Main Group Chemistry

Convener:

Claire Carmalt, University College London, UK

Programme:

Wednesday 5 August (morning and afternoon)

Thursday 6 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

Synergic surprises from bimetallic molecules: low polarity metallation, inverse crowns, and exotic anion trapping
Robert E. Mulvey, University of Strathclyde, UK

Cationic boranes for the complexation of fluoride and cyanide anions in water
François P. Gabbaï, Texas A&M University, USA

The chemistry of compounds with low valent group 14 elements
Herbert W. Roesky, University of Goettingen, Germany

The chemistry of disilyne with a silicon-silicon triple bond: a new entry to multiple bond chemistry
Akira Sekiguchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Speakers

Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) of bismuth oxide from bismuth alkoxides and diketonates
Christopher S. Blackman, University College London, UK

New insights into the structures and reactivity of lithium and magnesium organocuprates
Robert P. Davies, Imperial College, UK

N-Phosphino-pyridyl imines: versatile multi-functional reagents
Philip W. Dyer, Durham University, UK

A new approach to enantioselective organic synthesis: Absolute asymmetric synthesis of organometallic reagents
Mikael Håkansson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Creation of novel network topologies using main group ring and cage aggregates as directional building blocks
Kenneth W. Henderson, University of Notre Dame, USA

Closer insight into the reactivity of TMP-dialkyl zincates in deprotonative metallation reactions
Eva Hevia, University of Strathclyde, UK

Acetylation of alcohols, phenols and thiols and synthesis of acylals from aldehydes under solvent-free condition
Santosh T. Kadam, Inha University, South Korea

Stoichiometric and catalytic ?-bond reactivity at Gp. II metal centres
Dugald MacDougall, University of Bath, UK

Environmentally friendly organic synthesis using bismuth(III) compounds
Ram S. Mohan, Illinois Wesleyan University, USA

Activation of dioxygen by main group metal alkyls: New look at the old problem
Janusz Lewinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Novel boron containing heterocycles
Warren E. Piers, University of Calgary, Canada

Carbene-stabilization of highly reactive molecules
Gregory H. Robinson, University of Georgia, USA

The chemistry of compounds with low valent group 14 elements
Herbert W. Roesky, University of Goettingen, Germany

Syntheses of homo- and heterocyclic silanes via disilene-intermediates
David Scheschkewitz, Imperial College, London, UK

The chemistry of disilyne with a silicon-silicon triple bond: a new entry to multiple bond chemistry
Akira Sekiguchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Group 13 analogues of classical organometallic ligands
Dragoslav Vidovic, University of Oxford, UK

Heavy Grignard reagents: Synthesis, challenges, and applications
Matthias Westerhausen, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

Clean, green and asymmetric: new bifunctional catalysts based on amino-boronic acid derivatives
Andrew Whiting, Durham University, UK

Symposium Information

This symposium will include four half-day sessions covering a range of topics, such as multiple bonding, main group elements as ligands and main group elements in materials and catalysis. The symposium aims to bring together a group of experts in this field and beyond. This important field of chemistry continues to exert a broad impact across many disciplines of science and hence the symposium will also involve speakers that do not work primarily in main group chemistry but where there is overlap with their areas of expertise. 

The sessions will include:

• Chemistry of the s-block elements
• Chemistry of the p-block elements
• Main group multiple bonds and unusual oxidation states 
• Applications of main group elements in materials and catalysis