Professor Mikael Bols (Aarhus, Denmark)
“Stereoelectronic substituent effects on the basicity and conformation of amines and on the reactivity of carbohydrates”
Professor Reinhard Brückner (Freiburg, Germany)
“Enantioselective synthesis of 5-membered ring lactones and applications thereof in synthesis”
Professor Emīlija Gudriniece (Riga, Latvia)
“1,3-Indandione in organic synthesis”
Professor Ojārs Neilands (Riga, Latvia)
“Aryliodonium betaines of b-dicarbonyl compounds: synthesis and use for dioxocarbene generation“
Professor Hans J. Reich (Madison, USA)
“Structure and reactivity of organolithium reagents: epoxide opening and conjugate addition”
Professor Peter Somfai (Stockholm, Sweden)
“Regio- and stereodivergent synthesis of vic-amino alcohols”
Professor Jānis Stradiņš (President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences; Riga, Latvia)
“Wilhelm Ostwald and his collaborator Paul Walden in Riga (1881-1887)”
Professor Edvīns Vedējs (Ann Arbor, USA)
“Synthesis of hindered peptides; a total synthesis of hemiasterlin”
Professor Miguel Yus (Alicante, Spain)
“The arene-catalyzed lithiation: new synthetic adventures”