Congress

Past Biennial Meetings

2024

The 29th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress took place from 21st-26th July, 2024 in Aveiro, Portugal.

Program and Abstracts

Awards Presentations

Chairs

Teresa Pinho e Melo and Artur Silva

Plenary Lecturers

E. Anderson   C. Correia   A. Echavarren   F. Glorius

J. Lindsey   R. Moreira   B. Olofsson   M. Tobisu

E. C. Taylor Senior Award – Mark Lautens

Katritzky Junior Award – Ryan Shenvi

ISHC Industrial Award – Jeffrey T. Kuethe

2022

The 28th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress took place from 28thAugust-2ndSeptember, 2022 in Santa Barbara, California.

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Christopher Vanderwal

Plenary Lecturers

F. Arnold   E. Carreira   L.-C. Campeau   V. Dong   J. Fox

M. Gaunt   M. Inoue   M. Kozlowski   A. Zakarian

E. C. Taylor Senior Award – Viresh H. Rawal

Katritzky Junior Award – Sarah E. Reisman

ISHC Industrial Award – Rémy Angelaud

2019

The 27th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress took place from 1st-6th September, 2019 in Kyoto, Japan.

Program and Abstracts
Photograph of Participants
Photograph of Poster Prize Winners

Chairs

Shuji Akai and Yasuyuki Kita

Plenary Lecturers

T. Aida   M. W. Hosseini   P. Knochel   D. Ma   S. Matile

S. Miller   M. Shibasaki   H. Suga   H. Waldmann

E. C. Taylor Senior Award – Dale L. Boger

Katritzky Junior Award – Richmond Sarpong

ISHC Industrial Award – Guy Humphrey

2017

The 26th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress took place in Regensburg, Germany in September 2017. At this congress the program and abstracts were provided electronically for the first time, and the ISHC Industrial Award was initiated.

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Oliver Reiser

Plenary Lecturers

H. M. L. Davies    A. Fürstner    K. A. Jørgensen    B. List    C Nevado

S. E. Reisman    I. Ryu    K. A. Scheidt    J. D. Sutherland

E. C. Taylor Senior Award – Yasuyuki Kita

Katritzky Junior Award – Christopher D. Vanderwal

ISHC Industrial Award – Martin D. Eastgate

2015

The 25th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress took place in Santa Barbara, California in August 2015. This congress saw the Senior Award renamed in honor of Edward C. Taylor (1923-2017).

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Thomas Pettus

Plenary Lecturers

P. Baran    A. B. Charette    L. E. Overman    D. Toste    M. Shair

E. Sorensen    B. Stolz    M. C. White    J. L. Wood

E. C. Taylor Senior Award – Janine Cossy

Katritzky Junior Award – Hidetoshi Tokuyama

2013

The 24th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress took place in Shanghai, China in September 2013.

Chair

Biao Yu

Plenary Lecturers

E. Carreira    T. Fukuyama    K. C. Nicolaou    X. Qian

W. R. Roush    M. Shibasaki    H. Waldmann

ISHC Senior Award – Stephen F. Martin

Katritzky Junior Award – Tomislav Rovis

2011

The 23rd International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Glasgow, Scotland in August 2011.

Chair

Colin Suckling

Plenary Lecturers

M. Abou-Gharbia    T Carell    A. Fürstner    A. B. Holmes    C. O. Kappe    D. Ma

D. W. C. MacMillan    G. Mehta    D. O’Hagan    J. A. Secrist III    E. C. Taylor    A. Wood

ISHC Senior Award – Scott E. Denmark

Katritzky Junior Award – Philip S. Baran

2009

The 22nd International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in St John’s, Newfoundland in August 2009.

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Mohsen Daneshtalab

Plenary Lecturers

N. De Kimpe    T. Fukuyama    S. Hanessian    T. Honda

S. V. Ley    M. Sibi    R. M. Williams    L. Zhang

ISHC Senior Award – (unclaimed)

Katritzky Junior Award – John L. Wood

2007

The 21st International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Sydney, Australia in July 2007.

Program and Abstracts(1)
Program and Abstracts(2)
Program and Abstracts(3)

Chair

David StC. Black and Roger Read

Plenary Lecturers

T. Aida    T. Bach    R. Danheiser    S. E. Denmark    A. Holmes

S. Ma    M. Murakami    M. Sodeoka    D. Tschaen

ISHC Senior Award – Kyriacos C. Nicolaou

Katritzky Junior Award – David W. C. MacMillan

2005

The 20th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Palermo, Italy in August 2005.

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Girolamo Cirrincione

Plenary Lecturers

P. G. Baraldi    J. Barluenga    D. Curran    T. Hudlicky    M. Ihara    T. Ishikawa

P. Mátyus    M. Reggelin    M. Rizzacasa    M. F. G. Stevens    M. Tiecco

ISHC Senior Award – Larry E. Overman

Katritzky Junior Award – Alois Fürstner

2003

The 19th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Fort Collins, Colorado in August 2003.

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Robert M. Williams

Plenary Lecturers

D. L. Boger    C. Burrows    E. M. Carreira    A. Echavarren    B. Feringa    M. R. Ghadiri

D. W. C. MacMillan    M. Mori    A. G. Myers    Y. Ohfune    C. W. Rees    F. Wudl

ISHC Senior Award – Tohru Fukuyama

Katritzky Junior Award – Peter Wipf

2001

The 18th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Yokohama, Japan in July/August 2001.

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Masakatsu Shibasaki

Plenary Lecturers

J. A. Ellman    K. Fuji    A. Fürstner    R. Grigg    Y. Kishi    L. S. Liebeskind

S.-I. Murahashi    G. Queguiner    T. Shiroiri    B. M. Trost

ISHC Senior Award – Victor Snieckus

Katritzky Junior Award – William H. Pearson

1999

The 17th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Vienna, Austria in August 1999.

Program and Abstracts

Chair

Fritz Sauter

Plenary Lecturers

M. A. Brimble    M. Ciufolini    D. Comins    L. Harwood    A. R. Katritzky

J. Mulzer    A. Pfalz    V. Snieckus    B. Trofimov    Y. Yamamoto

ISHC Senior Award – Albert Padwa

Katritzky Junior Award – Timothy Gallagher

1997

The 16th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Bozeman, Montana in August 1997. This congress saw the introduction of the Katritzky Junior Award named in honor of Alan Katritzky (1928-2014).

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Tom Livinghouse

Plenary Lecturers

A. G. M. Barrett    S. E. Denmark    T. Fukuyama    R. H. Grubbs    L. E. Overman

M. T. Reetz    M. Shibasaki    A. L. Vasella    P. A. Wender    B. Zwanenburg

ISHC Senior Award – Albert I. Meyers

Katritzky Junior Award – Dale L. Boger

1995

The 15th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Taipei, Taiwan in August 1985.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

C.-K. Sha

Plenary Lecturers

C. H. Heathcock    Y. Ito    Y.-T. Lee    S. V. Ley    K. Mori

G. R. Newkome    R. Noyori    E. Vogel    S. M. Weinreb    C.-H. Wong

ISHC Senior Award – Charles W. Rees

1993

The 14th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Antwerp, Belgium in August 1993.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Frank Alderweireldt

Plenary Lecturers

J. K. Barton    J. Elguero    R. Grigg    S. Gronowitz    A. Hassner

T. Hino    P. Marsham    S. F. Martin    U. Pandit    M. Regitz

ISHC Senior Award – Alan R. Katritzky

1991

The 13th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Corvallis, Oregon in August 1991.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

James D. White

Plenary Lecturers

D. A. Evans    H. G. Floss    M. Isobe    P. D. Magnus    K. C. Nicolaou

G. Pattenden    C. W. Rees    I. Shinkai    W. N. Speckamp    E. Winterfeldt

ISHC Senior Award – Wolfgang Pfleiderer

1989

The 12th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Jerusalem, Israel in August 1989.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Alfred Hassner

Plenary Lecturers

J. E. Baldwin    H. C. Brown    P. N. Confalone    C. Kaneko    A. P. Kozikowski

F. Minisci    J. Rebek Jr.    W. Steglich    L. Tietze

ISHC Senior Award – Edward C. Taylor

1987

The 11th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Heidelberg, Germany in August 1987.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Richard Neidlein

Plenary Lecturers

D. Bellus    E. Block    R. Breslow    E. Hahn    G. L’Abbé    W. C. Ripka

H. W. Roesky    A. I. Scott    W. C. Still    K. P. C. Vollhardt    G. Wilke    O. Yonemitsu

ISHC Senior Award – Rolf Huisgen

1985

The tenth International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Waterloo, Ontario in August 1985.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Victor Snieckus

Plenary Lecturers

A. Dondoni    E. Fujita    L. Ghosez    H. W. Geschwend    S. Hanessian    V. Jäger

R. M. Kellogg    L. Overman    A. Padwa    R. J. Stoodley    E. Vogel

ISHC Senior Award – Tetsuji Kametani

1983

The ninth International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Tokyo, Japan in August 1983.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chairs

Tetsuji Kametani and Yoshio Ban

Plenary Lecturers

W. L. F. Armarego    D. H. R. Barton    A. Brossi    T. Kappe    A. I. Meyers

T. Mukaiyama    P. Potier    V. Snieckus    H. Umezawa    C. Wentrup

ISHC Senior Award – Raymond N. Castle

1981

The eighth International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Graz, Austria in August 1981. This congress saw the introduction of the ISHC Senior Award.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Thomas Kappe

Plenary Lecturers

R. M. Acheson    K. Gewald    T. Kato    K. Lempert    H. Neunhoeffer

W. Oppolzer    R. K. Robins    S. W. Schneller    J. Szmuszkovicz

ISHC Senior Award – Henk van der Plas

1979

The seventh International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Tampa, Florida in August 1979.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Stewart W. Schneller

Plenary Lecturers

R. A. Abramovitch    M. P. Cava    R. A. Firestone    J.-L. Imbach    Y. Kishi

J. F. Stoddart    H. Suschitzky    A. M. van Leusen    H. Wamhoff    F. Yoneda

1977

The sixth International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Tehran, Iran in July 1977.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Iraj Lalezari

Plenary Lecturers

J. I. G. Cadogan    J. P. Kutney    S. Oae    K. T. Potts    M. Protiva

H. Rapoport    R. R. Schmidt    Cs. Szántay    L. B. Townsend

1975

The fifth International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia in July 1975.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Miha Tisler

Plenary Lecturers

Y. Ban   A. K. Bose   J. Clark   N. H. Cromwell   S. Gronowitz

K. Hafner    A. Lattes    A. Marxner    M. L. Mihailovic    R. B. Moffett

1973

The fourth International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Salt Lake City, Utah in July 1973. It was during this congress, on July 10th 1973, that the ISHC was officially formed with Raymond Castle (1916-1999) as President.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Leroy B. Townsend

Plenary Lecturers

A. J. Boulton     E. F. Elslager     J. J. Fox     T. Kametani    C. W. Rees

B. Stanovnik     J. Streith     H. van der Plas     H. Wynberg

1971

The third International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Sendai, Japan in August 1971.

Program and Abstracts

Photograph of Conference Attendees

Chair

Tetsuji Kametani

Plenary Lecturers

G. Büchi     A. Eschenmoser     M. Hamana     R. Jacquier     A. R. Katritzky

E. Klingsberg     A. N. Kost     J. P. Kutney     G. Märkl     W. Nagata     E. E. van Tamelen

1969

The second International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Montpellier, France in July 1969.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chairs

R. Jacquier and N. Cromwell

Plenary Lecturers

H Bredereck     H. O. Huisman     S. M. Kupchan     N. J. Leonard

J. Metzger       L. A. Paquette     H. Schmid           L. H. Sternbach     M. Tisler

1967

The first International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico in June 1967.

Program and Abstracts

Photographs of Plenary Lecturers

Chair

Raymond N. Castle

Plenary Lecturers

D. J. Brown           G. deStevens        R. Huisgen           A. R. Katritzky

W. W. Paudler        W. Pfleiderer         E. C. Taylor          M. J. Weiss