Lecture Title:Stereoselective Construction of Challenging C-C Bonds and the Development of Antimetastatic Agents

Lecture Time: 14:30-16:30, June 23, 2026

Lecture Venue: Conference Room 102, Main Building

Speaker: P. Andrew Evans

Affiliation:Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University

Speaker Introduction: Professor P. Andrew Evans is the Alfred R. Bader Chair of Organic Chemistry and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Organic and Organometallic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Queen’s University. He is also a Changjiang Scholar at Central South University in China.His recent awards include the R. U. Lemieux Award, the Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award, the Harry and Carol Mosher Award, a Changjiang Scholar Award, an ACS Cope Scholar Award and the RSC Pedler Award. Professor Evans has held editorial roles as an Associate Editor for Chemical Communications and Synthesis. He is also the former Editor-in-Chief and current President of Organic Reactions. He has published over 150 papers, articles, reviews, book chapters and monographs and has delivered more than 500 plenary and invited lectures.

Lecture Abstract: The seminar will explore the development and application of new stereoselective C-C bond-forming reactions in the synthesis of bioactive agents. Specifically, it will highlight a novel dynamic kinetic resolution of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, the catalytic asymmetric alkylation of homoenolates and the development of a concise, efficient and scalable synthesis of antimetastatic agents.

Host Organizations: College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering