Conference Program
 
Gaseous Ions: Structures, Energetics & Reactions

March 2-7, 2003
Ventura Beach Marriott
Ventura, CA

Chair:
Terrance B. McMahon

Vice Chair:
William L. Hase

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmReception
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmGuided Ion Beam Threshold Collision Induced Dissociation Measurements
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmDiscussion Leader: Mary Rodgers, Wayne State University
7:45 pm - 8:25 pmPeter Armentrout (University of Utah)
"Frontiers of Guided Ion Beam Mass Spectrometry"
8:25 - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 - 9:20 pmLee Sunderlin (University of Northern Illinois)
"Periodic Trends in the Bond Strengths of Hypervalent Anions"
9:20 - 9:30 pmDiscussion
9:45 - 11:00 pmPoster Session I
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmReaction Dynamics of Gaseous Ions
9:00 - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Scott Anderson, University of Utah
9:10 - 9:50 amRobert Continetti (University of California, San Diego)
"Energetics and Dynamics of Alkoxide Anions and Alkoxy Radicals"
9:50 -10:05 amDiscussion
10:05 -10:45 amKaroly Vekey (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
"Entropy Effects and the Kinetic Method"
10:45 - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 amCoffee Break and Conference Photo
11:30 - 12:10 pmMats Larsson (Stockholm University)
"Branching Ratios in the Dissociative Recombination of Hydrocarbon Ions"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I (continued)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmApplications of Electronic Structure Methods to Ion Chemistry
7:30 - 7:45 pm Discussion Leader: Gilles Ohanessian (Ecole Polytechnique)
7:45 - 8:25 pm Manuel Yanez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
"Unexpected Features in Ion-Molecule Reactions Elucidated by Means of Computational Chemistry Techniques"
8:25 - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 - 9:20 pmDavid Dixon (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Computational Approaches to the Accurate Prediction of the Structures and Energetics of Molecular Ions"
9:20 - 9:30 pmDiscussion
9:35 - 11:00 pmPoster Session II
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmGaseous Biomolecules
9:00 - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Vicki Wysocki (University of Arizona)
9:15 - 9:55 amJohn Klassen (University of Alberta)
"Structure and Stability of Non-Covalent Protein Complexes in the Gas Phase"
9:55 -10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 - 10:40 amCoffee Break
10:40 -11:20 am Martin Jarrold (Northwestern University)
"Exploring the Energy Landscape of Unsolvated Peptides"
11:20 - 11:35 amDiscussion
11:35 - 12:15 pmAlbert Heck (University of Utrecht)
"Solution and Gas Phase Studies of Bio-Macromolecular Complexes"
12:15 - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II (continued)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmReactions of Organic Ions
7:30 - 7:45 pm Discussion Leader: Tom Morton (University of California, Riverside)
7:45 - 8:25 pmHenri Audier (Ecole Polytechnique)
"Reactivity of Ionized Carbenes in the Gas Phase"
8:25 - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 - 9:20 pmSteven Kass (University of Minnesota)
"Exploring Zwitterions via Reactivity Studies, Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and Computations"
9:20 - 9:30 pmDiscussion
9:35 - 11:00 pmPoster Session III
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSpectroscopy of Gaseous Ions
9:00 - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Tom Baer (University of North Carolina)
9:15 - 9:55 amJohn Maier (University of Basel)
"Electronic and Infrared Spectroscopy of Ions and Ionic Complexes"
9:55 -10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 - 10:40 amCoffee Break
10:40 -11:20 amPaul Kleiber (University of Iowa)
"Photodissociation Spectroscopy as a Probe of Metal Ion-Hydrocarbon Interactions"
11:20 - 11:35 amDiscussion
11:35 - 12:15 pmMark Johnson (Yale University)
"Structural Aspects of Anionic H-bonds: How Water Binds to Extended Excess Charge Distributions in Molecular Ions"
12:15 - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session III (continued)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmStructure and Energetics of Gaseous Ions
7:30 - 7:45 pmDiscussion Leader: Eric Grimsrud (Montana State University)
7:45 - 8:25 pmKenzo Hiraoka (Yamanashi University)
"Gas Phase Carbocation Affinities"
8:25 - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 - 9:20 pmScott Gronert (San Francisco State University)
"Nucleophilic Organic Dianions: Stability and Reactivity"
9:20 - 9:30 pmDiscussion
9:35 - 11:00 pmPoster Session IV
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmInfrared Studies of Gaseous Metal Ions
9:00 - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Douglas Ridge (University of Delaware)
9:15 - 9:55 amPhilippe Maître (University of Orsay)
"Infrared Spectroscopy of Organometallic Ions by FT-ICR-MS Using an Infrared Free Electron Laser"
9:55 -10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 - 10:40 amCoffee Break
10:40 -11:20 am Mike Duncan (University of Georgia)
"Infrared Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Metal Ion Complexes"
11:20 - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 - 12:15 pmJohn Eyler (University of Florida)
"Spectra and Reactivity of Organometallic Ions"
12:15 - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session IV (continued)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmThursday Evening Featured Speaker
7:30 - 7:45 pmIntroduction: Michael Gross (Washington University)
7:45 pmNico Nibbering (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
"Selected Examples of 35 Years of Gas Phase Ion Chemistry"
9:00 pmClosing Party
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am Departure

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