Synthetic Organic Methods Across the Border, SOMAB 2008, Burlington VT

	Symposium Organizer Victor Snieckus Bader Chair in Organic Chemistry Queens University, Canada Contact		Symposium Co-Organizer Toni Rantanen Queens University, Canada Contact

The first “hands across the border” of American-Canadian synthetic chemists occurred at the 2004 NERM symposium in Rochester. It received accolades from participants and the ACS and CSC Divisions of Organic Chemistry (DOCs) in general but especially for highlighting the excellent young organic chemists in the upper NY state and Ontario areas.

This symposium will continue in this aim with a slight geographical shift east. It will provide the opportunity – and hopefully act as a continuing catalyst for regional meetings along the border - for selected young and established American – Canadian synthetic organic chemists to present and their recent research in synthetic method development.

A second, equally important aim, is to allow graduate students to participate and to present talks and posters. A final reason is to foster closer cooperation between the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) and the CSC counterpart throughout the neighbouring countries.

SOMAB 2008 includes a joint session with the NERM2008 Green Chemistry symposium on C-H bond activation, a joint session with the Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, and a joint session with the General Organic Chemistry sessions.

Technical Program

Sunday pm: Medicinal Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Methods across the Border (SOMAB 2008) Joint Session
Monday am: Green Chemistry and SOMAB Joint Session on C-H Bond Activation
Monday pm: Synthetic Organic Methods across the Border, SOMAB 2008

Invited Speakers:

	Synthetic Organic Methods across the Border Stephen Hanessian, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada		Non-Covalent Inhibitors of Cathepsin L Enrico O. Purisima National Research Council Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada
	Iridium- and Palladium-Catalyzed Syntheses of (S)(+) and (R)(-) Coniine from Enantiopure Allylic Alcohol R. Jason Herr,  Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (AMRI)
	Minimizing Substrate Pre-Activation In Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Keith Fagnou, University of Ottawa, Canada		Pd-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation from C-H Bonds: Catalysis, Diastereoselectivity and Enantioselectivity Jin-Quan Yu Scripps Research Institute, California, USA
	Strategy to Form C-C Bond from the Reaction of CH and CH Bonds Chao-Jun Li  McGill University Canada		Regioselective Functionalization of Unreactive C-H Bonds Olafs Daugulis University of Houston USA

Other Organic Chemistry Technical Sessions at NERM2008

Tuesday: The Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award Symposium
Monday pm: Organic Chemistry Posters
Wednesday pm: Organic Chemistry General Sessions