Monday 2 September 2013
Opening remarks: 11:00
Session 1. 11:05 – 12:30
Chaired by: Dr Bruno Linclau (University of Southampton)
11:05 – 11:25 Imke Sittel (University of Bristol)
Combinatorial ionic catch and release oligosaccharide synthesis (Combi ICROS)
11:25 – 12:25 Prof George Fleet (University of Oxford)
Bioactive piperidines, pyrrolidines and azetidines – with a bit of fluorine
Lunch: 12:25 – 13:45
Session 2. 13:45 – 15:35
Chaired by: Prof Matteo Zanda (University of Aberdeen)
13:45 – 14:10 Stephen Thompson (University of St Andrews)
Extending the synthetic utility of the fluorinase for positron emission tomography
14:10 – 14:35 Stefan Verhoog (University of Oxford)
Photoredox catalyzed trifluoromethylation of activated and unactivated alkenes
14:35 – 15:35 Prof Tobias Ritter (Harvard University, USA)
Late stage fluorination
Coffee: 15:35 – 16:05
Session 3. 16:05 – 17:55
Chaired by: Dr Seung Lee (University of Southampton)
16:05 – 16:30 Ines N’Go (University of Namur, Belgium)
Tetrafluorination of sugars as strategy for enhancing protein-carbohydrate affinity: synthesis of a potent UDP-Galp mutase inhibitor
16:30 – 16:55 Karl Syson (John Innes Centre, Norwich)
Trapping a maltosyl-GlgE intermediate using a fluoro-substrate analogue
16:55 – 17:55 Prof Stephen G Withers (University of British Columbia, Vancouver,Canada)
Fluorosugars as probes of mechanism and their potential as therapeutics
Closing remarks
Pre-dinner drinks 19:00
Dinner 19:30
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Session 4. 9:00 – 10:25
Chaired by: Prof David O’Hagan (University of St Andrews)
9:00 – 9:25 Clement Fontenelle (University of Southampton)
Synthesis and membrane transport studies of fluorinated sugars
9:25 – 9:50 Ricardo Resende (University of Bath)
The subtleties of 2,3-difluorosialic acids
9:50 – 10:25 Antal Harsanyi (University of Durham)
Green synthesis of dialkyl-2-fluoromalonates and their use in the synthesis of fluorinated heterocyclic systems
Coffee: 10:25 – 10:55
Session 2. 10:55 – 12:20
Chaired by Prof Rob Field (John Innes Centre)
10:55 – 11:20 Miriam O’Duill (University of Oxford)
Electrophilic fluorodecarboxylation for the formation of trifluoromethyl arenes)
11:20 – 12;20 Dr Bruce Turnbull (University of Leeds)
“Synthetic glycoscience: from glycosyl donors to lectin engineering
Closing remarks, award for the best poster and oral presentation
Lunch. 12:30 – 14:00