We are delighted to release a batch of lectures from the 2025, 49th, National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS), which was held June 23–27, 2025 on the campus of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. These videos can be viewed at NOS 2025 Videos’ page.
The National Organic Symposium is the premier event sponsored by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry to highlight recent advances in organic chemistry.
Niel Garg‘s lecture entitled “Strained Intermediates and Chemical Education” was given on June 23rd.
Karen Wooley‘s lecture entitled “Sugar Plastics: An evolution of carbohydrate-derived synthetic polymers from nanoparticle targets to structural and morphological metamorphoses to commercial translation” was given on June 24th.
Richard Gross‘s lecture entitled “Molecular editing of sophorolipids to interrogate structure-property relationships for diverse applications” was given on June 24th.
Daniel Romo‘s lecture entitled “Pharmacophore-Directed Retrosynthesis: Merging Total Synthesis with SAR Gathering to Inform Mechanism of Action Studies of Natural Products” was given on June 25th.
Amanda Hargrove‘s lecture entitled “Strategies to modulate the conformation and function of RNA with small molecules” was given on June 25th.
Note, beyond the lectures given, NOS provides ample opportunities to interact with the speakers and other organic chemists during the nightly poster sessions, as well as other information sessions, and excursions. So, you had to be there to fully experience the meeting and see all the great chemistry.
See the history of NOS. The 50th NOS will take place at the University of Minnesota from Sunday July 25 to Thursday July 29, 2027. Watch the NOS Home Page for details.