Registration
You can register for the conference via the Imperial online store.
Registration to attend the symposium is free, but there is a £15 fee if you want lunch included with your ticket.
About NSSC
New Starters in Synthesis and Catalysis (NSSC) is an annual event showcasing the work of recently appointed academics in the areas of synthesis and catalysis alongside a plenary speaker.
The conference, now in its 22st year, will host a line-up of speakers in synthesis and catalysis in its broadest sense, from fundamental organic and inorganic synthesis and catalysis to applied work in chemical biology and materials.
The event will be open to all but is ideally suited to academic staff, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with a background in synthesis and catalysis as well as those in the pharma, biotech or agrochemical industries.
Programme
Session 1
| Time | Name | Image |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Clare Bakewell (Kings College London) Adventures in low oxidation state aluminium chemistry |
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| 10.00 – 10.30 | Oriol Planas Febrega (Imperial College London) Zwitterionic Low-Valent Main group Species: Synthesis and Reactivity Studies towards Catalytic Applications |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 | Meera Mehta (University of Oxford) TBC |
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There will be a coffee break between 11.00 – 11.30.
Session 2
| Time | Name | Image |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Jamie Lewis (University of Birmingham) Self-Assembly of Low-Symmetry Coordination Cages |
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| 12.00 – 12.30 | Keith Andrews (Durham University) Robust Organic Cages as Enzyme Mimics: Symmetry-Reduction, Cavity-Tuning and Catalysis |
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The lunch break runs from 12.30 – 13.30.
Session 3
| Time | Name | Image |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Mattia Silvi (University of Nottingham) Exploring New Avenues in Synthesis through Unconventional Radical Acceptors |
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| 14.00 – 14.30 | Cristina Trujillo (University of Manchester) Exploring Halogen-Bond Organocatalysis: Computational Insights |
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| 14.30 – 15.00 | Miriam O’Duill (University of Nottingham) Hypervalent iodine reagents for (fluoro)alkylation |
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Second coffee break from 15.00 – 15.30
Plenary
| Time | Name | Image |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Fernanda Duarte (University of Oxford) Title TBC |
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The conference will conclude with a drinks reception between 16.30 – 17.30.
Sponsors
This event is kindly sponsored by:
- Imperial
- Sygnature Discovery
- Syngenta
- Merck
- Vertex
