9 May 2025

35th SCI Fine Chemicals Group Postgraduate Symposium

Organised by:

University of Strathclyde, UK / Online Webinar (Hybrid)

Prices start from £0

Registration closes on Friday 25th April at 17.00

Synopsis

This conference will showcase exceptional research from final year PhD students and provides the opportunity to network and share ideas. The subjects covered will be wide ranging within organic chemistry such as synthesis, mechanistic studies, methodology, medicinal chemistry or analysis and computational.

Attendees

The majority of attendees are expected to be academic and industrial researchers including postgraduate students who will be presenting their work, but this event is open to all and free to attend.

The event will be run as a hybrid event which allows remote attendance in addition to in person attendance. Please select only one option when registering (in-person OR online attendance).

Call for abstracts

Contributions are invited from those working in all areas of organic and medicinal chemistry.

• Oral paper (20 minutes plus Q&A, 5 minutes)

An abstract of maximum one A4 page or 300 words indicating title, authors should be sent to conferences@soci.org by Friday 21 March 2025 with the subject line “FCG 35th Post-graduate symposium - abstract submission” Oral presentation slots are inevitably limited and will be allocated to achieve a balanced programme. Topics should cover research results and may have already been presented elsewhere. An abstract template can be downloaded. Prizes will be awarded for the best presentation.

Sponsorship

Please see the sponsorship pack and email conferences@soci.org to let us know which package you are interested in.

Programme

Friday 9 May 2025

10:00: Registration
10:30: Welcome
Session 1
10:35: Ynamines as next-generation click handles for the synthesis of antibody-drug conjugates
Eilidh McKay, GSK/University of Strathclyde
11:00: Bisarylbutadiyne scaffolds for ratiometric pHi sensing with Raman microscopy
Daniel Powell, GSK/University of Strathclyde
11:25: Aldehyde−Olefin couplings via sulfoxylate-mediated oxidative generation of ketyl radical anions
Zhihang Li, University of Bristol
11:50: Lunch
: Session 2
12:40: Nucleophilic amination of aryl halides with an azanide (–NH2) surrogate
Bradley Cooper, The University of Manchester
13:05: Development of next generation quorum sensing inhibitors of BDSF
Michelle O'Driscoll, University College Cork
13:30: The development of a dynamic kinetic resolution to access novel C–N atropisomeric scaffolds
Aaron Campbell, Newcastle University
13:55: Enantioselective arylative dearomatisation via electrostatically-directed palladium catalysis
Maximilian Kadarauch, University of Cambridge
14:20: Refreshment break
: Session 3
14:40: Cyclobutyl building blocks: A platform for fragment elaboration
Will Butler, University of York
15:05: Switchable SuFEx & SNAr reactivity of sulfonimidoyl fluorides to access diverse sulfonimidamides
Domonique Deans, Imperial College London
15:30: Palladium-catalysed addition of aryl halides to N-sulfinylamines for the synthesis of sulfinamides
Mingkai Wei, University of Oxford
15:55: Judging and discussions
16:05: Prizes and close of event

Accessibility Grants

SCI accessibility grants are available to support SCI members with disabilities, long term health conditions, those who require a carer, and members who are nursing parents to attend SCI events. Download an application form to apply for a grant.

Venue and Contact

Strathclyde University

Thomas Graham Building
295 Cathedral Street
Glasgow
G1 1XL

Conference Team

Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 1561

Email: conferences@soci.org

Fees

This event is free to attend.

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Booking Process/Deadlines

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CPD Info

All delegates attending this meeting are able to claim CPD points.

Organising committee

Mike Clegg, MSD
Charlotte Dalton, CatSci
Chris Jones, QMUL
Helen Jones, AstraZeneca