| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Kickoff Session: Mechanisms in Organometallic Chemistry |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Keynote Presentation: Paul Chirik (Princeton)
"Understanding Mechanisms and Organometallic Chemistry of Base Metal Catalysts" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:25 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | New Structures and Reactivities |
| Discussion Leader: Joshua Figueroa (UC San Diego) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Ian Tonks (Caltech)
"Photophysics and Reactivity of Group 5 and 6 Terminal Hydrazide Complexes: Nβ Lone Pair Effects on LMCT Energy and Metal Formal Oxidation State" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Charles Machan (Northwestern)
"Plasticity of the Nickel(II) Coordination Environment in Complexes with Hemilabile Phosphino Thioether Ligands" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Jason Prantner (University of Washington)
"Using Facially Coordinating Ligands to Access Dioxygen as an Oxidant for Organoplatinum" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Maria Besora (ICIQ, Spain)
"Computational Study on the Factors Governing the Mechanism of Oxidative Addition to Palladium Complexes" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Philipp Wucher (University of Konstanz)
"Breaking the Rule of the Mizoroki-Heck Reaction: Inversion of the Regiochemistry of Acrylate Insertion" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Cory Macleod (University of British Columbia, Okanagan)
"Using reversible Cr-C Bond Homolysis of CpCr[(ArNCMe)2CH] Alkyl Compounds for C-C Bond Formation" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | New Ligand Platforms |
| Discussion Leader: Gregory Hillhouse (University of Chicago) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Presentation: Paula Diaconescu (UCLA)
"Reactivity Behavior of Metal Complexes Supported by Ferrocene-Based Chelating Ligands" |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Baofei Pan (Brandeis)
"Metal Complexes Containing a Tridentate Pincer-type Ligand Featuring a Central Cationic Phosphenium Donor" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Anne Germeroth (University of Edinburgh)
"Reversible Reactions Across the M-C Bond of Lanthanide and Actinide NHC Complexes to Form new N-E Bonds" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 11:00 am | Career Panel Discussion |
| Mentorship Component |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Emerging Materials and Techniques |
| Discussion Leader: Christine Thomas (Brandeis) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Brad Neal (University of Kansas)
"Azulenic Self-Assembled Monolayer Films on the Au(111) Surface: a Comparative Study Involving Isocyano and Mercapto Junctions" |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Stefan Minasian (Los Alamos National Lab)
"Quantifying Orbital Mixing in Metal-Carbon Bonds Using Carbon K-Edge X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Jeremy Andreatta (University of Virginia)
"Catalytic Hydroarylation of Olefins using Pt(II) Systems Supported on Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles" |
| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 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. |
