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ESOR-VI ------- 6th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity All details on http://www.chim.ucl.ac.be/CHIM/ESOR.html (!case sensitive) Louvain-la-Neuve 24 - 29 July 1997 _______________________________________ The Catholic University of Louvain, located in the Belgian city of Louvain la Neuve, will host the next conference entitled "European Symposium on Organic Reactivity". This will be the sixth edition of a series of successful meetings held in Paris (1987), Padova (1989), G�teborg (1991), Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1993) and Santiago de Compostela (1995). Location ________ Louvain-la-Neuve is located about 30 km south of Brussels in the french-speaking part of Belgium. The Conference site will be part of the academic facilities of the Catholic University of Louvain (U.C.L.). Scientific Programme ____________________ The meeting will be devoted to all aspects of physical organic chemistry. The conference programme will focus on three main topics : 1. Mechanisms and reactivity in organic, bioorganic and organometallic chemistry, including theoretical approaches 2. Photochemical and electron transfer activation processes 3. Molecular recognition and enzyme mechanism. The programme will include 12 plenary lectures, two parallel sessions with their own invited lectures. A limited number of oral presentations will be selected among the submitted contributions. Two separate poster sessions are planned on Friday afternoon and Monday afternoon with comfortable discussion times. The Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry will devote an issue to the publication of proceedings of the Symposium. Active participants are invited to submit their communications as short papers (4 pages in the Journal) to be included in this issue. Manuscripts (~10 pages) should be typed double-spaced; an original and three copies, each one accompanied by artwork should be supplied. They will be collected during the symposium and will be evaluated by reviewers. Plenary lectures ________________ Twelve well-known scientists hace agreed to give Plenary Lectures on the following topics : V. Balzani,University of Bologna, Italy, Supramolecular photochemistry. S.J. Benkovic,The Pennsylvania State University, USA, Perspective on biocatalysis. F. Diederich,Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, From supramolecular chemistry to medicinal chemistry. J.B. Engberts,University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Vesicles formed from synthetic amphiphiles. Fusogenic behavior and applications as drug carrier systems. J. Fr�chet,California University - Berkeley, USA, Designing for novel macromolecular architectures:from concept to applications. B.Giese,University of Basel, Switzerland, Reactivity of DNA radicals. Y. Kishi,Harvard University, USA, Synthetic studies in the field of natural product chemistry. H. Mayr,Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, Linear free enthalpy relationship : a powerful tool for the design of organic or organometallic syntheses. R. Noyori,Nagoya University, Japan, Asymmetric hydrogenation : mechanistic aspects. M. Poliakoff,University of Nottingham, U.K., Intermediates in organometallic chemistry. P. von Rague Schleyer,University of Erlangen-N�rnberg, Germany, Organic reactivity and computational chemistry. I. Willner,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Electroenzymes, photoenzymes and command surfaces - Tailored assemblies for optobioelectronic devices. Invited Lectures: two parallel sessions A & B ________________ Session A C. Amatore (Ecole Normale Sup�rieure, France), Homogeneous catalysis by Palladium complexes and electrochemistry. P. Chen (E.T.H. Zurich, Switzerland), A physical organic journey from carbenes and biradicals to drug design and catalysis. J.P. Guthrie (Western Ontario University, Canada), Predicting the rates of organic reactions: a simple model using multidimensional Marcus theory. P.M. Maitlis (Sheffield University, UK), New explorations in metal catalysed reactions. A.-F. Noels (Universit� de Li�ge, Belgium), From olefin cyclopropanation to olefin metathesis through catalyst engineering. Applications to fine organic synthesis and to polymer chemistry. H.-U. Siehl (Ulm Universit�t, Germany), New results on quantum chemical and experimental NMR investigations of carbocations. S. Steenken (Max Planck Institut M�lheim, Germany), Generation of carbenium ions by protonation of photochemically produced carbenes and ylides - their reactivities with nucleophiles. O. Wennerstr�m (Chalmers Univ.Gothenburg, Sweden), Can one photon rearrange many cis double bonds ?. M. Yanez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain), Some anomalous reactivities in the gas phase. An MO theory rationalization. Session B E. Baciocchi (Univ.Roma la Sapienza, Italy), Mechanistic aspects of oxidation reactions promoted by cytochrome P-450 and peroxydases. D.R. Boyd (Queens University Belfast, North Ireland), Asymmetric oxidation: the dioxygenase-catalysed route. N.E. Geacintov (New-York University, USA), Reactivities of mutagenic metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with DNA: structural, photochemical and biological consequences. J.F. Kirsch (California University - Berkeley, USA), Genetic engineering approaches to enzyme design and mechanistic analysis. A. Marquet (Universit� Paris 6, France), In vivo formation of C-S bonds: radical chemistry under reducing-conditions. J. P�ri� (Universit� de Toulouse, France), Glycolytic enzymes: mechanistic studies and posible targets for new leads against parasitic diseases. D.N. Reinhoudt (Twente Universiteit, The Netherlands), Aspects of supramolecular chemistry. J.P. Richard (University at Buffalo, USA), Mechanistic imperatives for enzymatic catalysis of aldol condensation and aldose-ketose isomerization reactions. Social Events _____________ The social programme for Conference participants includes the following events : Thursday : Welcome drink and get-together sandwich buffet at lunchtime Thursday evening : Concert Friday evening : Belgian Cheese and Beer party at the end of the poster session Sunday afternoon : Excursion to Brussels (New Art Horta, exhib.P.Delvaux, brewery) Monday evening : Conference Dinner A Programme for accompanying participant has been arranged for the whole conference period. Have a trip into Belgium by: http://belgium.fgov.be http://W3.win-uk.net/~belganet Registration fees ( BEF Belgian francs) _________________ -before April 15, Normal 10 000, Industry 15 000, Student 5 000, Accompanying partic. 2 000 -after April 15, Normal 12 500, Industry 18 000, Student 6 000, Accompanying partic. 2 000 Acomodations ____________ Hotel reservation will be handled by LD Organisation (Mrs Lydie Differding) route de Blocry 55, 1348-Louvain la Neuve (Belgium), tel & fax: 32-(0)10.454777, Email: lydie.differding@skynet.be Details are on Esor Webpage. Organizing Committees _____________________ Local Organizing committee -------------------------- Chairmen :Prof. J. Fastrez and Prof. L. Ghosez (U.C.L., Louvain la Neuve) Conference Secretary :Prof. M. Devillers (U.C.L., Louvain la Neuve) Administration :Ing. C. Drossart (U.C.L., Louvain la Neuve) Members : Dr. O. B Nagy (U.C.L., Louvain la Neuve) Prof. P. De Clercq (R.U.G., Gent) Prof. F. De Schryver (K.U.L., Leuven) Prof. L. Hevesi, (F.U.N.D.P., Namur) Prof. F. Kirsch-Demesmaeker (U.L.B., Brussels) Prof. A. Laschewsky (U.C.L., Louvain la Neuve) Prof. J. Marchand-Brynaert (U.C.L., Louvain la Neuve) Prof. J.-P. Soumillion (U.C.L., Louvain la Neuve) International Advisory Committee -------------------------------- Prof. P. Ahlberg (Chairman, G�teborg, Sweden) Dr. M. Eckert-Maksic (Zagreb, Croatia) Prof. J. Engberts (Groningen, Netherlands) Dr. R. Leis (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) Dr. H. Maskill (Newcastle upon Tyne, England) Prof. R. More O'Ferrall (Dublin, Ireland) Prof. P. M�ller (Gen�ve, Switzerland) Prof. M. Page (Huddersfield, England) Prof. Z. Rappoport (Jerusalem, Israel) Prof. M.-F. Ruasse (Paris, France) Prof. G. Scorrano (Padova, Italy) Prof. U. Siehl (Ulm, Germany) Sponsorship ----------- Universit� catholique de Louvain D.S.M. Research, The Netherlands EG & G Instruments, Benelux Eurobug Computers Belgium Exxon Chemical Europe FUJI Film Belgium - Cin�bel Wavre Belgium Group Tessenderlo Chemie Belgium Institut de Recherche P.FABRE, France Interbrew Janssen Pharmaceutica Research Foundation, Belgium Procter & Gamble Sigma-Aldrich-Fluka, Belgium Thermo Separation Products Belgium (T.S.P.) Union Chimique Belge VEL Belgium For further information, please refer to the Scientific Secretariat of the Conference : Prof. M. Devillers,ESOR-VI Conference Secretary Catholic University of Louvain Laboratory of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry 1 place Louis Pasteur, B-1348 Louvain la Neuve , Belgium Tel. : 32-10 47 28 27 Fax : 32-10 47 28 36 e-mail : devillers@inan.ucl.ac.be or get a moment to see our page maintained by Claude Drossart at: http://www.chim.ucl.ac.be/CHIM/ESOR.html To receive the Application Form for this Symposium, please print and fill in the following form, send it to the Conference Secretary ( or an Email with the same information). DO NOT SEND YOUR REPLY TO THE LIST ! _______________________________________________________________ Title : Prof. - Dr. - Mr. - Mrs. (circle when applicable or cross out useless mention) Name : ____________________________________________________________ First Name : ____________________________________________________________ Institution : ____________________________________________________________ Address : ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ tel:_________________ fax:_____________________ e-mail:__________________________________________ I intend to present a short contribution preferably as oral presentation preferably as a poster I have no preference between oral and poster presentation