Dear Colleague,

On the behalf of the International Advisory Board and the Local Organizing Committee, we cordially invite you to participate in the second

"Frontiers in Organic Synthesis Short Course" (FROST2).

This event will be held in Budapest, October 14-15, 2009, at the prestigious institute of Collegium Budapest (http://www.colbud.hu) Szentháromság utca 2, H-1014 Budapest, in the old Castle District.

FROST2 is organized in association with the American Chemical Society Hungarian Chapter (ACS HC). The course targets innovative areas of organic chemistry which have great future potential. This year, the theme of the course will be,

"Progress in Flow Chemistry".

Topics will include

• High yielding and selective reactions in flow

• Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic synthesis

• Rapid scale-up and reaction optimization

• "Flash" chemistry as an alternative to microwave assisted synthesis

• Case studies

International Advisory Board

• Dr. Ferenc Darvas (UMIT, Hall am Innsbruck, Austria and ThalesNano Inc., Hungary)

• Dr. Marko D. Mihovilovic (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

• Dr. Tibor Soós (Chemical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)

Invited Speakers

• Dr. Daryl R. Sauer: Recent Developments in High-Throughput Synthesis Utilizing Supported Reagents and Flow Chemistry (Abbott Laboratories)

• Prof. Stefan Bräse: High-Throughput Organic Syntheses and Flow Chemistry in Academia: Challenges and Solutions (University of Karlsruhe)

• Prof. Ferenc Darvas: Systems Chemistry, Systems Flow Chemistry: Horizons (ThalesNano Inc.)

• Prof. Shu Kobayashi: Highly Efficient Oxidation and Reduction Using Continuous Flow Systems (University of Tokyo)

• Prof. Marcus Baumann: Development of flow-based Methodologies and their Application to Array and Natural Product Synthesis (University of Cambridge)

• Prof. Martyn Poliakoff: Flow Chemistry in Supercritical Fluids (University of Nottingham)

• Prof. Oliver C. Kappe: From Batch to Flow - Converting Microwave to Flow Chemistry under High Temperature/Pressure Conditions (University of Graz)

• Richard V. Jones: From Batch to Flow Chemistry: Practical Considerations and Scale-up (ThalesNano Inc.)

Poster Session

During the course, we will hold a poster session for Young Investigators (under 30) and the best poster presentation will be awarded.

Registration

Due to the limited space availability, please let us know by return email if you are interested in attending. We will keep you posted on further event details over the coming months. A website will also be available to provide you complete information.

Exhibitors

Looking forward to seeing you in Budapest!

Sincerely,

Ferenc Darvas, PhD
Chairman, International Advisory Board

György Dormán, PhD
Chairman, Local Organizing Committee