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SUMMARY:Snakes and Ladders on the Pathway to Mechanism - Professor GC Lloy
 d-Jones FRS\, FRSE
DTSTART:20160129T200000Z
DTEND:20160129T210000Z
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CONTACT:Andrea Chlebikova
DESCRIPTION:The talk will take stock what we mean by ‘organic reaction m
 echanism’\, why it is useful\, and how we explore it. Over the last 50 y
 ears or so\, there has been a tremendous evolution of the instrumentation 
 and technology available\, with various tools coming into use\, and others
  going out of fashion. Indeed\, much can now be quickly elucidated using s
 tandard laboratory facilities and instrumentation. Nonetheless\, it still 
 remains easy to be to be fooled by mechanism\, even of what are very simpl
 e processes in the context of the dazzling array of methodologies now avai
 lable for organic synthesis. Drawing predominantly on case studies from my
  laboratories\, there will be examples of successful investigations\, as w
 ell as the pitfalls en route\, perhaps with some indications on how to avo
 id falling into similar ones yourself.
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Rd\,
  CB2 1EW
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