Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis
Discussion Leader: Jennifer Love (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Dan Lehnherr (Merck & Co., Inc., USA)
"Catalysis with Metal Carbonyl Complexes"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Brad Carrow (Princeton University, USA)
"Is Concerted-Metalation Deprotonation (CMD) a Singular C-H Activation Mechanism? Evidence for a Catalyst-Controlled Continuum"
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Catalysis with Inexpensive Metals
Discussion Leader: Carsten Milsmann (West Virginia University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Aiwen Lei (Wuhan University, China)
"One or Two Electron Redox? Oxidation-Induced C-H Functionalization and Oxidative Cross-Coupling"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Kara Bren (University of Rochester, USA)
"A Metallopeptide Nitrite Reductase"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Christopher Uyeda (Purdue University, USA)
"Catalysis at Metal-Metal Bonds"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Ian Tonks (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Mechanistic Studies of Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions as a Platform for Reaction Discovery"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Jennifer Love (The University of British Columbia, Canada) and Kensha Clark (University of Memphis, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Electrocatalysis for Energy and Synthesis
Discussion Leader: James Mayer (Yale University, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Thomas Hamann (Michigan State University, USA)
"Electrocatalytic Ammonia Splitting: Enabling the Renewable Fuel of the Future"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Cyrille Costentin (Université Paris Diderot, France)
"Molecular Catalysis of Electrochemical Reactions: Tools for Mechanism Analysis, Catalyst Optimization and Selectivity Control"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Corinna Hess (Technichal University of Munich, Germany)
"Hydrogen Evolution by the Co-Mabiq Complex: The Relevance of Ligand Non-Innocence to Reactivity"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Neil Tomson (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Mimicking the Mittasch Catalyst with Macrocycle-Supported Cluster Complexes"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mechanisms on, in and for Materials
Discussion Leader: Michael Reynolds (Shell Oil Company, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Aaron Sattler (ExxonMobil, USA)
"C-H Activation and Hydrogen/Deuterium (H/D) Exchange: Mechanistic Insight on Heterogeneous Catalysts"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Amanda Morris (Virginia Tech, USA)
"Taking the Molecular to the Macromolecular: Inorganic Electron Transfer Catalysis in Metal Organic Frameworks"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Andrew Weller (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Solid-State Molecular Organometallic Chemistry: The Importance of the Anion Microenvironment in Synthesis and Catalysis"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Jeffery Byers (Boston College, USA)
"Mechanistic Insights into Redox-Switchable Polymerization Catalysis"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Transformations in the f-Block
Discussion Leader: Suzanne Bart (Purdue University, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Polly Arnold (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"Many-Electron Reductive Activation and Functionalization of Small Molecules with Dinuclear 5f-Organometallics"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Robert Flowers (Lehigh University, USA)
"Follow the Thread: Unraveling the Mechanism of Substrate Reduction by Samarium(II)-Proton Donor Complexes"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Charles Machan (University of Virginia, USA)
"Molecular Electrocatalysts for Reductive CO2 and O2 Activation"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Shiyu Zhang (Ohio State University, USA)
"Oxidative Reactivity of Nitrite at Dicopper Center"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Computational and Spectroscopic Techniques to Probe Mechanism
Discussion Leader: S. Chantal Stieber (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Junko Yano (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"The Water Oxidation Reaction in Natural Photosynthesis"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Kyle Lancaster (Cornell University, USA)
"Electronic Structures of Late Metal Complexes in Unusual Formal Oxidation States"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Thomas Cundari (University of North Texas, USA)
"Fundamental Properties of C-H Bonds: Relevance to Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalization"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Frank Neese (Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany)
"In Dialogue with Nature: Molecules, Quantum Mechanics, Spectroscopy and Reaction Mechanisms"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mechanisms in the Second Sphere
Discussion Leader: Alison Fout (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Etsuko Fujita (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"Roles of Pyridinol-Type Ligands for CO2 Reduction and Hydrogenation"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Michael Mock (Montana State University, USA)
"Transition Metal Catalysts for N2 Reduction and NH3 Oxidation: Strategies for Making and Breaking N=N and N-H Bonds"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Anna Brezny (Yale University, USA)
"Understanding the Selectivity of Oxygen Activation by Iron-Porphyrin Catalysts"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Catherine Pitman (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
"Stabilization and Reactivity of Low-Valent Copper on Titania Aerogels"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Uncovering Bioinorganic Reaction Mechanisms
Discussion Leader: Kara Bren (University of Rochester, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Hannah Shafaat (The Ohio State University, USA)
"Bioorganometallic Chemistry Within a Model Nickel Enzyme"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Paul Walton (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Insights into the Oxidative Mechanism of a New Class of Copper Enzymes: Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Oliver Einsle (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Defining a Substrate-Binding Site in Nitrogenases: Implications for the Mechanism of Dinitrogen Reduction"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Jonas Peters (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Synthetic Fe Nitrogenases and How They Work"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Enabling Mechanisms for Grand Chemical Challenges
Discussion Leader: Elon Ison (North Carolina State Universty, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
McKenna Goetz (University of Chicago, USA)
"Isolation, Characterization and Basicity Driven C-H Activation Reactivity of a Terminal Co(III)-Oxo Complex"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Anna Luke (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA)
"Understanding Catalyst Structural Effects on the Ring-Opening Transesterification Polymerization of Cyclic Esters"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Lucie Nurdin (University of Calgary, Canada)
"Synthesis and Reactivity of M-Alkyl, M-Hydroxo and M-Amido Complexes Supported by a Dianionic Pentadentate Ligand"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 9:00 pm
Richard Schrock (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Olefin Metathesis: The Gift that Keeps on Giving"
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure