SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanochemistry and things that move |
| Discussion Leader: Chris Easton (Australian National University) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Ben Feringa (University of Groningen)
"Control of Dynamics in Switches and Molecular Motors" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Tito Scaiano (University of Ottawa)
"Exploring metal and semiconductor nanoparticles from an organic chemist's perspective" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Glen Miller (University of New Hampshire)
"Fullerenes, cyclacenes and carbon nanotubes: research at the Intersections between nanotechnology and organic chemistry" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Carbenes and reactive intermediates |
| Discussion Leader: Daniel O'Leary (Pomona College) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Dina Merrer (Barnard College)
"Expect the unexpected: carbene additions to strained systems" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Willie Leigh (McMaster University)
"Group 14 reactive intermediates: Silicon germanium and tin analogues of carbenes and alkenes" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:20 am | Holger Bettinger (Ruhr- Universitat Bochum)
"Boron and boron-nitrogen analogues of organic reactive intermediates" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | James Jackson (Michigan State University)
"Adventures with anions: a complex tale" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Computational Chemistry and applications |
| Discussion Leader: Tania Cordova (Universidad Central de Venezuela) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Amnon Stanger (Technion University)
"From Basic concepts to practice: Computational organic chemistry" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Shmaryahu Hoz (Bar Ilan University)
"Mechanics of Molecular rods: a bridge between quantum mechanics and mechanical engineering" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Uta Wille (University of Melbourne)
"Self-terminating radical reactions: experimental and theoretical studies" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Mechanistic considerations in synthesis |
| Discussion Leader: Kathleen Kilway (University of Missouri, Kansas City) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Cathleen Crudden (Queen's University)
"Mechanistic studies in the Rh-catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Marisa Kozlowski (University of Pennsylvania)
"Mechanism of enantioselective oxidative biaryl coupling by the 1,5-diaza-cis-decalin/CuI/ O2 catalyst system" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:20 am | Douglas Klump (University of Northern Illinois)
"Chemistry of superelectrophiles and related systems" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Carol Parish (University of Richmond)
"Minding the gap: variations on the Bergman theme: Electrocyclizations of penta-, hepta- and octadiynes" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Fullerenes, aromatics |
| Discussion Leader: Edward Clennan (University of Wyoming) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Cheryl Stevenson (Illinois State University, Normal)
"Annulenylenes and alenylenes" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Luis Echegoyan (Clemson University)
"Chemical and electrochemical properties of fullerenes, endohedral fullerenes and other carbon materials" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Graham Bodwell (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
"Synthesis and aromaticity of nonplanar pyrene systems" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Enzyme mechanisms and mimics |
| Discussion Leader: John P. Richard (University at Buffalo) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Jeffrey Keillor (Université de Montréal)
"Acyl transfer reactions catalyzed by gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Andrew Bennet (Simon Fraser University)
"Mechanistic consequences of mutating catalytic residues in sialidases" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:20 am | Nick Williams (University of Sheffield)
"Examining metal ion catalyzed phosphoryl transfer reactions in models, mimics and enzymes" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Anatoli Yatsimirski (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
"Phosphate ester hydrolysis by lanthanide and alkaline earth cations" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Gas phase reactions |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Nagorski (Illinois State University) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Jeehiun Lee (Rutgers University)
"Gas phase studies of nucleobase reactivity" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Veronica Bierbaum (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Mechanistic studies of organic reactions in the gas phase" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Business Meeting - Part I |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences) |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Eclectic organic chemistry, catalysis and concepts |
| Discussion Leader: Robin Hicks (University of Victoria) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | John Baldwin (Syracuse University)
"Multiple reaction pathways concatenated through flexible diradical intermediates" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Tyler McQuade (Cornell University)
"A multi-catalyst system enabled by polymeric materials" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:20 am | Bart Kahr (University of Washington)
"Chiroptics of achiral molecules" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Colin Nuckolls (Columbia University)
"Reaction chemistry meets lithography" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Business Meeting - Part II |
| Election of 2009 Vice Chair (2011 Chair) |
7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | POSTER SESSION TALKS |
| Discussion Leader: Peter R. Schreiner (University Geisen) |
| Selected Short Talks from the Poster Sessions |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |