The Holger Erdtman Lectures
Annual lectures from highly distinguished young scientists in the organic chemistry field. In recognition of Holger Erdtman, Professor of organic chemistry at KTH between 1945 and 1969. Sponsored by the Aulin-Erdtman foundation.
2022 - the 22st Holger Erdtman lectureAlberto Credi University of Bologna (Italy) “Supramolecular chemistry in action: molecular machines and motors" |
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2019 - the 21st Holger Erdtman lectureDavid J. Procter University of Manchester, Manchester (UK) “Cascades, catalysis and chiral ligand control with SmI2: The rebirth of a reagent" |
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2018 - the 20th Holger Erdtman lectureVy M. Dong University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California (USA) "A few of my favorite rings: Catalysis inspired by macrocycles" |
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2017 - the 19th Holger Erdtman lectureOliver Trapp Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (Germany) "From Self-Amplification of Chirality to the Imaging of the Absolute Configuration by Coulomb Explosion" |
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2016 - the 18th Holger Erdtman lectureKenichiro ItamiNagoya University, Nagoya (Japan) "Exploring Nanocarbon Materials and Plant Biology by C-H Activation" |
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2015 - the 17th Holger Erdtman lectureTobias Ritter Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung / Harvard University (Germany/USA) "Late-Stage Fluorination for PET Imaging" |
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2014 - the 16th Holger Erdtman lecturePaolo MelchiorreICIQ - Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Tarragona (Spain) ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona (Spain) "Photochemical Organocatalytic Processes" |
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2013 - the 15th Holger Erdtman lectureFrank GloriusWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster (Germany) "Mild, versatile and strategic: C–H-activation and asymmetric arene hydrogenation" |
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2012 - the 14th Holger Erdtman lectureMichael J. KrischeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin (USA) "Hydrogenation for C-C Bond Formation" |
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2011 - the 13th Holger Erdtman lectureLutz AckermannInstitute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen (Germany) "Metal-Catalyzed C-H-Bond Functionalizations" |
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2010 - the 12th Holger Erdtman lectureHelma WennemersDepartment of Chemistry, University of Basel (Switzerland) "Bioinspired Chemistry Using the Different Faces of Peptides: Molecular Scaffolds, Asymmetric Catalysis and Ag-Nanoparticles" |
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2009 - the 11th Holger Erdtman lectureJoost ReekVan't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) "New Supramolecular Strategies in Transition Metal Catalysis" |
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2008 - the 10th Holger Erdtman lectureMatthew GauntDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge (UK) "New Catalytic Strategies for Chemical Synthesis" |
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2007 - the 9th Holger Erdtman lectureJeffrey BodeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania (USA) "Organic Redox Reactions for Enantioselective Annulations and Chemoselective Ligations" |
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2006 - the 8th Holger Erdtman lectureJérôme LacourDepartment of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva (Switzerland) "Chiral Ions in Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis" |
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2005 - the 7th Holger Erdtman lectureDonna G. BlackmondDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College (UK) "The Origin of Biological Homochirality: How Catalysis May Have Played a Role" |
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2004 - the 6th Holger Erdtman lectureDavid W. C. MacmillanDepartment of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology (USA) "Enantioselective Organocatalysis. New Catalysis Concepts of Broad Utility to Chemical Synthesis" |
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2003 - the 5th Holger Erdtman lectureChris HunterDepartment of Chemistry, University of Sheffield (UK) "Quantitative Approaches to Molecular Recognition" |
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2002 - the 4th Holger Erdtman lectureDan YangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong (China) "Synthetic Organic Chemistry Approach for Understanding Biological Mechanisms" |
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2001 - the 3rd Holger Erdtman lectureAri KoskinenDepartment of Chemical Technology Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Helsinki University of Technology (Finland) "Conformational Control in Stereoselective Synthesis" |
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2000 - the 2nd Holger Erdtman lectureGregory C. FuDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) "Asymmetric Catalysis with Planar-Chiral Heterocycles" |
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1999 - the 1st Holger Erdtman lectureErick M. CarreiraChemistry department, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (Switzerland) "Asymmetric Synthesis with Transition Metal Catalysts" |