20th Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocycles in Chemistry

Name: 20th Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocycles in Chemistry
Start: 2024-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-08-28T10:30:00.000Z

25 - 28. August 2024

This esteemed event has a rich history dating back to the year 1991. The jubilant 20th BDSHC will be held on 25 – 28 August 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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20th Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocycles in Chemistry

Welcome to the Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocycles in Chemistry!

Previously known as the Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocyclic Chemistry, this esteemed event has a rich history dating back to the year 1991. Over the past three decades, this symposium has been organized in various cities in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia, yet Prague has not had the honor of hosting this remarkable conference—until now. It is with great pride that we announce the hosting of the jubilant 20th edition of the conference here in Prague.

ONLINE REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT FORM

One might be wondering, why to change the name after 33 years? The answer is simple: as chemistry evolves, so must our approach. The name change is not merely symbolic; it signifies our commitment to evolving the conference concept to better serve the scientific community. We aim to broaden the conference’s appeal, welcoming scientists from diverse fields—medicinal chemistry, biological chemistry, material chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and beyond—whose chemistry might not be fully focused on heterocyclic chemistry, but the pivotal role of heterocycles in their work is recognized.

Prague, with its rich history and vibrant scientific community, serves as the perfect place to kick off this transformative change. We extend a warm invitation to join us in August in Prague!

Dr. Lukáš Rýček, M.Sc. (Charles University, Department of Organic Chemistry; Faculty of Science)

News

August 2024: List of posters added

July 2024: Social Programme added

June 2024: Detailed programme added, Shimadzu PhD prize, Accommodation – list of official hotels added

May 2024: List of speakers added, Deadline for the early fee has been extended to June 15th

March 2024: Online registration and abstract form open

February 2024: Framework programme added

January 2024: Website open

Programme

Framework Programme

20th Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocycles in Chemistry - Framework Programme.

Detailed Programme

Sunday, August 25, 2024

14:00 – 14:30 | Opening ceremony

14:30 – 15:30 | Plenary Lecture

Lutz Ackermann (Georg-August-University Göttingen) - Electrocatalyzed C-H Activation with Potential

15:30 – 16:15 | Coffee break

Chair: Miroslav Soural

16:15 – 16:45 | Blue Danube Senior

Martin Putala - Design of Oligothienyl Acenes with Electron Withdrawing Groups as n-type Semiconductors

16:45 – 17:00 | Oral communication 1

Aleš Růžička – The Lightest Metal in Action; Novel Heterocycles, Associates and Clusters of Organolithiums

17:00 – 17:15 | Oral communication 2

Sergio Armantia Matheu – Development of Novel Fluorescent Dyes and Their Application as Probes to Study Biological Processes

17:15 – 17:30 | Oral communication 3

Petra Sőregi – High density information storage through isotope ratio encoding

17:30 – 17:45 | Oral communication 4

Kiryl Vasiutovich – The use of palladium-catalyzed tandem reactions in the synthesis of poly(hetero)cyclic and spirocyclic compounds

17:45 – 18:00 | Oral communication 5

Stanislav Kukla – Merck Lecture – Synple, Safe and Sustainable SnAP Synthesis of Saturated N-Heterocycles

18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome reception

Monday, August 26, 2024

Chair: Martin Putala

9:00 – 9:45 | Invited Lecture

Michal Hocek (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of The CAS) - Modifications of Heterocyclic Nucleobases in Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids for Applications in Chemical Biology

9:45 – 10:05 | Blue Danube Junior

Bartholomäus Pieber (Institute of Science and Technology Austria – ISTA) - Light-Mediated Nickel Catalysis Enabled by Donor-Acceptor Ligands

10:05 – 10:20 | Oral communication 6

Ines Kulašić – Visible-light-induced transformations of pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazolones

10:20 – 10:35 | Oral communication 7

Ivana Weisheitelová – 5-Aryldeazaalloxazine radicals as a new efficient tool in photoreductions

10:35 – 11:00 | Coffee break

Chair: Marko D. Mihovilovic

11:00 – 11:30 | Blue Danube Senior

Péter Kele (Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungary) - Bioorthogonal Modulation of Photoresponsivity and Vice Versa

Péter Kele (Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungary)

11:30 – 11:45 | Oral communication 8

Jure Gregorc – Trifluoromethylthiolation of aromatic amino acids: Peptide late-stage functionalization, local hydrophobicity modulation and selective post-oxidation

11:45 – 12:00 | Oral communication 9

Grisa Princic – Advanced Reagent for Nucleophilic Fluorination

12:00 – 12:15 | Oral communication 10

Antonio Massa – Organocascade reactions of functionalized α-amidosulfones in the asymmetric synthesis of bioactive γ-lactams

12:15 – 12:30 | Oral communication 11

Paulo Paioti – Rapid Synthesis of Diverse Heterocyclic C‒N Atropisomers

12:30 – 12:50 | Blue Danube Junior

Nejc Petek (University of Ljubljana) - Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Vinyl Sulfones and Sulfonamides under Visible Light

12:50 – 14:00 | Lunch

13:40 – 14:40 | Steering Committee meeting

14:00 – 16:00 | Excursion to Chlupáč Anthropological Museum and Minaralogical Museum

16:00 – 18:00 | Boat Cruise at Vltava River

19:00 – 21:00 | Speakers Dinner

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Chair: Péter Kele

9:00 – 9:45 | Invited Lecture

Josep Cornella (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung) - Innovation in Reagents and Catalysts. From Fundamentals to Immediate Application

9:45 – 10:05 | Blue Danube Junior

Branislav Ferko (Slovak University of Technology) - Catalytic Enantioselective Nucleophilic Desymmetrization at P(V)

Branislav Ferko (Slovak University of Technology)

10:05 – 10:20 | Oral communication 12

Rafael Navrátil – Multimetallic Pd- and Ni-Catalyzed C(sp2)–P Cross-Coupling under Aqueous Micellar Conditions

10:20 – 10:35 | Oral communication 13

Luka Jedlovčnik – Towards Selective Deuteration of Diazine Carboxamides via Directed Ortho Metalation

10:35 – 11:00 | Coffee break

Chair: Radek Cibulka

11:00 – 11:30 | Blue Danube Senior

Kamil Paruch (Masaryk University, Brno) - Weakly interacting heterocyclic motifs as the basis of highly selective inhibitors of underexplored protein kinases

11:30 – 11:45 | Oral communication 14

Ondřej Baszczyňski – Phosphorus Self-Immolative Linkers in Prodrug Design

11:45 – 12:00 | Oral communication 15

Jan Chasák – Squaramides as Mycobacterial ATP synthase Inhibitors: Synthetic Pathways, Biological Evaluation & Mechanism of Action

12:00 – 12:15 | Oral communication 16

Jerneja Kladnik – Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Fluorescent Probes for Amyloid β Plaques Imaging

12:15 – 12:30 | Oral communication 17

Andras Kotschy – Induced proximity by heterocycles: molecular glues and beyond

12:30 – 13:45 | Lunch

Chair: Kamil Paruch

13:45 – 14:05 | Blue Danube Junior

Jan Vrána (University of Pardubice) - Utilization of Conventional Lewis Acids as Bases: Complexes of Carboranes with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Catalysts

14:05 – 14:20 | Oral communication 18

Florian Rudroff – A concurrent cascade towards unsymmetric pyrazines – a hell of a smell

14:20 – 14:35 | Oral communication 19

Viktor Iaroshenko – Mechanochemical synthesis of 3-substituted chromones

14:35 – 14:50 | Oral communication 20

Nina Biedermann – A solvent-free ultra-fast Wittig olefination – Diels Alder reaction sequence in one-pot under mechanochemical conditions

14:50 – 15:35 | Invited Lecture

Jérôme Lacour (University of Geneva) - Chiral Trityls as Versatile Property and Reactivity Platforms

15:35 – 16:05 | Coffee break

Chair: Ondřej Baszczyňski

16:05 – 16:35 | Blue Danube Senior

Wolfgang Kroutil (University of Gratz) - Triggering Formation of Heterocycles Using Biocatalysis

16:35 – 16:50 | Oral communication 21

Márton Ferenc Szlávik – Synthesis of electron deficient alkenes: useful building blocks for heterocycle formation

16:50 – 17:20 | Invited Lecture of the Serbian Representative

Igor Opsenica (University of Belgrade) Case studies in the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds: 1H-tetrazol-5-amine, pyrazole, pyrimidine and thiophene derivatives

17:20 – 19:00 | Poster session

19:30 – 23:00 | Conference dinner

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Chair: Wolfgang Kroutil

9:00 – 9:45 | Invited Lecture

Romano Orru (Maastricht University) - Biomimetic Spirocyclizations for the Synthesis of Indole Alkaloids

9:45 – 10:05 | Blue Danube Junior

Szilárd Varga (Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungary) - From Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids to Thianthrenium Salts: A Bioinspired Journey in Organic Synthesis

10:05 – 10:20 | Oral communication 22

Peter Gabko – Concise stereoselective synthesis of 5-substituted 1,2-dihydroxyindolizidines and -pyrrolizidines related to natural alkaloids

10:20 – 10:35 | Oral communication 23

Raju Hazra – Total Synthesis of the Cryptic Secondary Metabolites Acybolins

10:35 – 11:00 | Coffee break

Chair: Martin Kotora

11:00 – 11:30 | Blue Danube Senior

Jernej Iskra (University of Ljubljana) - From Lignocellulosic Biomass to Vanillin and Cellulose Hydrogels

11:30 – 11:45 | Oral communication 24

Wim Dehaen – New efficient methods for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles

11:45 – 12:00 | Oral communication 25

Sándor Balázs Király – Preparation of bridged- and spirocyclic O,N-heterocycles using domino reactions

12:00 – 12:15 | Oral communication 26

Marko D. Mihovilovic – Employing Heterocycles for Quantification and as Redox-Mediators
in Laccase-Catalyzed Starch Oxidation

Closing Remarks

List of speakers

Plenary speaker

Lutz Ackermann (Georg-August-University Göttingen)

Electrocatalyzed C-H Activation with Potential

Invited

Jérôme Lacour (University of Geneva)

Chiral Trityls as Versatile Property and Reactivity Platforms

Josep Cornella (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)

Innovation in Reagents and Catalysts. From Fundamentals to Immediate Application

Romano Orru (Maastricht University)

Biomimetic Spirocyclizations for the Synthesis of Indole Alkaloids

Michal Hocek (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences)

Modifications of Heterocyclic Nucleobases in Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids for Applications in Chemical Biology

Blue Danube Senior

Martin Putala

Design of Oligothienyl Acenes with Electron Withdrawing Groups as n-type Semiconductors

Péter Kele

Bioorthogonal Modulation of Photoresponsivity and Vice Versa.

Kamil Paruch

Weakly Interacting Heterocyclic Motifs as the Basis of Highly Selective Inhibitors of Underexplored Protein Kinases

Wolfgang Kroutil

Triggering Formation of Heterocycles Using Biocatalysis

Jernej Iskra

From Lignocellulosic Biomass to Vanillin and Cellulose Hydrogels

Blue Danube Junior

Bartholomäus Pieber

Light-Mediated Nickel Catalysis Enabled by Donor-Acceptor Ligands

Szilárd Varga

From Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids to Thianthrenium Salts: A Bioinspired Journey in Organic Synthesis

Jan Vrána

Utilization of Conventional Lewis Acids as Bases: Complexes of Carboranes with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Catalysts

Nejc Petek

Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Vinyl Sulfones and Sulfonamides under Visible Light

Branislav Ferko

Catalytic Enantioselective Nucleophilic Desymmetrization at P(V)

Special Guest

Igor Opsenica (University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry)

Case studies in the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds: 1H-tetrazol-5-amine, pyrazole, pyrimidine and thiophene derivatives

Fees & Information

Registration Fees

Early fee - before 31 May 2024

Regular - 600 €
Student - 450 €
Invited Speaker - 0 €
Board Members - 0 €
Accompanying person fee - 100 €
Conference dinner - 90 €

Late fee - after 1 June 2024

Regular - 650 €
Student - 500 €
Invited Speaker - 0 €
Board Members - 0 €
Accompanying person fee - 100 €
Conference dinner - 100 €

Regular Registration Fee includes

Access to all sessions of the scientific programme and exhibition
Symposium bag, Programme and Book of Abstracts
Certificate of Attendance
Welcome reception on Sunday 25 August
Social program on Monday afternoon 26 August
Refreshment during Poster Session
Refreshment during coffee breaks
Lunch Box on Monday 26 August and Tuesday 27 August

Student Registration Fee includes

Access to all sessions of the scientific programme and exhibition
Symposium bag, Programme and Book of Abstracts
Certificate of Attendance
Welcome reception on Sunday 25 August
Social program on Monday afternoon 26 August
Refreshment during Poster Session
Refreshment during coffee breaks
Lunch Box on Monday 26 August and Tuesday 27 August
Accommodation for students at dormitory for 25 August – 28 August for 3 nights in a double room (in - case if interest in this accommodation please click on the on line form respective button)

Accompanying Registration Fee includes

Welcome receptione on 25 August
Social programme on 26 August

Conference dinner

When – 27 August from 19 o' clock, to be paid extra

How to Register

To register for the Symposium, please fill in the Online registration form.

Abstracts

The abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts. The individual contributions in the extent of one A4 page formatted according to the template will be placed without further editing. The authors are responsible for the factual as well as formal correctness of the abstract.

The abstracts as “docx” files are accepted on-line, when indicated in the registration form by selecting “add abstract”.

Important: The submission of a paper DOES NOT substitute the registration for the participation.

Download the abstract template

All abstracts should be received before 31 May 2024 to be included in Book of Abstracts.

Methods of Payment

Registration fees must be paid by one of the following methods:

1. By Credit Card

All major credit cards are accepted (VISA, Eurocard/Master Card). According to the Czech law, credit cards will be charged in local currency / Czech Crowns (CZK) by actual exchange rate.

2. By Bank Transfer

Bank name: Ceska sporitelna
Bank address: Vaclavske namesti 16, Prague 1, Czech Republic, 110 00
Account number: 1942073339
Bank code: 0800
Account name: Congress Business Travel Ltd.
IBAN No.: CZ63 0800 0000 0019 4207 3339
SWIFT/BIC: GIBA CZ PX
Payment details: Symposium variable symbol: 908 + participant´s name (908 John Smith)