Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 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
Molecules with Biological Function
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Phosphoryl and Sulfuryl Transfer Reactions: Challenges in Interpreting Experimental and Theoretical Data"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Aptamer Sensors: Harnessing Nucleic Acid Conformational Change for Small-Molecule Detection and Enantiopurity Measurement"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm
"Potentially Preventing Dioxin Formation from Burning Trash or Lignin Biomass"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Catalysis, Synthesis, and Mechanisms
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Computational Organic Chemistry Using Original Electronic Structure Tools"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Exploring Physical Autocatalysis"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"StyLight: A New Generation of Aesthetic Composites Based on Styrenic Co-Polymers"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Mechanistic Investigations of Catalysts for the Atom-Economic Amination of Alkenes. New Approaches for the Synthesis of N-Heterocycles and N-Containing Materials"
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
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
pi-Systems
and Conjugation
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
"A Penchant for Polyenes"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Main Group Strategy for Functional pi-Electron Materials"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"Rapid π-Extension of Simple Aromatics via Successive Alkyne
Benzannulations: Synthesis and Properties of Regular and Irregular Polycyclic
Aromatics"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Supramolecular
Chemistry: Catalysis and Molecular Recognition
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Dynamic Orthoester Systems"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Mechanistic Diversity for Guest Complexation with Cucurbit[n]urils – A Step Towards Understanding Complexity"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Singlet Oxygen Topology and Reaction Kinetics on the Nanometer Scale"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Responsive Chemical Tools for Biological COS/H2 S Delivery"
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
Supramolecular
Chemistry: Self-Assembly of Functional Systems
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
"Making and Breaking of Chemical Bonds with Visible Light"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Pillar[5]arene Scaffolds for the Preparation of Nano-Materials"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"New Mechanisms and Applications for the Stimuli-Responsive Triggering and Depolymerization of Macromolecular Materials"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Carbon-Based
Molecules: Synthesis and Function
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Reactivity Differences Between Empty and Endohedral Fullerenes"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Engineering Quantum Confinement Effects in Atomically Defined Graphene Nanostructures"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Fullerene Skeleton Modification: Synthesis of Open-Cage and Heterofullerenes"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
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
Boron-Based
Systems: Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
"Exploiting Reversible B-O Bonds in Catalysis and Chemical Biology"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Unique Reactivity Patterns Catalyzed by Boronate Ureas and Silanediols"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Boron-Containing pi-Systems (Polymers and PAHs)"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Molecular
and Polymeric Materials: Theory and Experiment
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Functionalized Nanodiamond for Catalytic Applications"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Bioinspired Asymmetric Catalysis with Peptides - From Combinatorial Screening to Mechanistic Understanding"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"The Past, Present, and Future of Q2MM"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Conjugated Organophosphole-Based Materials"
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
Selected Poster Presentations
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
"Green Hydrothermal Dehydration of Alcohols: Water as the Solvent, Reagent and Catalyst"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
"Conjugation Matters: Intramolecular Singlet Fission in Pentacene Oligomers"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
"Controlling the Electronic Properties of Diarenoquinoids via Alteration of the Outer Areno Group"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
"Additivity with NICS-XY-Scans"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
"Induction of Intracellular Reductive Stress with Photoactivatable Phosphines"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
"Molecular Engineering Approaches for the Development of Pi-Conjugated Peptides Towards Bioelectronics"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"AMHB: (Anti)Aromaticity-Modulated Hydrogen Bonding"
9:10 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