New Advances in Organometallic Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity

July 7 - 8, 2018

Chairs Benjamin R. Reiner and Mark D. Levin

Salve Regina University

100 Ochre Point Avenue

Newport, RI, United States

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

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 will be both pragmatic and fundamental applications of organometallic chemistry with particular emphasis on conceptual advances in the field. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss results in a closed, "off-the-record" setting, with other young scientists from a variety of backgrounds. Diverse scientific ideas are born from diverse scientists. We expect to have international participation from scientists in academia, industry, national labs, and publishing exploring critical challenges in modern organometallic chemistry.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Organometallic Chemistry" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Keynote Session: Reaction Pathways of Fuel-Producing Molecular Electrocatalysts Discussion Leader: Alfred Barney (Strem Chemicals Inc., USA)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm	Jillian Dempsey (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) "Reaction Pathways of Fuel-Producing Molecular Electrocatalysts"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Making and Breaking Bonds: Organometallic Catalysis and Mechanism Discussion Leader: Neal Mankad (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	Yunjung Baek (Harvard University, USA) "Mechanistic Studies on Catalytic C-H Amination Processes Mediated by Dipyrrinato Cobalt(III) Imidos"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm	Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm	Eric Cueny (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) "Mechanistic Studies of Hafnium-Pyridyl Amido-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization in the Presence of Chain-Transfer Agents Using Chromophore Quench-Labeling Technology"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm	David Kaphan (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) "Mechanistic Investigation of a Surface Organometallic Vanadium(III) Catalyzed Olefin Hydrogenation"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm	Rose Kennedy (Princeton University, USA) "Regio- and Stereocontrolled Iron-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions of Alkenes and Dienes"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm	Sudipta Pal (Purdue University, USA) "Nickel-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions: Alkyne Cyclotrimerizations and Reductive Vinylidene Transfer Reactions"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Noam Saper (UC Berkeley College of Chemistry, USA) "Undirected Anti-Markovnikov Nickel Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Alkenes"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Organometallic Synthesis and Structure / Mentorship Component: Career Panel Discussion Leader: Chip Nataro (Lafayette College, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Lauren Grant (University of Pennsylvania, USA) "Accessing Rare Metal Ligand Multiple Bonds: Spectroscopic Characterization, Reactivity Studies, and Theoretical Analysis of Titanium Methylidene, Nitride, and Nitridyl Complexes"
9:15 am - 9:20 am	Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am	Kathryn Gramigna (Brandeis University, USA) "Bimetallic Cooperativity Facilitating Small Molecule Activation in a Zirconium-Cobalt Bis(phosphinoamide) System"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am	Lisa Vondung (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany) "Ancillary Ligand Induced H2-Liberation from Phosphine Borane Complexes: Fe-B-Bond Formation vs. Hydride Protonation"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Panel Discussion Oh the Place You'll Go: Careers in Chemistry and How to Get Them Michael Andrews (Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom) Todd Senecal (The Dow Chemical Company, USA) Matthew Wilding (McKinsey & Company, USA)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Poster Session Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Energy, Sustainability and Small Molecule Activation Discussion Leader: Alexander Radosevich (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm	Sergio Gonell (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) "Mechanism of Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction by Carbene-Supported Ruthenium Complexes"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm	Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm	Natalia Loewen (University of California, Davis, USA) "Exploring New Reactivities of [Fe₄N(CO)₁₂]^-"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm	Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm	Sean McWilliams (Yale University, USA) "Nitrogen Binding and Functionalization at Low-Valent Organometallic Iron Complexes"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes