活动 | 北大芝大联合系列讲座：有机化学系列报告第三期
活 动 通 知
| 芝加哥大学 | 有机化学 | 系列讲座 |
有机化学系列报告第三期
参会时间及形式
有机化学系列报告第三期：
Strategies and Tactics for the Rapid Synthesis of Molecular Complexity
- 时间 -
北京时间
2020年10月16日（星期五）早10:00
美国中部时间
2020年10月15日（星期四）晚9:00
- 参会形式 -
感兴趣的师生请扫描海报二维码
或点击阅读原文进行会议注册
——
——
报告摘要
The total synthesis of natural products has long served as a principal driving force for discovering new chemical reactivity, evaluating physical organic theories, testing the power of existing synthetic methods, and enabling biology and medicine. Indeed, retrosynthetic analysis, carbodiimide-based peptide coupling reagents, cation-π cyclizations, frontier molecular orbital theory, chiral auxiliaries, catalysts for asymmetric reactions, protecting groups, and several designed pharmaceuticals are but a few of the landmark achievements that have derived from its inspirational power. Hundreds of equally important discoveries remain, and our research program seeks to unearth some of those treasures.
This talk will highlight our recent efforts to utilize terpene-based targets as effective sources of chemical inspiration. These endeavors have led to the development of unique strategies to form polycyclic frameworks, the identification of widely applicable reaction sequences for targets of diverse biosynthetic origin, and unique thoughts on how quaternary centers can be used to facilitate complex molecule synthesis.
讲座嘉宾
Scott A. Snyder
芝加哥大学
Scott grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY, where his interests in science, particularly chemistry, were forged by a variety of experiences including an opportunity in high school to attend the United States National Study Camp for the International Chemistry Olympiad. Scott pursued his undergraduate studies at Williams College in Williamstown, MA where he graduated as valedictorian, and in 1999 began his graduate studies with Professor K. C. Nicolaou at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA. During the next five years, Scott was fully funded by graduate fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Pfizer, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and in addition to his benchwork he also co-authored the advanced text Classics in Total Synthesis II (Wiley-VCH). He was then an NIH postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University with Prof. E. J. Corey before starting his independent career at Columbia University in 2006. After being promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry in June of 2011, Scott moved to Jupiter, FL campus of The Scripps Research Institute in September of 2013 as an Associate Professor of Chemistry, and was recruited by the University of Chicago as a Full Professor in September of 2015.
His research interests are devoted to the synthesis of complex natural products, particularly those of the terpene, polyphenol, and alkaloid classes, seeking to identify new strategies and tactics of broad significance. Particular emphasis has been placed on dimeric and higher-order natural products of these classes. In addition, Scott and his group have developed a unique group of halogenating reagents that are used in both academia and industry, with one sold by Sigma-Aldrich to create natural and designed compounds.
朱戎
北京大学
After receiving his B.S. degree from Peking University in 2010, Rong Zhu did his Ph.D. study at MIT, where he worked on transition metal catalysis and radical chemistry in the lab of Prof. Steve Buchwald. Between 2015-2018, he performed postdoctoral research with Prof. Tim Swager on chemical sensors, responsive polymers, and anion recognition. Rong started his independent career at College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University in March 2018. His research interests involve catalysis and functional polymer materials.
相关介绍
有机化学
有机分子在人类社会中起着关键作用，它们是药物、农药、材料、燃料、保健品、食品添加剂和家用化学品的重要组成部分。我们的世界不仅需要不断地发现具备性能提升乃至于全新功能的新型有机分子，而且还需要更高效和环保的制备方法。有机化学是一门研究有机分子合成、性质和应用的基础学科，它作为核心学科为多种研究领域奠定了基础，包括但不限于药物研发，分子生物学，化学生物学，石油和环境化学，材料科学和分子工程。尽管有机化学在过去几十年间取得了长足进步，它仍然保持着快速发展。近年来，有机化学家一直致力于寻找更多高效的合成策略，以尽可能地减少合成中的废弃物和能量消耗，或用于合成具有独特功能的新颖大分子和小分子。
这次联合系列讲座的报告人来自芝加哥大学，他们将展示有机化学和金属有机化学研究领域中一些新兴的方向，例如如何在金属/无金属参与的条件下活化惰性化学键用于高效合成，如何利用氢键实现不对称催化，如何快速构建高度复杂的活性天然产物，以及如何开发有趣的“可训练”的聚合物材料。
背景介绍
北京大学、芝加哥大学联合系列讲座
北京大学与芝加哥大学于2020年6月启动联合系列讲座项目，通过两校学者对话，丰富在线讲座资源，提供一系列高质量学术活动，在当前特殊形势下，重启丰富的讲座交流平台，目前已开展多期，受到广泛欢迎。
自9月25日起，该联合系列在有机化学领域连续推出6期主题讲座。讲座将面向北京大学、芝加哥大学师生在线开展。
文 | 北京大学国际合作部记者团
编辑｜德林米