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Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club
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next event:

Dec 4

Prof. Peter Wipf - University of Pittsburgh
Recent Progress in Indole Synthesis

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
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
Dec 4	Prof. Peter Wipf - University of Pittsburgh Recent Progress in Indole Synthesis
Jan 29	Prof. Sarah O’Conner - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Madagascar Periwinkle
Feb 26	Prof. Patrick Walsh - University of Pennsylvania
Mar 26	Prof. M. Christina White - Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Apr 23	Dr. Paige Mahaney - Wyeth
May 14	POCC Day POCC Industrial award recipient: Christopher J. Dinsmore - Merck Research Laboratories

October 2008