XIV International Symposium of Free Radicals

• 14:00–15:00
  Registration
• 15:00–15:10
  Opening
• 15:10–15:20
  Ned Porter ISOFR: Origins, Evolution, and Scientific Legacy
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  From Radical Foundations to Modern Reactivity Design Session supported by Chiesi · Chairperson: Mukund Sibi
• 15:20–15:50
  Bernd Giese University of Fribourg, Switzerland 50 years of the Giese reaction Distinguished Speaker
• 15:50–16:20
  Chrys Chatgilialoglu ISOF-CNR Bologna, Italy; Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Fifty Years of Free Radicals: it's been an incredible journey Distinguished Speaker
• 16:20–17:05
  PL 1Armido Studer University of Münster, Germany Regioselective Pyridine C-H Functionalization and Skeletal Editing
• 17:15–20:30
  Welcome Cocktail & Dinner

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  Designing Radical Reactivity: Catalysis and Reaction Control Session supported by Procos · Chairperson: Bartholomäus Pieber
• 09:00–09:45
  PL 2Abigail Doyle University of California, Los Angeles, USA Phosphine and Photoredox Catalysis
• 09:45–10:10
  IL 1Luca Dell'Amico University of Padova, Italy Mechanistic investigations in light-driven synthetic chemistry: from direct photochemistry to organophotoredox catalysis
• 10:10–10:25
  OC 1Fabio Juliá Universidad de Murcia, Spain Ferrioxalate Photocatalysis
• 10:25–10:40
  OC 2Giacomo E. M. Crisenza University of Manchester, UK Electroreductive Strategies for the Ring-Opening of Heterocycles
• 10:40–11:05
  IL 2David Nicewicz University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA Excited State Acridyl Radical Chemistry
• 11:05–11:30
  Coffee break
• 11:30–11:55
  IL 3Garret Miyake Colorado State University, USA Super-Reducing Organic Photoredox Catalysts ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship
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  From Radical Reactivity to Complex Functional Systems and Materials Session supported by Angewandte Chemie · Chairperson: Kirsten Zeitler
• 11:55–12:20
  IL 4Yang Yang University of California Santa Barbara, USA New Strategies for Stereoselective Radical Biocatalysis
• 12:20–12:35
  OC 3Christoph K. Winkler University of Graz, Austria Radicals Under Enzymatic Control: The Photoenzyme CvFAP as a Platform for New-to-Nature Biocatalysis
• 12:35–13:00
  IL 5Athina Anastasakis ETH Zurich, Switzerland Monomers from Polymers: Reversing Radical Polymerization
• 13:00–14:00
  Lunch and Posters 1
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  Modern Radical Methods in Synthesis and Industry Session supported by Johnson & Johnson · Chairperson: Ciro Romano
• 14:00–14:25
  IL 6Giulia Bergonzini AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden Chemistry at the Forefront: Technology-Enabled Drug Discovery
• 14:25–14:50
  IL 7Shunsuke Chiba Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Skeletal and peripheral remodeling of azaheteroarenes via SET-driven dearomatization
• 14:50–15:15
  IL 8Pier Giorgio Cozzi Department of Chemistry 'Giacomo Ciamician', University of Bologna, Italy Supramolecular Photoactive Titanium Complexes for HAT Reactions
• 15:15–15:30
  OC 4Dmytro M. Volochnyuk Enamine LTD, Kiev, Ukraine Shono-type electrochemical synthesis of cyclic Encarbamates
• 15:30–15:55
  Coffee break
• 15:55–16:20
  IL 9Xin-Yuan Liu Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China Cu/Chiral Anionic Ligand-Catalyzed Enantioselective Radical Reactions Lecture supported by Thieme
• 16:20–17:05
  PL 3Christina White University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Site-Selective C-H Oxidations
• 17:05–18:50
  Posters 1 and wine tasting/beers
• 20:00
  Speakers' Dinner

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  Decoding Radical Reactivity: Physical Organic, Theory and Excited-State Control Session supported by RSC · Chairperson: Joshua Barham
• 09:00–09:45
  PL 4Daniele Leonori RWTH Aachen University, Germany Novel Synthetic Methods in Photochemistry and Photocatalysis
• 09:45–10:10
  IL 10Rob Paton Colorado State University, USA Computational Strategies for Predicting Triplet-State Reactivities and Selectivities
• 10:10–10:35
  IL 11Massimo Bietti Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy Role of Structural and Medium Effects in Chemoselective HAT-based C(sp3)-H Bond Functionalizations
• 10:35–11:00
  IL 12Oliver Wenger University of Basel, Switzerland Organic Radical Reactivity in Photoredox Catalysis
• 11:00–11:30
  Coffee break
• 11:30–11:45
  OC 5Paola Ceroni University of Bologna, Italy Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and photocatalysis: generation of radical anion from S1 and T1 excited states
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  Designing Radical Reactivity: From Methodology to Catalytic Strategy Session supported by Linev System · Chairperson: Patricia Z. Musacchio
• 11:45–12:10
  IL 13Sungwoo Hong Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea A Photocatalytic Platform for Atom Transfer and Diversification via Reversible Triplet Activation of Pyridinium Ylides
• 12:10–12:25
  OC 6Daniele Mazzarella University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy Wired for Stereoselectivity: The Merger of Electrochemistry and Aminocatalysis for SOMO Applications
• 12:25–12:40
  OC 7Huan-Ming Huang ShanghaiTech University, China Radical Based Divergent Synthesis
• 12:40–13:05
  IL 14Franziska Schoenebeck RWTH Aachen University, Germany Radically New Pathways in Metal Catalysis & Beyond
• 13:05–14:10
  Lunch and Posters 2
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  Advanced Radical Methodology: Catalysis, Selectivity and Reaction Design Session supported by Alfatech · Chairperson: Sara Cuadros
• 14:10–14:35
  IL 15David Nagib The Ohio State University, USA Radical Polarity (2.0)
• 14:35–14:50
  OC 8Yoonsu Park KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea Photocatalytic Furan-to-Pyrrole Conversion
• 14:50–15:05
  OC 9Dmitry Katayev University of Bern, Switzerland Radical Ligand Transfer Catalysis for Molecular Design
• 15:05–15:30
  IL 16Kirsten Zeitler Leipzig University, Germany PCET beyond Simple pKa-Related Base Effects
• 16:00
  Guided tours of Bologna
• 20:00
  Gala Dinner (Salotto Boschi)

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  Fundamental Radical Chemistry: Mechanism, Structure and Reactivity in Complex Environments Session supported by BASF · Chairperson: Luca Valgimigli
• 09:00–09:45
  PL 5Takashi Ooi Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University, Japan Development of Organic Radical Catalysts
• 09:45–10:10
  IL 17Olivier Ouari Aix Marseille University / CNRS, Marseille, France The Many Lives of Radicals: Powering Energy Storage and Transforming NMR Spectroscopy
• 10:10–10:35
  IL 18Derek Pratt University of Ottawa, Canada Suppressing Chain Reactions in Subcellular Spaces to Treat Disease
• 10:35–11:00
  IL 19Rebecca Melen School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK Single or Double? A Radical Approach to Frustrated Lewis Pairs
• 11:00–11:30
  Coffee break
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  Translational Radical Chemistry: From Discovery to Application Chairperson: Fabrice Dénès
• 11:30–11:45
  OC 10Patricia Z. Musacchio University of Buffalo, USA A Redesigned Approach to Accessing Cationic Intermediates
• 11:45–12:00
  OC 11Xulián Fernández-González CiQUS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Photoredox driven aminocyclizations in live cells
• 12:00–12:15
  OC 12Anastasios Polyzos University of Melbourne, Australia The Photocatalytic Generation of Carbanion Equivalents
• 12:15–12:40
  IL 20Jesus Alcazar Johnson & Johnson, Toledo, Spain Applications of photochemistry to enable chemical space in Drug Discovery
• 12:40–13:05
  IL 21Cristina Nevado University of Zurich, Switzerland Asymmetric Remote Functionalization of Alkenes
• 13:05–14:00
  Lunch and Posters
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  Radical Reactivity: Mechanism, Design and Molecular Complexity Session supported by the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) · Chairperson: Giorgio Bencivenni
• 14:00–14:25
  IL 22David J. Procter University of Manchester, UK Sulfonium salts and light
• 14:25–14:50
  IL 23Sami Lakhdar CNRS / Université de Toulouse, France Mechanistically Guided Strategies for the Design and Synthesis of Organophosphorus Compounds
• 14:50–15:05
  OC 13John A. Murphy University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland How KOtBu and Other Alkoxides Initiate Radical Reactions
• 15:05–15:20
  OC 14Javier Mateos University of Vienna, Austria Bench-stable Selenium Salts - From Stable Radicals to Red-Light Absorbing Photocatalysts
• 15:20–15:35
  OC 15Bartholomäus Pieber Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Vienna, Austria Photoredox control of SN2 reactivity via synchronized nucleophile and electrophile generation
• 15:35–16:00
  IL 24Corey Stephenson University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Radical Ideas: The Origins and Evolution of Visible-Light Photocatalysis
• 16:00–16:30
  Closing remarks & poster prizes

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