Organics Webinar | Topics in Organic Synthetic Chemistry — Webinar celebrating obtaining our first journal impact factor (IF: 1.4)
Organics Webinar | Topics in Organic Synthetic Chemistry — Webinar celebrating obtaining our first journal impact factor (IF: 1.4)
18th October 2024
Organic Synthesis, Development of Synthetic Methodology, Theoretical Organic Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Organocatalysis, Organometallic Chemistry, Functional Organic Materials
Welcome from the Chairs
I was first contacted in early 2020, in the heaviest of the covid epidemic, with the question of being the editor-in-chief of the new journal Organics, and in the same year the inaugural issue was released. Organics was published henceforth as a quarterly journal.
In 2023, Organics was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1) and in 2024, our journal was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), also starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
Now we are happy to announce that the journal Organics reached an important milestone in receiving its first Impact Factor (a very decent 1.4) and a CiteScore (2023) of 2.5. To celebrate this we have this webinar in which three colleagues will present their recent work. Up to now, we published 120 papers in total but we are now expecting many more contributions. You could find more information at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/organics/stats.
We look forward to receiving your next contribution, be it as a review, full research article or communication, in the near future.
Date: 18 October 2024
Time: 16:00 CEST
Webinar ID: 876 4767 3805
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Event Chairs
Molecular Design and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven Chem&Tech, Belgium
Wim Dehaen was born in Kortrijk, Belgium. He obtained his Ph D in 1988 under the guidance of Professor Gerrit L’abbé on a study concerning the rearrangements of 5-diazoalkyl-1,2,3-triazole derivatives. After postdoctoral stays in Israel (1988-1990), Denmark (3 months in 1990), the United Kingdom (three months in 1994) and Belgium (most of 1990-1998) he was appointed associate professor at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1998, becoming a full professor at the same university in 2004. Up to 2024, close to 700 publications (current h-index 66) have appeared in international journals about his work on heterocyclic and supramolecular chemistry.
Development of New Sterically-Defined N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for Transition-Metal-Catalysis and Cross-Coupling of Amides by N–C(O) Activation
Michal Szostak received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 2009. After postdoctoral stints at Princeton University and University of Manchester, in 2014, he joined the faculty at Rutgers University, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry. His research group developed the concept of acyclic twisted amide bond activation. In 2022, he edited the book “Amide Bond Activation: Concepts and Reactions”. His research group is focused on the development of new synthetic methodology based on transition-metal-catalysis, NHC ligands, inert bond activation, and application to the synthesis of biologically active molecules. He is the author of over 270 publications.
Keynote Speakers
Development of New Sterically-Defined N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for Transition-Metal-Catalysis and Cross-Coupling of Amides by N–C(O) Activation
Michal Szostak received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 2009. After postdoctoral stints at Princeton University and University of Manchester, in 2014, he joined the faculty at Rutgers University, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry. His research group developed the concept of acyclic twisted amide bond activation. In 2022, he edited the book “Amide Bond Activation: Concepts and Reactions”. His research group is focused on the development of new synthetic methodology based on transition-metal-catalysis, NHC ligands, inert bond activation, and application to the synthesis of biologically active molecules. He is the author of over 270 publications.
New Catalytic Methods for the Synthesis of 5-Membered Rings from Ketenes
Nessan Kerrigan completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at University College Dublin (1996-2000) under the direction of Professor Declan G. Gilheany. He spent a year in industry working as a process development chemist for Merck before carrying out postdoctoral research at the University of Glasgow (2002-2004) with Professor David J. Procter. He carried out further postdoctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh (2004-2006) with Prof. Scott G. Nelson. He began his independent research career at Oakland University, MI, in 2006. In 2017, he returned to Ireland to take up a position as Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University. The Kerrigan group carries out research in synthetic organic chemistry. Most of their work is focused on the development of new efficient methods involving ketenes for the construction of biologically interesting organic molecules.
Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, The Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland
Novel (-)-Podophyllotoxin Derivatives of Anticancer Activity
Zbigniew Czarnocki obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Warsaw in 1983 and shortly thereafter completed postdoctoral fellowships at McMaster University (Canada). In 1996 he became the head of the Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry. Since 2001 he has been a Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw. The subject of interest of his research group is stereoselective synthesis of natural and pharmacologically active compounds, as well as bioorganic chemistry. He has supervised 21 Ph.D. students so far and is the author of over 150 publications.
Registration
This is a FREE webinar. The number of participants to the live session is limited but the recording will be made available on Sciforum shortly afterwards. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Program
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CEST |
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Prof. Dr. Wim Dehaen Chair Introduction |
4:00 - 4:10 pm |
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Prof. Dr. Michal Szostak Development of New Sterically-Defined N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for Transition-Metal-Catalysis and Cross-Coupling of Amides by N–C(O) Activation |
4:10 - 4:40 pm |
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Q&A |
4:40-4:45 pm |
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Dr. Nessan Kerrigan New Catalytic Methods for the Synthesis of 5-Membered Rings from Ketenes |
4:45 - 5:15 pm |
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Q&A |
5:15-5:20 pm |
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Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Czarnocki Novel (-)-Podophyllotoxin Derivatives of Anticancer Activity |
5:20 - 5:50pm |
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Q&A |
5:50 - 5:55 pm |
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Prof. Dr. Michal Szostak Closing of Webinar |
5:55 - 6:00 pm |
Relevant Special Issue
Advanced and Green Synthetic Methodologies in Organic Chemistry
Edited by Ioannis N. Lykakis
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024
Sponsors and Partners
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