| Sunday, July 9 | 
|  | Arrival and mixer | 
 
| Monday, July 10 | 
|  | Morning Session | 
|  | Paul Reider, discussion leader | 
 
 
| 8:45 - 9:10 | Greeting by Gordon Conference Chair and Staff | 
 
 
| 9:10 - 9:55 | Tohru Fukuyama, Rice University Synthetic Studies on Heterocyclic Natural Products
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| 9:55 - 10:15 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Break and photograph | 
 
 
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Jan Bäckvall, University of Uppsala Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds via Stereo- and Regiocontrolled Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions
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| 11:45 - 12:10 | Discussion | 
 
|  | Evening Session | 
|  | Jake Szmuszkowicz, discussion leader | 
 
| 7:00 - 7:30 | James Panek, Boston University Asymmetric Synthesis of Heterocycles Using Chiral Crotylsilane Reagents
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| 7:30 - 7:45 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 7:45 - 8:30 | William Pearson, University of Michigan Alkaloid Synthesis Using 2-Azaallyl Anion Cycloadditions
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| 8:30 - 8:50 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 8:50 - 9:40 | Samuel Danishefsky, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center & Columbia University The Total Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products of Biological Interest
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| 9:40 - 10:05 | Discussion | 
 
| TUESDAY | 
|  | Morning Session | 
|  | Zoltàn Benkö, discussion leader | 
 
| 8:30 - 9:10 | Mark Lautens, University of Toronto Synthetic Approaches to Polycyclics via Heterocyclic Intermediates
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Charles Barnett, Eli Lilly Synthetic Approaches to Folic Acid Analogs of Interest as Oncolytic Agents
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| 10:15 - 10:35 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Break | 
|  | Meeting of GRC Heterocycles Chairs, Past & Future | 
 
 
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Gunda Georg, University of Kansas Taxol Analogues: Semisynthetic and Conformational Studies
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| 11:45 - 12:10 | Discussion | 
 
|  | Evening Session | 
|  | Gretchen Rehberg, discussion leader | 
 
| 7:00 - 7:30 | Laura Kiessling, University of Wisconsin Synthesis of Functional Monovalent and Multivalent Saccharides
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| 7:30 - 7:45 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 7:45 - 8:30 | Viresh Rawal, The Ohio State University Synthetic Approaches to Mycacalamide and Related Natural Products
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| 8:30 - 8:50 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 8:50 - 9:40 | Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University Asymmetric Catalytic Synthesis and Reactions of Epoxides
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| 9:40 - 10:05 | Discussion | 
 
| WEDNESDAY | 
|  | Morning Session | 
|  | George Sheppard, discussion leader | 
 
| 8:30 - 9:10 | Michael Ennis, Upjohn Asymmetric Synthesis of cis-Fused Bicyclic Pyrrolidines and Pyrrolidinones via Chiral Polycyclic Lactams
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 9:30 - 9:55 | John Wood, Yale University The Total Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-K252a/Discussion
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| 9:55 - 10:20 | David Lathbury, SmithKline Beecham A Practical Synthesis of the Milbemycin SB-201561/Discussion
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| 10:20 - 10:50 | Break | 
 
 
| 10:50 - 11:00 | Nominations for 1997 Chair | 
 
 
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Peter Wipf, University of Pittsburgh Synthetic Studies of Lissoclinum Peptides and Structurally Related Natural Products
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| 11:45 - 12:05 | Discussion | 
 
|  | Evening Session | 
|  | James Dittami, discussion leader | 
 
| 7:00 - 7:30 | Robert Gawley, University of Miami Alkylations and Sigmatropic Rearrangements of Metalated Heterocycles
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| 7:30 - 7:45 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 7:45 - 8:30 | Jonathan Ellman, University of California-Berkeley The Simultaneous Synthesis and Evaluation of Heterocycle Libraries
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| 8:30 - 8:50 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 8:50 - 9:40 | Amos Smith, University of Pennsylvania Immunosupressants as Synthetic Targets: FK506, Rapamycin, and Discodermolide
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| 9:40 - 10:05 | Discussion | 
 
| THURSDAY | 
|  | Morning Session | 
|  | Katherine Takaki, discussion leader | 
 
| 8:30 - 9:10 | Jeffrey Stafford, Glaxo Synthesis of Pyrrolidine Containing Medicinal and Natural Products
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Samir Zard, Ecole Polytechnique & CNRS, Gif-Sur-Yvette From Radicals to Heterocycles: Some New Reactions for Organic Synthesis
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| 10:15 - 10:35 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 10:35 - 10:45 | Election of 1997 Chair | 
 
 
| 10:45 - 11:10 | Break | 
 
 
| 11:10 - 11:55 | Yasufumi Ohfune, Osaka City University New Methods for the Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained Amino Acids
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| 11:55 - 12:15 | Discussion | 
 
|  | Evening Session | 
|  | Stuart McCombie, discussion leader | 
 
| 7:15 - 7:45 | Varinder K. Aggarwal, University of Sheffield Sulfur-Mediated Asymmetric Synthesis
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| 7:45 - 8:00 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 8:00 - 8:50 | C.W. Rees, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Some Very Heterocyclic Chemistry
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| 8:50 - 9:10 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Paul Reider Remarks
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| Friday, July 14 | 
|  | Morning Session | 
|  | Mark McMills, discussion leader | 
 
 
| 8:30 - 9:10 | Chris H. Senanayake, Merck Research Laboratories Novel Syntheses of Heterocyclic Non-Peptide AII Receptor Antagonists
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Huw Davies, State University of New York-Buffalo General Synthesis of Tropanes by Reaction of Vinylcarbenoids with Pyrroles
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| 10:15 - 10:35 | Discussion | 
 
 
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Daniel Romo, Texas A&M University Diastereoselective Synthesis and Novel Transformations of 2-Oxetanones/Discussion
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| 11:00 - 11:25 | John Macor, Astra Pharmaceuticals Claisen Rearrangements of 5-Propargyloxyindoles with a Novel Side Product/Discussion
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| 11:25 | Farewell |