Highlights From The 43rd Euchem Conference On Stereochemistry, Buergenstock, Switzerland, April 2008

摘要

12 April 2008, 118 industrial and academic scientists with interests spanning the chemical sciences arrive at Hotel Fiirigen. Perched 200 m above Lake Lucerne on the northern edge of the Alps, Buergenstock has once again provided a beautiful setting for this renowned conference. Nature's interpretation of 'spring' (sunshine, rain, fog and snow) proved to be as broad as the vibrant interpretation of 'stereochemistry' drawn up by this year's president Don Hilvert (ETH Zuerich) and the organising committee of Francois Diederich (ETH Zuerich), E. Peter Kuendig (Universite de Geneve), Klaus Mueller (Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel), Philippe Renaud (Univer-sitaet Zuerich) and Jay Siegel (Universitaet Zurich). In keeping with tradition, the conference programme and list of attendees were not revealed to any of the participants, including this year's guest of honour Deiter Seebach (ETH Zuerich), until the start of the conference. This year's conference spanned organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry and biochemistry, the highlights of which are discussed below.