Total Synthesis of Anticancer Natural Products - boron aldol reactions in action

16 Feb 2010

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Speaker: Professor Ian Paterson, Wilsmore Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne and group leader Department of Chemistry, Cambridge UK

Venue: Bio21 Institute Auditorium, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville

Time: 12.00 to 1.00pm

No RSVP. All welcome.

Enquiries: Mrs Thu Nguyen nguyennt@unimelb.edu.au

Seminar info: The research areas of the Paterson group at Cambridge University include the total synthesis of various biologically active natural products and the discovery and development of new synthetic methods, with particular interest in asymmetric reactions. There is a need for new and more efficient methods of synthesis, particularly ones that exhibit high levels of stereocontrol.  Asymmetric aldol methodology, where enolate geometry controls the absolute stereochemistry in C-C bond formation with aldehydes, is of particular interest. These new methods are being applied to the synthesis of a wide variety of important natural products.