| Sunday, July 9 |
| Arrival and mixer |
| Monday, July 10 |
| Morning Session |
| Paul Reider, discussion leader |
| 8:45 - 9:10 |
Greeting by Gordon Conference Chair and Staff |
| 9:10 - 9:55 |
Tohru Fukuyama, Rice University
Synthetic Studies on Heterocyclic Natural Products |
| 9:55 - 10:15 |
Discussion |
| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Break and photograph |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Jan Bäckvall, University of Uppsala
Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds via Stereo- and Regiocontrolled Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions |
| 11:45 - 12:10 |
Discussion |
| Evening Session |
| Jake Szmuszkowicz, discussion leader |
| 7:00 - 7:30 |
James Panek, Boston University
Asymmetric Synthesis of Heterocycles Using Chiral Crotylsilane Reagents |
| 7:30 - 7:45 |
Discussion |
| 7:45 - 8:30 |
William Pearson, University of Michigan
Alkaloid Synthesis Using 2-Azaallyl Anion Cycloadditions |
| 8:30 - 8:50 |
Discussion |
| 8:50 - 9:40 |
Samuel Danishefsky, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center & Columbia University
The Total Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products of Biological Interest |
| 9:40 - 10:05 |
Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| Morning Session |
| Zoltàn Benkö, discussion leader |
| 8:30 - 9:10 |
Mark Lautens, University of Toronto
Synthetic Approaches to Polycyclics via Heterocyclic Intermediates |
| 9:10 - 9:30 |
Discussion |
| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Charles Barnett, Eli Lilly
Synthetic Approaches to Folic Acid Analogs of Interest as Oncolytic Agents |
| 10:15 - 10:35 |
Discussion |
| 10:35 - 11:00 |
Break |
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Meeting of GRC Heterocycles Chairs, Past & Future
|
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Gunda Georg, University of Kansas
Taxol Analogues: Semisynthetic and Conformational Studies |
| 11:45 - 12:10 |
Discussion |
| Evening Session |
| Gretchen Rehberg, discussion leader |
| 7:00 - 7:30 |
Laura Kiessling, University of Wisconsin
Synthesis of Functional Monovalent and Multivalent Saccharides |
| 7:30 - 7:45 |
Discussion |
| 7:45 - 8:30 |
Viresh Rawal, The Ohio State University
Synthetic Approaches to Mycacalamide and Related Natural Products |
| 8:30 - 8:50 |
Discussion |
| 8:50 - 9:40 |
Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University
Asymmetric Catalytic Synthesis and Reactions of Epoxides |
| 9:40 - 10:05 |
Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| Morning Session |
| George Sheppard, discussion leader |
| 8:30 - 9:10 |
Michael Ennis, Upjohn
Asymmetric Synthesis of cis-Fused Bicyclic Pyrrolidines and Pyrrolidinones via Chiral Polycyclic Lactams |
| 9:10 - 9:30 |
Discussion |
| 9:30 - 9:55 |
John Wood, Yale University
The Total Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-K252a/Discussion |
| 9:55 - 10:20 |
David Lathbury, SmithKline Beecham
A Practical Synthesis of the Milbemycin SB-201561/Discussion |
| 10:20 - 10:50 |
Break |
| 10:50 - 11:00 |
Nominations for 1997 Chair |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Peter Wipf, University of Pittsburgh
Synthetic Studies of Lissoclinum Peptides and Structurally Related Natural Products |
| 11:45 - 12:05 |
Discussion |
| Evening Session |
| James Dittami, discussion leader |
| 7:00 - 7:30 |
Robert Gawley, University of Miami
Alkylations and Sigmatropic Rearrangements of Metalated Heterocycles |
| 7:30 - 7:45 |
Discussion |
| 7:45 - 8:30 |
Jonathan Ellman, University of California-Berkeley
The Simultaneous Synthesis and Evaluation of Heterocycle Libraries |
| 8:30 - 8:50 |
Discussion |
| 8:50 - 9:40 |
Amos Smith, University of Pennsylvania
Immunosupressants as Synthetic Targets: FK506, Rapamycin, and Discodermolide |
| 9:40 - 10:05 |
Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| Morning Session |
| Katherine Takaki, discussion leader |
| 8:30 - 9:10 |
Jeffrey Stafford, Glaxo
Synthesis of Pyrrolidine Containing Medicinal and Natural Products |
| 9:10 - 9:30 |
Discussion |
| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Samir Zard, Ecole Polytechnique & CNRS, Gif-Sur-Yvette
From Radicals to Heterocycles: Some New Reactions for Organic Synthesis |
| 10:15 - 10:35 |
Discussion |
| 10:35 - 10:45 |
Election of 1997 Chair |
| 10:45 - 11:10 |
Break |
| 11:10 - 11:55 |
Yasufumi Ohfune, Osaka City University
New Methods for the Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained Amino Acids |
| 11:55 - 12:15 |
Discussion |
| Evening Session |
| Stuart McCombie, discussion leader |
| 7:15 - 7:45 |
Varinder K. Aggarwal, University of Sheffield
Sulfur-Mediated Asymmetric Synthesis |
| 7:45 - 8:00 |
Discussion |
| 8:00 - 8:50 |
C.W. Rees, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Some Very Heterocyclic Chemistry |
| 8:50 - 9:10 |
Discussion |
| 9:10 - 9:30 |
Paul Reider
Remarks |
| Friday, July 14 |
| Morning Session |
| Mark McMills, discussion leader |
| 8:30 - 9:10 |
Chris H. Senanayake, Merck Research Laboratories
Novel Syntheses of Heterocyclic Non-Peptide AII Receptor Antagonists |
| 9:10 - 9:30 |
Discussion |
| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Huw Davies, State University of New York-Buffalo
General Synthesis of Tropanes by Reaction of Vinylcarbenoids with Pyrroles |
| 10:15 - 10:35 |
Discussion |
| 10:35 - 11:00 |
Daniel Romo, Texas A&M University
Diastereoselective Synthesis and Novel Transformations of 2-Oxetanones/Discussion |
| 11:00 - 11:25 |
John Macor, Astra Pharmaceuticals
Claisen Rearrangements of 5-Propargyloxyindoles with a Novel Side Product/Discussion |
| 11:25 |
Farewell |
