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Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club
(POCC)

next event:

May 14


POCC Industrial award recipient:
Christopher J. Dinsmore
Merck Research Laboratories
Discovery of a Unique c-Met Inhibitor for the
Treatment of Cancer

Madeleine M. Joullié Lecture: Stuart L. Schreiber
information – University of Pennsylvania - May 5, 2009 – poster

POCC Day: Christopher J. Dinsmore
May 14, 2009 – abstract form

Swern Lecture: Barry M. Trost
information – Temple University - April 13, 2009 – poster

seminars are held at 8 p.m. in the CAROLYN HOFF LYNCH hall at the Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania following dinner at 6 (cocktails at 5:30) DIRECTIONS

2008-2009 Schedule
Sept 25
Dr. Ann Weber - Merck Research Laboratories
Discovery of JANUVIA™ (Sitagliptin), a Selective Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
noticePDF
Oct 22
(Wed)

POCC Award Symposium
Prof. Keith Woerpel - Univ of California - Irvine
Stereoselective Reactions of Oxocarbenium Ions: Conformational Analysis, Stereoelectronic Effects, and Reactivity
Prof. Stephen Buchwald - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Processes: Progress, Applications, and Mechanistic Studies
Prof. Paul Wender - Stanford University
Better Science Through Synthesis: Studies on New Reactions, HIC/AIDS Latent Virus, Cancer Resistance, and Cognition
POCC Symposium award recipient:
Prof. Scott Sieburth - Temple University
Studies in Silicon and Cycloaddition

Symposium Poster

POCC Award Registration
Dec 4
Prof. Peter Wipf - University of Pittsburgh
Recent Progress in Indole Synthesis
noticePDF
Jan 29
Prof. Sarah O’Connor - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Madagascar Periwinkle
noticePDF
Feb 26
Prof. Patrick Walsh - University of Pennsylvania
Asymmetric C-C and C-O Bond-Forming Reactions
noticePDF
Mar 26
Prof. M. Christina White - Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
C–H: A New Functional Group For Streamlining Synthesis
noticePDF
Apr 23
Dr. Paige Mahaney - Wyeth
The Evolution of a Medicinal Chemistry Program Targeting Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors:  Discovery and Optimization of Two Novel Series
noticePDF
May 14
POCC Day – abstract form
POCC Industrial award recipient:
Christopher J. Dinsmore -
Merck Research Laboratories
Discovery of a Unique c-Met Inhibitor for the Treatment of Cancer
noticePDF

 

March 2009