Organic Electrochemistry in Honor of Jean Lessard

Monday, 29 May 2017: 08:00-12:00
Grand Salon C - Section 16 (Hilton New Orleans Riverside)
Chair:
Mekki Bayachou
08:00
Welcoming Remarks
08:05
09:05
Electrochemically Initiated Formation of Sulfonyl Radicals: Synthesis of Oxindoles Via Difunctionalization of Acrylamides Mediated By Bromide Ion
C. Zeng (Beijing University of Technology, College of Life Science & Bioengineering) and Y. Jiang (Beijing University of Technology)
09:25
Break
10:00
Electrocatalytic Alkene Difunctionalization
N. Fu, G. S. Sauer, and S. Lin (Cornell University)
10:20
Bis-Annulation By Electrocatalysis
S. R. Hussaini (The University of Tulsa), K. Chiba (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), Y. Okada (Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol.), Y. Yamaguchi, I. Yasushi, and T. Shoji (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
10:40
Photoredox Catalyst Based on an Arylimidazole Oxidative Electrochemical Mediator
C. M. Lam and R. D. Little (University of California Santa Barbara)
11:00
Electrochemical Behavior of Toluene in Adiponitrile
G. T. Cheek (United States Naval Academy)
11:40
One-Pot Anodic Thiocyanation and Isothiocyanation of Alkenes
J. Y. Becker (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and A. Levy (Ben_Gurion University of the Negev)