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Literature Seminars

Time limit of ~30 minutes, which allows for discussion throughout and questions at conclusion without exceeding ~45 minutes per speaker. In order to gauge the approximate duration of a seminar, perform at least one practice talk prior to the actual presentation.

All slides should be typewritten or legibly handwritten with text, figures, schemes and tables enlarged enough for the audience to easily view on an overhead or document camera.  Alternatively, you may use your laptop and the projection camera. Your presentation should be printed in hardcopy form and handed out at group meeting.

Recommended topics: total syntheses, synthetic methodology, or career profiles of prominent synthetic chemists. The seminar topic should be general in scope and should encompass more than one paper.

For instructions on how to print your talk in hardcopy form, as well as other useful tips for preparing a seminar, go here.

Divide into two sections:

2 – 3 problems emailed as a .pdf file to Christle one week prior to group meeting.

A hardcopy of the 2-3 problems, plus an additional 1 – 2 problems should be handed out at group meeting. Please include literature references for all problems in this handout. 

Each problem should be limited to a single transformation/mechanism, and attempting to solve the problem should not be dependent on having solved previous problems. There should be a structure or a molecular formula in the product.

People assigned problem set should bring food and beverages for the break between the presentations and problem set.

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