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: Utilization of Redox-Active Ligands in the F-Block: From Lanthanides to Uranium and Beyond
Discussion Leader: John Gordon (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
Suzanne Bart (Purdue University, USA)
"Utilization of Redox-Active Ligands in the F-Block: From Lanthanides to Uranium and Beyond"
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
Organometallic Catalysis and Mechanism
Discussion Leader: Mark Stradiotto (Dalhousie University, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Joshua Buss (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Molybdenum-Mediated Carbon Monoxide Reduction, Deoxygenation, and Coupling"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Lillian Hale (University of Michigan, USA)
"Expanding the Reactivity of a Classic Inner-Sphere Hydrogen Transfer Catalyst: Can We Turn on Metal-Ligand Cooperativity?"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Rebecca Kim (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Characterization of Structure and Reactivity of a Dinuclear Pd(III) Catalyst for Methane Functionalization"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Tanner McDaniel (Michigan State University, USA)
"Quantifying Catalysis: Ancillary Ligand Effects and High-Valent Metals"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Liam Sharninghausen (Yale University, USA)
"Synthesis and Characterization of High Oxidation State Iridium Mono-µ-Oxo Dimers Related to Water Oxidation Catalysis"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Kumiko Yamamoto (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Palladium Catalyzed Aromatic C-H Fluorination"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Frontiers in Organometallic Synthesis and Structure / Mentorship Component: Career Panel
Discussion Leader: Chip Nataro (Lafayette College, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Mary Garner (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Redox Non-Innocence and Catalytic Reactivity of NHC-Supported Thorium Complexes"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Alexandra Hicken (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Reversible Coordination of Au-H Bonds to Bent Copper(I) Fragments: Characterization and Reactivity of Heterobimetallic Complexes of the Coinage Metals"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Wesley Transue (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Toward Catalytic Phosphirane Formation with a Ruthenium Porphyrinogen Platform"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Panel Discussion
Careers in Chemistry: Making the Most of Your PhD
Suzanne Bart (Purdue University, USA)
John Gordon (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
Mark Stradiotto (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Christine Thomas (Brandeis University, USA)
David Laitar (Dow Chemical Company, USA)
Chip Nataro (Lafayette College, 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
Solving New Problems in Organometallic Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Christine Thomas (Brandeis University, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Gemma Adams (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Rhodium Complexes of POP-Type Ligands: Towards Controlled, Metal-Catalyzed, Amine-Borane Dehydropolymerization"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
Leon Maser (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany)
"Bonding Analysis and Stability of Tautomeric Forms in Carbodiphosphorane-Based Ni-Pincer Complexes"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Demyan Prokopchuk (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
"Square Planar Fe(0), Fe(I), and Fe(II) Complexes – N2 Binding Thermodynamics and Their Implications in Catalytic N2 Silylation"
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