"Total Syntheses of Nannocystins and Biomimetic Syntheses of Natural Products"

Recent Findings for Construction of C-C and C-X (N, O and S) Bonds: Heterocycle Synthetic Challenges and Methylsulfenylation of Activated Carbons.

by Prof. Giovanni Wilson Amarante

Associate Professor – Chemistry Department – Federal University of Juiz de Fora – Brazil.   

The study of energy transfer (ET) processes is a cornerstone of modern physical and inorganic chemistry, which is driven by growing demand in efficient energy transfer and conversion, necessary to build a sustainable energy society independent from fossil fuels. Specifically, materials with a predesigned pathway for ET can address the urgent needs in fast enhancement of material performance in areas ranging from optoelectronic devices to photocatalytic systems and, thereby, drastically modify the existing energy and material landscape.

Chemical Tools for Selective Recognition of Posttranslational Modifications and Enzymes

Title" Surfing the ground and excited state energy surfaces towards new applications in chemical biology"

Synthesis of newly designed molecules continues to be a serious rate limiting step in drug discovery. Accelerating this RTS means investing only in synthetic sequences that are more likely to work. Structural diversifications, different substitution patterns, unique heterocyclic systems and arrays of functionalities etc. can lead to unexpected reactivities. Retrospective analyses of our collection of interesting observations with quantum mechanics provided tremendous insight on why certain substrates and reactions behaved differently.