Description
SoCal Merck Symposium 2021
Caltech, UCLA, UC Irvine, and Merck
July 19, 2021, 1:00 to 6:00 pm PST
Event Program (all times PST)
1:00 pm – Carly Brennan, Prescher Group, UCI – Multicomponent Bioluminescence Imaging with Naphthylamino Luciferins
1:20 pm – Nick Hafeman, Stoltz Group, Caltech – The Total Synthesis of (–)-Scabrolide A
1:40 pm – Dr. Makeda Tekle-Smith, Doyle Group, UCLA – Nucleophilic C(sp3)–H Fluorination
2:00 – 2:10 pm – Break
2:10 – 2:20 pm – Molecule of the Month (MOM) rapid pitch presentations
2:20 – 3:00 pm – MOM poster session on GatherTown
3:00 – 3:10 pm – Break
3:10 pm – Andrew Kelleghan, Garg Group, UCLA – Intercepting Fleeting Cyclic Allenes with Transition Metal Catalysis
3:30 pm – Karli Holman, Reisman Group, Caltech – Synthetic Studies Toward Falcatin A
3:50 pm – Alex Lu, Dong Group, UC Irvine – Dynamic Kinetic Intermolecular Hydroacylation
4:10 – 4:20 pm – Break
4:20 pm – Dr. Andrew Neel, Associate Principal Scientist, Merck Process Chemistry – Sampling the Catalytic Spectrum to Deliver an Ideal Manufacturing Route to STING agonist MK-1454
5:00 pm – MOM winners presentation
5:10 – 6:00 pm – GatherTown poster session
Meeting number (access code): 131 835 7557
Meeting password: AXufwG735g3
Password: 2021SCMS