Sigma-Aldrich, in collaboration with the ICIQ, has organized a Minisymposium in Organometallic Chemistry on November 6 at the ICIQ Auditorium.At this meeting, the following speakers presented key lectures on contemporary aspects of organometallic chemistry: Prof. Miguel Yus (Universidad de Alicante, Spain) on active transition metals in synthesis, Prof. Carmen Nájera (Universidad de Alicante, Spain) on oxime-derived palladacycles in catalysis, and Prof. Akira Suzuki (Prof. Emeritus Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan) on cross coupling reactions of organoboron compounds (Suzuki couplings).

(From left to right and back to front): Mr. Albert Portolés (Sales manager at Sigma-Aldrich Química SA), Profs. Feliu Maseras, Antonio Echavarren and Anton Vidal (group leaders at ICIQ), Prof. Miguel Yus (Universidad de Alicante), Prof. Akira Suzuki (Hokkaido University), Prof. Carmen Nájera (Universidad de Alicante) and Dr. Rubén Martín (group leader at ICIQ).