The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Allerton Conference - 2007 Schedule and Presenters

21st Annual Organic Area
ALLERTON CONFERENCE

Sponsored by
Dr. Seemon H. Pines and Merck & Company
Saturday, November 10, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

8:00 a.m. Check-in/Continental Breakfast
Session I:Mirth Hoyt, Chair
8:40 a.m.Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m.Douglas M. Warui (Prof. Anne M. Baranger)
Identification of Small Organic Molecules That Bind SL3 RNA of the Ψ-Recognition Element of HIV-1
9:20 a.m.Sean Reed (Prof. M. Christina White)
Catalytic Method for Direct Intermolecular C-H to C-N Bond Transformation
9:40 a.m.Eric M. Todd (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Supramolecular Star Polymers: Programming Macromolecules to Self-Assemble into Complex Architectures using Hydrogen Bonding
10:00 a.m.Poster Session I
10:55 a.m.Andy LaFrate (Prof. John Katzenellenbogen)
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Guanylhydrazone Coactivator Binding Inhibitors for the Estrogen Receptor
11:15 a.m.Qilong Shen (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
A Highly Reactive, General and Long Lived Catalyst for Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Heteroaryl and Aryl Halides
11:35 a.m.Douglas A. Davis (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
Spiropyrans as Color-Generating Mechanophores
11:55 a.m.Lunch in the Main Dining Room
Session II:Russell C. Smith, Chair
1:25 p.m.Dr. Philip R. Kym (Abbott Neuroscience)
Strategies and Tactics for Lead Optimization of Melanin Concentrating Hormone Receptor Antagonists for the Treatment of Obesity
1:45 p.m.Eric Gillis (Prof. Martin D. Burke)
Iterative Cross-Coupling: A Simple Strategy for Complex Small Molecule Synthesis
2:05 p.m.Amanda C. Nottbohm (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
Identification and Evaluation of Novel PARG Inhibitors
2:25 p.m.Poster Session II
3:20 p.m.Christopher R. Butler (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
A Practical Method for the Vinylation of Aromatic Halides Using Inexpensive Organosilicon Reagents
3:40 p.m.Cyril Jacquot (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
Mechanistic Studies of Lipoxygenases Using Synthetic Substrate Analogs
4:00 p.m.Break
4:15 p.m.Closing Remarks and Presentation of the Seemon H. Pines Award
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