commons,
Frick Chemistry Building

MONDAY, JUNE 6

7:30 AM - Noon

Registration

McCarter Theater

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks: 
Dr. William Greenlee, Merck Research Laboratories - Conference Chair
Professor Erik Sorensen, Princeton University Department of Chemistry
Mr. Eric Hamblin, Princeton University Conference Services

McCarter Theater

 

Session Chair: Professor Danielle Jacobs, Rider University

 

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Professor Amir Hoveyda, Boston College
“New Concepts, Catalysts and Methods for Efficient Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis Reactions”

McCarter Theater

10:15 AM-10:45 AM

Break - Sponsored by ACS Publications

 

 

Session Chair: Professor Dan Seidel, Rutgers University

 

10:45 AM - Noon

Professor Michael Krische, University of Texas at Austin
“Formation of C-C Bonds via Catalytic Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation”

McCarter Theater

Afternoon – free time

Six Flags Great Adventure,
Princeton University Campus Walking Tour
NOS Softball Challenge

 

 

Session Chair: Professor David Chenoweth, University of Pennsylvania

 

7:00 PM - 8:15 PM

Professor Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University
"Bimetallic Catalysis: Design, Discovery, and Applications in Organic and Materials Chemistry"

McCarter Theater

8:15 PM - 9:30 PM

Professor Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University
"From Molecules to Materials"

McCarter Theater

9:30 PM - Midnight

Mixer and Poster Session, Exhibitor Booths
Sponsored by Sigma Aldrich

Taylor Commons,
Frick Chemistry Building

TUESDAY, JUNE 7

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM

5K Fun Run

 

8:20 AM - 8:30 AM

Session Chair: Professor Paul Reider, Princeton University

McCarter Theater

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Professor Benjamin Cravatt, The Scripps Research Institute
“Activity-Based Proteomics – Applications for Enzyme and Inhibitor Discovery”
Sponsored by Chemcial Science

McCarter Theater

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Break - Sponsored by Lilly

 

 

Session Chair: Professor Rodrigo B. Andrade, Temple University

 

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Professor Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California at Berkeley
"Bioorthogonal Chemistries for Glycoprofiling and Beyond"
Sponsored by the Journal of the American Chemical Society

McCarter Theater

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Professor Dieter Enders, RWTH University, Aachen
“Asymmetric Organocatalysis: Methods and Applications”

McCarter Theater

Afternoon – free time

Grounds for Sculpture,
Princeton University Art Museum Tour
Volleyball "Tiger" Tournament

 

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Undergraduate Context Session: Professor Jeffrey Katz
Pizza and Soda will be provided

Frick –
Taylor Auditorium

 

Session Chair: Professor Gary Molander, University of Pennsylvania, Chair ACS Division of Organic Chemistry

 

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

2011 Roger Adams Award Lecture:
Professor Robert Grubbs, California Institute of Technology
“Development of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts for the Synthesis of Large and Small Molecules”

McCarter Theater

8:30 PM - Midnight

Mixer and Poster Session, Exhibitor Booths
Sponsored by The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Organic Letters

Taylor Commons,
Frick Chemistry Building

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8

 

Session Chair:  Professor Bruce Burnham, Rider University

McCarter Theater

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Professor Dennis Dougherty, California Institute of Technology
"Chemistry on the Brain: Understanding the Nicotine Receptor"

McCarter Theater

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Break - Sponsored by Amgen

 

 

Session Chair: Dr. Duane Burnett, Merck Research Laboratories

 

10:30 AM -11:45 AM

Dr. Anthony Wood, Senior Vice President, Head of Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry Pfizer: “Challenges and Opportunities for Medicinal Chemistry”
Sponsored by MedChemComm

McCarter Theater

11:45 AM - 1.00 PM

Dr. Joseph Armstrong, Senior Director, RNAi  & Discovery Process Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories: "Innovation as the Driver of Green Chemistry Advances in the Pharmaceutical Industry"

McCarter Theater

Afternoon – free time

Institute Woods
Princeton University Art Museum Tour
Ultimate Frisbee Event

 

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Conference Banquet

Jadwin Gym

 

Session Chair: Professor Abigail Doyle,
Princeton University

 

7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Professor Hisashi Yamamoto, University of Chicago
“Molecular Design of Acid Catalyst for Organic Synthesis - Rapid Synthesis of Polyketides”

McCarter Theater

8:45 PM - Midnight

Mixer and Poster Session, Exhibitor Booths
Sponsored by WuXi AppTec

Taylor Commons,
Frick Chemistry Building

Thursday, JUNE 9

 

Session Chair: Professor Dorothea Fiedler, Princeton University

McCarter Theater

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Professor Vy Dong, University of Toronto
"A Few of My Favorite Rings: Catalysis Inspired by Lactones and Lactams "

McCarter Theater

10:15 AM-10:45 AM

Break - Sponsored by ACD/Labs

 

 

Session Chair: Professor Scott Sieburth, Temple University, Chair NOS 2013

 

10:45 AM - Noon

Professor M. Christina White, University of Illinois
"The Emergence of Predictable Selectivity for Aliphatic C—H Oxidations "

McCarter Theater

 

Closing Remarks