The 59th Natural Products Gordon research Conference will maintain its emphasis on cutting edge developments in natural products isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, methods development, and other areas enabled by organic chemistry. As in the past, natural products continue to provide the inspiration for advancing the field of organic chemistry and drive developments in many areas of science. They provide a platform for developing new synthetic strategies and methodology for the synthesis of complex small molecules, provide small molecule tools enabling discovery biology efforts, and inspire medicinal chemistry efforts. This year’s outstanding lineup of speakers are reflecting the diverse and vibrant frontiers of science inspired by natural products, and will deliver lectures in topics on isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, development of synthetic methods, chemical biology, and medicinal and process chemistry. Continuing a highly successful trend, the speakers were also selected from geographically diverse locations and represent leading scientists from both academia and industry.

The meeting will be held in a relaxed setting at the Tilton School in Tilton, New Hampshire. The accommodations are comfortable, the staff is friendly, and opportunities abound for exercising, hiking, golf, kayaking, and other leisure activities.

Afternoon poster sessions are an integral part of the conference. They provide an ideal forum for presenting unpublished work and exchange of ideas in an informal setting and have been highly successful in the past years. All conferees are encouraged to submit abstracts (1 page max) with title, authors and affiliation/address to the Chair, Jef K. De Brabander and the 2010 Vice Chair, Karl Hansen via E-mail. Karl Hansen will be responsible for organizing the poster sessions and select a few abstracts for short talk presentation in conjunction with the Chair.

The Chair and Vice-Chair hope to welcome you to what is anticipated to be an exciting, memorable, and enjoyable conference.

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=natproduct

The International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC 2010) will be held on July 26-30, in Mauritius. The Organising Committee has adopted the theme “Chemistry for Sustainable Development” for this event. Chemistry is one of the subjects of Science for understanding and explaining makeup and changes of everything that has mass and occupies space. Chemistry has permeated the study of different branches of Science.

The World has condensed into a global village with progress in Science and Technology. However the World is now facing a crisis due to explosive increase in the demand of energy, food and water. Therefore, Science and Chemistry have crucial roles for sustaining the development of our planet.

The conference program will feature a wide variety of plenary, invited and contributed lectures, as well as poster sessions. There will also be workshops and symposia conducted by experts on different chemical aspects. This conference will provide a platform for participants to share and discuss recent findings of their research covering all topics related to Chemistry. It will also be an opportunity for participants to visit the island of Mauritius, famous for its sun, sea and sand and multicultural aspects.

We look forward to welcoming you, academicians and researchers, to participate in this international gathering.

Ponnadurai Ramasami
Chairman, Organising Committee

http://www.uom.ac.mu/icpac/index.asp

The 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Nürnberg (Nuremberg) 2010 will present the latest research in the core topic areas of chemistry, feature multidisciplinary programming, and highlight chemistry‘s impact on society. The Congress will bring together chemical and molecular scientists from industry, academia and government institutions across Europe and from around the world. The vendor exhibition will include leading companies showing their latest innovations in chemistry and related fi elds.

This Congress is organised under the auspices of the EuCheMS, the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences, which has 50 member societies in total representing 150.000 individual chemists; the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GDCh) is the host society for the Congress.

http://www.euchems-congress2010.org/ecc.htm

The main topics of School-Conference will be:

• Structure and reactivity of organic compounds
• Molecular design and synthesis
• Polymers, organic materials and nanomaterials
• Synthesis of biologically active compounds and medicinal chemistry
• Modern physical methods of investigation and analysis of organic substances and materials
• Advanced trends in organic synthesis.

http://web.nioch.nsc.ru/school2010/

Introduction

Applications of late metal catalysed cross-coupling reactions, involving activation of C-X and C-H bonds (X = halogen), are common place in the synthesis of natural products, therapeutic agents, biological probes, and advanced materials.
Cross-coupling reactions can be simplified by removing the need for reactant prefunctionalisation, although historically this has been difficult to achieve selectively. The organometallic chemistry community has worked on this problem for many years (mainly from a mechanistic perspective), with important advances being made. Very recently (over the last five years or so) the organic community has begun to explore the opportunities for this chemistry in terms of synthetic applications. The synthetic community has recently been alerted to emerging, alternative technologies, and it is now clear that C-H functionalisation processes are set to transform modern synthetic chemistry, in some cases eliminating the need for substrate activation protocols.

Themes

The meeting will highlight the importance of catalytic bond activation in cross-coupling chemistry. The latest research will be presented and discussed.
Key topics that will be covered in the discussion meeting include:

• Synthetic chemistry (including applications)
• Inorganic and Organometallic chemistry
• Reaction mechanism (physical organic and organometallic chemistry)
• Transition metal catalysis
• Applications of C-H and C-X bond activation in organic synthesis

Who should attend?

DD12 will bring together the organic, organometallic, and inorganic (coordination chemistry) communities from academia and industry to discuss the current state of the art, the development and future of late metal-catalysed cross-coupling strategies of C-X and C-H bonds.

http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/DD12/index.asp

The International Conference on Applied Chemistry is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Applied Chemistry. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Chemical, Environmental, and Process Engineering:

Environmental engineering and sustainable development; Process design and optimization; Product innovation, development and economics; Process intensification; Nanotechnology; New materials & structured products; Intelligent polymers; Green organic synthesis routes; Process integration; Environmental engineering & management; Sustainable & clean technologies; SCF as solvent substitutes

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Fundamentals:

Chemical engineering fundamentals; Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Chemical engineering educational challenges and development; Chemical reaction engineering; Chemical engineering equipment design and process design; Thermodynamics; Catalysis & reaction engineering; Particulate systems; Rheology; Multifase flows; Interfacial & colloidal phenomena; Transport phenomena in porous/granular media; Membranes and membrane science; Crystallization; Distillation, absorption and extraction; Ionic liquids/electrolyte solutions

Multi-scale and/or Multi-disciplinary Approaches:

Process system, instrumentation and control; Product engineering and product development; Product design & innovation; Nanomanufacturing; Controlled release of the active ingredient; Energy & nuclear sciences; Energy and environment; CFD & chemical engineering; Food engineering; Nanomaterials; Particle technology; Mathematical modeling in chemical engineering; Macromolecular Science and Engineering; Advanced materials processing

Systematic Methods and Tools for Managing the Complexity:

Multiscale modeling; Process synthesis & design; Process control & operations; Process Safety Management; Supply chain management & business decision support; Advances in computational & numerical methods; Safety & risk management systems; Systems biology; Economics and Business Management; Process Analytical Technology - PAT; Software architecture, standards and interfaces

Integration of Life Sciences & Engineering:

Biochemical Engineering; Biotechnology; Product Engineering in the Bio Industries; Self-organisation in the Bio-sciences and elsewhere; Delivery of the final product; Biotechnology applied to production of new and better quality food; Physical chemistry and thermodynamics for life sciences and biotechnology; Improvement of environmental remediation processes; Food process technology and engineering; The impact of bio-based polymeric materials; Biochemical and bio-molecular engineering; Bioengineering and biomedical engineering; Biological and Medicinal Chemistry; Energy and environment; Forest product processing; Milk product processing

http://www.waset.org/conferences/2010/amsterdam/icac/index.php

It is a great honor to extend a cordial invitation to participate at the "11th International Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Africa (11 ICCA)” organized by Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University and African Association of Pure and Applied Chemistry (AAPAC), and will be held in Luxor, Egypt from 20th to 23rd November 2010.

Numerous scientists from various universities, industries and research institutes from all over the world will participate in one of the important scientific events in Africa and a reference for professionals from all over the world in the subjects of “The Role of Chemistry in Development of Africa”. The conference will comprise oral presentations from the invited speakers who will present their experience and recommended ideas of their specialities and topics in chemistry for development of Africa.This conference and exhibition will present challenges and opportunities for national and international organizations who are engaged in the fields of research in chemistry to meet scientists, engineers, other professionals and decision makers.

We cordially welcome you to experience all of these and have an informative and enjoyable time in Egypt and to visit Luxor.

http://www.sohag-univ.edu.eg/conf11icca/index.html

This conference will cover recent developments in biocatalysis in both academe and industry including topics such as enzyme discovery, directed evolution of enzymes, scale-up of biocatalytic processes, novel screening methods, metagenomics, pathway engineering and other areas of related research. The conference will be of interest to those working in the fields of organic chemistry, microbiology, biocatalysis and bioprocess development.

http://www.zingconferences.com/index.cfm?page=conference&intConferenceID=69&type=conference/

Natural products continue to play an important role in the discovery of novel bioactives and isolating novelties, and understanding and engineering the biosynthesis of complex natural products are important directions in natural products research.
Also, the development of methods in organic synthesis is continually stimulated by the challenge to construct complex natural product skeletons and achieving total syntheses.
This conference will focus on modern aspects of the synthesis and biosynthesis of natural products.
This meeting develops from two previous and highly successful conferences in this series.
Plenary and Invited lectures from distinguished investigators are key features of the conference. These lecturers have been carefully chosen to highlight new developments in the field of natural products research.
Slots will remain available for presentations from suitable abstracts, and delegates who what to present in poster format are most welcome.
The participation of younger scientists is particularly encouraged and there will be ample opportunity for informal discussions in an attractive and productive environment.

http://www.zingconferences.com/index.cfm?page=conference&intConferenceID=72