The Gordon Research Seminar on Organometallic Chemistry is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.
The focus of this meeting is to discuss cutting edge advances in the field of organometallic chemistry as they relate to areas such as catalysis of organic transformations, small molecule activation, alternative energy sources, and novel materials. The scope of this conversation will include studies involving f-block metals (featuring key note speaker Professor Richard Andersen of UC, Berkeley), innovative organic ligands, and industrial applications
| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Presentation-Organometallic Chemistry of f-Block Metals |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Richard Andersen (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Investigations in Catalysis and Mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: Emilio Bunel (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Charles Yeung (University of Toronto)
"Palladium-catalyzed ortho-Arylation of O-Phenylcarbamates with Simple Arenes and Sodium Persulfate" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Alex Sun (University of British Columbia)
"Ni-Catalyzed C-F Cross Coupling Reactions" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Silvan Scheller (ETH Zurich)
"Is a Nickel sigma-Methane Complex the First Intermediate in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Catalyzed by Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase?" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Michael Lanci (University of Washington)
"Developing a Catalytic Cycle for Oxidative Dimerization of Methane" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Applications and Theoretical Methods in Organometallic Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Mikhail Barybin (University of Kansas) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Christopher Tate (Imperial College London)
"Reversible 11CO-binders for Use in PET Imaging" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Caroline Saouma (California Institute of Technology)
"Characterization and Reactivity of Mono- and Diiron Species that Coordinate Hydrazine, Hydrazido and Diazene" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Ainara Nova (University of Montpellier)
"Hydrohydrazination vs. Diamination of Alkynes by Group 4 Transition Metal Hydrazido Complexes: a DFT Study" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Morgan Macinnis (Dalhousie University)
"Four-Coordinate, 14-Electron Ru(II) Complexes: Unusual Trigonal Pyramidal Geometry Enforced by Bis(phosphino)silyl Ligation" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | David McGinnis (University of Kansas)
"Low-Valent Coordination and Surface Chemistry of Novel One-Dimensional Symmetric Biazulenic pi-Linkers" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Christine Brinkmann (Imperial College London)
"Heavier Group 2 Metals: Application to Intermolecular Hydroamination, Studies towards C-H and C-F Activation" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| 3:30 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
Last Updated: June 29, 2010