Bern Symposium on Radical Chemistry
June 27-28, 2024, University of Bern
Program
Day 1, Thursday, June 27, 2024
08.00
Registration / Welcome Coffee
08.45
Welcome Message by Dr. Fabrice Dénès University of Bern
Session 1
Chair: Prof. U. Jahn
09.00
09.45
Dr. Cyril Ollivier, Sorbonne-Université
«Visible light-induced radical processes and organometallic catalysis»
10.10
Prof. Chaozhong Li, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
«Phosphorylation of Alkyl Radicals»
10.35
Coffee Break and Poster Session
Session 2
Chair: Prof. M. Sibi
11.15
Prof. Ilhyong Ryu, Osaka Metropolitan University / NWCU Hsinchu
«Radical Strategies for Functionalization of C=C Double Bonds»
11.40
Prof. John Murphy, University of Strathclyde
«Alkali Metal Salts and Radicals»
12.05
Prof. Laurence Feray, Aix-Marseille Université
«Radical Reactions Involving Ynamides»
12.30
Lunch Break
Session 3
Chair: Prof. A. Kapat
14.00
Prof. Franziska Schönebeck, RWTH Aachen
«Dynamic Stereomutation with Metalloradicals»
14.45
Prof. Dmitry Katayev, University of Bern
«Switchable Divergent Synthesis of Fluorinated Compounds Using Photoredox Catalysis»
15.10
Dr. Emmanuel Lacôte, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
«Free Radical Photochemistry in Dispersed Media»
15.35
Coffee Break and Poster Session
Session 4
Chair: Prof. D. P. Curran
16.25
Prof. Bernd Giese, University of Fribourg
«Serendipity in Radical Chemistry»
16.50
Prof. Samir Zard, École Polytechnique Palaiseau
«Some Aspects of Radical Allylations»
17.15
Paracelsus Prize Winner 2024
Prof. Armido Studer, University of Münster
«Radical Hydrogen Atom Transfer to pi-Systems»
18.00
End of Day 1
Day 2, Friday, June 28, 2024
Session 5
Chair: Prof. E. M. Scanlan
08.45
Prof. Jieping Zhu, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
«A Bioinspired Non-Biomimetic Synthesis of Lignans enabled by Radical Cation Intermediates»
09.30
Prof. Shunsuke Chiba, Nanyang Technological University
«Dearomative transformation via polysulfide anions photocatalysis»
09.55
Prof. Yannick Landais, University of Bordeaux
«New Approaches to the synthesis of urethanes and polyurethanes through free-radical processes»
10.20
Coffee Break
Session 6
Chair: Prof. H. Zipse
10.50
Prof. Hongli Bao, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
«Mechanistic Investigation of Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Esterification: Revealing A New NLEs Analysis Model»
11.15
Prof. Hideki Yorimitsu, Kyoto University
«Reductive Dimetalation of Alkynes»
11.40
Prof. Cristina Nevado, University of Zurich
«Metaloradical intermediates as a playground for structural complexity»
12.05
Prof. David J. Procter, University of Manchester
«From sulfonium salts to samarium catalysis: new radical chemistry for synthesis»
12.50
Closing words and end of the symposium
Speakers group picture
