Zing Microwave and Flow Chemistry Conference (Napa Valley, USA, July 20–23, 2013)

Synopsis

This conference brings together an outstanding group of academic and industrial speakers using microwave heating and/or continuous-flow processing in their chemistry platforms. It will be of interest to those who already use these tools in their setting as well as those interested in getting started. The focus of the conference will be on the application of these technologies to organic chemistry and will span production scales from milligrams to multiple kilograms per day. The use of microwave and continuous-flow processing for preparing a wide range of final products will be discussed, including medicinal chemistry, fine chemistry and bulk chemicals. An important part of the conference will be dissemination of new, previously unpublished results.

Proposed Session Titles

• Microwave chemistry in organic, peptide chemistry

• Microwave chemistry in drug discovery/medicinal chemistry

• Microwave and flow chemistry in nanomaterial’s research

• Flow chemistry in drug discovery

• Flow photochemistry

• Microreactor research

• Process chemistry/continuous manufacturing

• Microwave-assisted flow processing

Chairs

C. Oliver Kappe (University of Graz) - C. Oliver Kappe is Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Microwave Chemistry (CDLMC) at the University of Graz, Austria. He received his diploma (1989) and his doctoral (1992) degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Graz where he worked with Professor Gert Kollenz on cycloaddition and rearrangement reactions of acylketenes. After periods of postdoctoral research work on reactive intermediates and matrix isolation spectroscopy with Professor Curt Wentrup at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia (1993–1994) and on synthetic methodology/alkaloid synthesis with Professor Albert Padwa at Emory University in Atlanta, USA (1994–1996), he moved back to the University of Graz in 1996 to start his independent academic career. He obtained his “Habilitation” in 1998 in organic chemistry and was appointed Associate Professor in 1999. Since 2011 he has held the position of Professor of Technology of Organic Synthesis (Organische Synthesetechnologie) at the University of Graz. He has spent time as a visiting scientist/professor at for instance, the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, USA, Professor K. Barry Sharpless, 2003), the Toyko Institute of Technology (Toyko, Japan, Professor T. Takahashi, 2008), the University of Sassari (Sassari, Italy, 2008), and the Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Orlando, USA, 2010).

The co-author of ca. 300 publications, his main research interests have in the past focused on multicomponent reactions, combinatorial chemistry and the synthesis of biologically active heterocycles. More recently his research group has been involved with enabling technologies for synthetic chemistry, including microwave and continuous flow chemistry. For his innovative work in microwave chemistry he received the 2004 Prous Science Award from the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and the 2010 Houska Prize (€100,000) in addition to a number of other awards.

Nicholas Leadbeater (University of Connecticut) - Microwave-promoted synthesis is an area of increasing interest in both academic and industrial laboratories. As well as being energy efficient, microwave heating can also enhance the rate of reactions and in many cases improve product yields. Also, as the field matures, people are finding that they can perform chemistry using microwave heating that cannot be achieved using ‘conventional’ heating methods, thus opening up new avenues for synthesis. Nicholas Leadbeater’s research group is recognized as one of the best equipped laboratories in the world in the area of microwave-promoted synthesis. Through close links with all of the major scientific microwave manufacturers they have access to all of the commercially available apparatus as well as acting as a site for new product development.

Plenary speakers

Jun-ichi Yoshida (Kyoto University, Japan)

Peter Seeberger (Max Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)

Roman Morschhaeuser (Clariant GmbH, Germany)

Timothy F. Jamison (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Timothy M. Braden (Eli Lilly and Company, USA)

Invited speakers

Andreas Kirschning (Leibniz University of Hannover)

Berthold Schenkel (Novartis, Switzerland)

Daryl Sauer (Abbott, USA)

Dong-Pyo Kim (National Center of Applied Microfluidic Chemistry)

Greg Roth (Sanford Burnham, USA)

Ian Baxendale (Durham University)

Knud J Jensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Michael G Organ (York University, Canada)

Michel Journet (Merck, USA)

Nick Cosford (Sanford Burnham, USA)

Bodrigo O.M.A De Souza (Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

Location

This conference will be held in the luxury setting of the Silverado Resort & Spa (1600 Atlas Peak Road, Napa, CA, 94558). The conference begins on 20th July 2013 and finishes on the 23rd July 2013, all inclusive accommodation is included in the registration price, and extra nights are available at an additional cost.

Further information

Zing Conferences was established in 2007 to serve as an opportunity for the global community of scientific activity and interest to meet, exchange ideas and stimulate fruitful collaborations. Set in exotic locations, in luxury five-star accommodation, each conference aims to bring together a range of expertise, from academia to industry, from the professional to the student, and provide a beautiful and serene environment in which to present and discuss their respective work. Indeed, at the heart of the Zing project is the promotion of inter-disciplinary communication; of the successful cross-pollination of theories and research amongst the many allied scientific fields (and across all levels of accomplishment). To promote this free exchange and dissemination of new ideas and research, all delegates are invited to compete for a place in the main lecture programme of some 40 speakers, or to present their work as part of the larger Posters sessions by submitting abstracts for Chair-lead consideration.

For further information on the Zing Microwave and Flow Chemistry Conference, please contact:

Mr Matthew Kirkby

Matthew.Kirkby@zingconferences.com

http://www.zingconferences.com/