Saturday
1:00 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: The Grignard Reaction: A Cold Case of More than 100 Years
Discussion Leader: Heather Spinney (Dow, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
Odile Eisenstein (CNRS and Université de Montpellier, France)
"The Grignard Reaction: A Cold Case of More than 100 Years"
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
Advances in Catalysis for Sustainable Chemical Transformations
Discussion Leader: Mir Bowring (Reed College, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Tabitha Miller (Argonne National Laboratory, United States)
"Design of Polyamine-Tethered Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm
Subhash Garhwal (Technion, Israel)
"A Tale of Two Hydrides: How Oxidation and Spin State Control Reactivity"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Leah Oliemuller (The Ohio State University, United States)
"Synthesis of a Pincer-Ligated Manganese Carbonyl Complex Featuring an N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Moiety and its Reactivity Toward N=N Double Bonds"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
Anant Jain (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Influence of Sterics and Electronics on Metal-Ligand Proton Tautomerism"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Jessica Lamb (Argonne National Laboratory, United States)
"Upcycling of polyolefins using supported catalysts"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Ligand Design to Enhance Reactivity and Selectivity in C–H Activation Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Chip Nataro (Lafayette College, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Nikki Bakas (University of Rochester, United States)
"A TMEDA-Iron Adduct Reaction Manifold in Iron Catalyzed C(sp2 )-(Csp3 ) Cross-Coupling Reactions"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Roman Belli (University of Minnesota, United States)
"Unlocking Cross-Coupling Catalysis with d0 Metals Using Redox-Active Ligands"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Rosalyn Falconer (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
"Ta/Ir Heterobimetallics Supported on Mesoporous Silica Surface for C–H Activation"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Vinh Nguyen (Texas A&M University, United States)
"Mechanistic Investigation of Regioselective C-H Activation by (PBP)Ir Complexes"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Christopher Peruzzi (Michigan State University Chemistry, United States)
"Unprecedented Switching Between Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control in Ir-Catalyzed C–H Borylations of Fluoroarenes"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
James Watson (UNSW, Australia)
"Methane: An Associative Ligand?"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
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
Mentorship Component: Careers in Chemistry and Beyond
Discussion Leader: Eric Cueny (Boston University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Chemistry and Beyond
Mir Bowring (Reed College, United States)
John Gordon (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
Nadine Gruhn (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes