Naoya Kumagai

Date: 

Friday, October 19, 2018, 4:15pm to 5:15pm

Location: 

Pfizer Lecture Hall
Professor Naoya Kumagai, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.  "Chemistry Empowered by Unique Heterocycles."  Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award.  Abstract:  Identification of new molecular entities opens a new avenue in chemistry on a broad basis. This talk introduces the development of unique heterocyclic compounds and architectures that are responsible for specific functions in catalysis and peculiar properties as materials.