Symposium

CHIRALITY AND CRYSTALLIZATION

Friday 20 June 2008
Radboud University Nijmegen

Programme and list of speakers

10:00 - 10:10   Welcome and introduction
                        E. Vlieg (IMM) and J. Lemmens (Synthon)

10:10 - 10:55   Resolution via crystallization: a 'Solid' Solution?
                        G. Coquerel (University Rouen)

10:55 - 11:20   Coffee break

11:20 - 11:45   Polymorphism and Migratory Chiral Resolution of the Antidepressant Venlafaxine
                        J. van Eupen (Synthon)

11:45 - 12:10   What constitutes a polymorph? The case of solid-state disorder in Ondansetron
                        M.A. Deij (Avantium)

12:20 - 13:20   Buffet Lunch

13:30 - 14:15   "Mirror Symmetry Breaking" with Racemic Crystals and Rippled (Racemic) beta-Sheets
                        M. Lahav (Weizmann Institute)

14:15 - 14:40   Studying Structure and Dynamics in Crystals with Solid State NMR
                        E.R.H. van Eck (IMM)

14:40 - 15:05   Determining chirality using X-ray diffraction
                        R. Hooft (Bruker AXS)

15:05 - 15:30   Coffee break

15:30 - 15:55   Enantiomeric transformation under solid-liquid near-equilibrium conditions
                        B. Kaptein (DSM)

15:55 - 16:20   How to enhance Ostwald ripening for complete deracemization
                        W. Noorduin (IMM)

16:20 - 16:30    Closing

16:30 - 17:30    Drinks and nibbles


Synthon BV
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kristallografie
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kristalgroei
Institute for Molecules and Materials