Physical Organic Chemistry

Gordon Research Conference

Molecular Design and Synthesis

June 28 - July 3, 2009
Chair
Vice Chair
Holderness School
33 Chapel Lane
Holderness, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Description

The 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry - Molecular Design and Synthesis will be held at Holderness School, Holderness, New Hampshire from June 28 - July 03.

This traditional yet vivid conference has continuously been broadening its perspective, and the title extension for the upcoming 2009 conference reflects this by including molecular design as well as synthetic aspects of physical organic chemistry. The constant development and renewal of mechanistic, structural, synthetic, and computational tools and their mutual interplay will be presented by a list of selected expert speakers and discussion leaders (see below) from diverse areas of organic chemistry. Topics include, but are not limited to (in alphabetical order): carbon materials, catalysis, computational chemistry, enzymatic reactivity, excited states, gas phase reactions, isotope effects, mechanisms and bonding, molecular machinery, reactive intermediates, and spectroscopy.

Attendees are encouraged to present their latest research results in the poster sessions. Abstracts are not required and every registrant who wishes to do so may present a poster. A selection of the best posters will be chosen for short oral presentations on the last evening of the conference.

Mark your calendar for this event, and we hope to see you there!

Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:15 pm - 7:30 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmAlkane C-H Bond Activation
Discussion Leader: G.K. Surya Prakash (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm Helmut Schwarz (Technical University Berlin, Germany)
"Ligand and Cluster-size Effects in Metal-mediated Activation of Methane: A Cold Approach to a Hot Problem"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm Armando J.L. Pombeiro (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)
"Carboxylation and peroxidative oxidation of alkanes under mild conditions"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm Melanie S. Sanford (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
"Mechanistic Investigations of Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization Reactions"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmRadicals, Electron Transfer, and Photochemistry
Discussion Leader: Nathaniel Finney (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:30 am John A. Murphy (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland)
"Reactive Pyridines and Pyridinium Salts"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Angelo Albini (Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy)
"Phenyl cations, versatile intermediates in synthesis"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am Burkhard König (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Chemical Photocatalysis in Organic Synthesis"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Dario Bassani (University of Bordeaux I, France)
"Supramolecular effects on electron transfer"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSynthesis and Reactivity
Discussion Leader: Robert A. Pascal Jr. (Tulane University, New Orleans, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Alison J. Frontier (University of Rochester, USA)
"New Twists on the Nazarov Cyclization"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm TBA
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm Detlef Schröder (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague)
"Protonation of Cations and New Superelectrophiles"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCarbon Materials
Discussion Leader: Burkhard König (University of Regensburg, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Michael M. Haley (University of Oregon, Eugene, USA)
"Phenyl-Acetylene Scaffolding as Carbon-Rich Materials"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Michael Bendikov (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
"Polyselenophenes. Novel type of Organic Electronic Materials"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am Lawrence T. Scott (Boston College, USA)
"Progress Toward the Chemical Synthesis of Single Chirality Carbon Nanotubes"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Jeremy E.P. Dahl (Stanford University, USA)
"Nanometer-sized Diamond Molecules, the Higher Diamondoids: Structures, Origins and Properties"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMaterials and Function
Discussion Leader: Kim Baldridge (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Rainer Herges (University of Kiel, Germany)
"Function by Switching: Engineering Tasks at the Molecular Level"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm Jean-Cyrille Hierso (Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France)
"Original Multidentate Ferrocenylpolyphosphine Ligands for Sustainable Chemistry: Applications from Low-loading Metal Catalysis to High-Density Supported Phosphine Materials"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm Roman Boulatov (University of Illinois, Urbana, USA)
"A Molecular Force Probe"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmRadicals
Discussion Leader: Uta Wille (University of Melbourne, Australia)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Carl Schiesser (University of Melbourne, Australia)
"Exploiting Radical Cyclization at Selenium"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Armido Studer (University of Münster, Germany)
"Nitroxides: past, present and future"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am Shunichi Fukuzumi (Osaka University, Japan)
"Photocatalytic Systems for Water Oxidation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Igor Alabugin (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA)
"Electronic effects in radical cyclizations of alkynes"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmBiradicals, Carbenes, and More
Discussion Leader: Carol Parish (University of Richmond, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Vladimir Popik (University of Georgia, Athens, USA)
"Mechanistic Adventures in the Field of Enediyne Chemistry"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm Michael Schmittel (University of Siegen, Germany)
"Change-over between non-statistical and classical kinetics: thermal diradical and carbene cyclizations as a test ground for identifying dynamic effects by experimental methods"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmBusiness 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 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmComputation Meets Experiment
Discussion Leader: Raghavan B. Sunoj (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Götz Bucher (University of Glasgow, Scotland)
"From β-Phenyl Quenching of Triplet Aromatic Ketones to Banana Plant Phytoalexins: New Twists to Triplet Reactivity"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Manabu Abe (Hiroshima University, Japan)
"Spin Control in Polyradicals: Computational Prediction and Experimental Probe"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am Alexander Greer (Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA)
"Delivery of Singlet Molecular Oxygen in vivo via Optical Fibers"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Wesley D. Allen (University of Georgia, Athens, USA)
"Multireference coupled cluster theory for organic diradicals"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmBusiness Meeting - Part II
(Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:45 pm - 9:30 pmPoster Session Talks
Discussion Leader: Luis Echegoyen (Clemson Universit, USA)
(Selected Short Talks from the Poster Sessions)
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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