Streamlining Process Development of Aldol Reactions with ReactALL

  • Reaction
  • 26 March 2026

About the webinar

Aldol reactions are among the most iconic transformations in organic synthesis, allowing the construction of carbon-carbon bonds between carbonyls compounds, such as aldehydes and ketones. However, the products of these reactions are often unstable and can undergo subsequent undesired cascade reactions, such as dehydration, cyclization or subsequent aldol additions. While attractive from a sustainability perspective, aldol reactions can be challenging to pursue at process scale due to either low performance or lack of selectivity.

This webinar will discuss how to overcome these challenges and streamline the synthesis of alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs) via aldol reaction using ReactALL as an enabling technology. Developed by Technobis, this platform provides semi-automated programmable reactors, allowing precise control of reaction conditions and automated sampling sequences. With these tools in hand, it is now possible to accurately monitor time-sensitive chemical reactions and enable rapid process optimization.

Date: Thursday, 26 March 2026
Time: 4.00 pm CET  |  3.00 pm GMT  |  11.00 am EDT  |  8.00 am PDT  |  8.30 pm IST

Guest speaker

Pierre-Louis Lagueux-Tremblay

Senior Scientist, Data Rich Experimentation at Sanofi

Pierre-Louis was born and raised in Quebec, Canada. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Université Laval while being an intern in Prof. Thierry Ollevier research group, focusing on the development of green synthetic methodologies.  Pierre-Louis then moved to Montreal and earned his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Bruce A. Arndtsen at McGill University as a NSERC & FRQNT doctoral fellow, focusing on the development of new approaches to acylation reactions via metal-catalyzed carbonylation and electrochemistry.  He then joined the research group of Prof. Song Lin at Cornell University as a postdoctoral associate, and worked on developing scalable, stereoselective electrochemical borylation of oxygenated allylic electrophiles, and utilized these methodologies in diverse synthetic sequences to expand the chemistry toolbox. More recently, Pierre-Louis joined Sanofi as a senior scientist in process chemistry and is part of the Data Rich Experimentation team.