Applications of Functional Metal Complexes and Ligand Design

Convener:

Paul Walton, University of York, UK

Programme:

Monday 3 August (morning and afternoon)

Tuesday 4 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

Ligand effects on the chemistry of synthetic complexes of relevance to nickel-containing enzymes
Lisa M. Berreau, Utah State University, USA

Building organic molecules from atmospheric nitrogen with group 4 metallocene complexes
Paul J. Chirik, Cornell University, USA

Applications of coordination chemistry in imaging and therapy using metallic radioisotopes
Jonathan R. Dilworth, University of Oxford, UK

Design of strong donor ligands: N-heterocyclic carbenes and 1H-pyridin (2E)-ylidenes
Richard Douthwaite, University of York, UK

Speakers

Chiral induction via the disassembly of diruthenium(II,III) tetracarboxylates
Manuel A.S. Aquino, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

Complexes of f-elements with a new saturated carbene-based scorpionate ligand
Sergey Zlatogorsky, University of Edinburgh, UK

Models for the CuB centre of heme-copper oxidases
Stephen B. Colbran, University of New South Wales, Australia

Molecular metal oxide ligands: Non-aqueous chemistry of embedded and surface-bound heterometal complexes
R. John Errington, Newcastle University, UK

Covalent and non-covalent interactions between ligands and polyoxometalates
Bernold Hasenknopf, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Metal complexes as optical detectors
M. Cristina Lagunas, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Tailoring Pacman macrocycles for uranyl silylation and redox catalysis
Jason B. Love, University of Edinburgh, UK

Metal redox potential tuning in dimetallic complexes
Christine J. McKenzie, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

A modular and highly efficient synthesis of a novel nitrogen-based ligand family: applications and limitations in asymmetric transition metal catalysis
Timothy Noël, University of Ghent, Belgium

Synthetic analogues of methanobactin
Daniel Rabinovich, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Emissive lanthanide complexes for luminescent solar concentrators
Neil Robertson, University of Edinburgh, UK

Versatile solutions to the M(A-B)3 isomer problem and other chirality issues in catalysis, materials chemistry and spectroscopy
Peter Scott, University of Warwick, UK

Dinuclear complexes as artificial helicases: The amazing influence of ligands upon the reactivity of metals
Bernhard Spingler, University of Zurich, Switzerland

The design of outer sphere ligands for extractive hydrometallurgy
Peter A. Tasker, University of Edinburgh, UK

Responsive click-based ligands for chemo- and biosensing
Michael Watkinson, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Synthesis, structure and ring-opening chemistry of metalla[1]ferrocenophanes
George R. Whittell, University of Bristol, UK

Symposium Information

The properties of metals and their complexes are very strongly dependant upon the nature of the ligand/s bound to them.

Ligand design becomes a key feature in the development of applications of metals in general and this is important in biological, materials, electronics, catalysis and other areas.

Areas of wide and general interest:

• Understanding the detailed relationships between ligand structure and the properties of their complexes
• Design features of ligands that arise from the desire to control and enhance properties
• Synthetic strategies developed to achieve these goals

The focus of this symposium will be on the relationship between ligand properties/design and functional properties of metal complexes.