| 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: Structure and Reactivity in Organometallics |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Keynote Presentation: Gerard Parkin (Columbia University)
"Applications of Tripodal Ligands in Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: From the Functionalization of Carbon Dioxide to Approaches for Mercury Detoxification" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Developments in Organometallic Reactivity and Catalysis |
| Discussion Leader: James Boncella (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Hill Harman (California Institute of Technology)
"Cooperative Ni-B Systems for Bond Activation and Catalysis" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Samuel Mitton (Dalhousie University)
"Probing the Reactivity of Group 10 Bis(phosphino)silyl Pincer Complexes" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Ellen Matson (Purdue University)
"Organometallic Chemistry of Low-Valent Uranium Complexes" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Fang Gao (Boston College)
"New NHC-Cu Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for Enantioselective Allylic Substitution" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Keith Keitz (California Institute of Technology)
"Design of Z-Selective Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Adam Weinstein (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Pd-catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Amidation of Olefins: Reconciling the Stereoselectivity of Amidopalladation with the Development of Asymmetric Methods" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:20 am | Organometallic Applications in Green Chemistry and Renewables |
| Discussion Leader: Tim Funk (Gettysburg) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Presentation: Laurel Schafer (University of British Columbia)
"Amidate Complexes of Early Transition Metals: Applications in Catalytic Amine Synthesis and Beyond" |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Timothy Brewster (Yale University)
"[Ru(terpy)(tbbpy)L]X+ as a Framework for the Investigation of Properties of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Aaron Pierpont (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
"DFT Study of Cp2An(Ph)2 as Catalysts for Thiophene Hydrodesulfurization (HDS): A Novel Dimerization" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 11:00 am | Career Panel Discussion: "Opportunities for Organometallic Chemists: Present and Future" |
| Mentorship Component with Discussion Leaders and Keynote Speakers |
| 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 | Organometallic Approaches to Small Molecule Activation |
| Discussion Leader: Theodore Betley (Harvard University) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Tamara Powers (Harvard University)
"Synthesis and Reactivity of Triiron Clusters" |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Chad Ellis (Cornell University)
"Catalyst Design for Isotactic Polycarbonates from CO2 and Cyclic Epoxides" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Souvik Roy (Arizona State University)
"Artificial [FeFe]-Hydrogenases: Synthesis and Characterization of Diiron-polycarbonyl Clusters in Peptide Scaffolds Using Artificial Amino Acids" |
| 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. |
