Givaudan Karrer Lecture 2019

The Department of Chemistry of the University of Zurich is pleased to announce the Givaudan-Karrer Lectures 2019 by Prof. Dr. Andreas Pfaltz.

The course will cover topics in the field of asymmetric catalysis. After a historical perspective and a description of general principles, selected classes of chiral catalysts and enantioselective reactions will be discussed. In addition, a mass spectrometric screening method for enantioselective catalysts will be introduced.

• Historical perspective. General principles. Catalyst and ligand design (Lecture 1).
• Asymmetric hydrogenation: neighboring group-directed reactions, enantioselective hydrogenation with Rh- and Ru-diphosphine catalysts, enantioselective hydrogenation of unfunctionalized olefins with Ir-P,N-ligand complexes (Lectures 2-6).
• Enantioselective oxidation reactions (Lecture 7).
• Enantioselective allylic substitutions (Lectures 8-11).
• Mass spectrometric screening of chiral catalysts and catalyst mixtures (Lecture 12).

To join the Course please send an e-mail to Ms Celina Eisenring

Link to the downloadpage for the course material (password portected)

Date: Thursday, November 28^th, 2019
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Place: Y 16 G 15 Foyer (right in front of the lecture room) including coffee break

Date: Thursday, November 28^th, 2019
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Lecture Hall: Y 16 G 15