Dalton Discussion 11: The Renaissance of Main Group Chemistry

23 - 25 June 2008
University of California, Berkeley, USA

 

This meeting was organised by the Dalton Division of the RSC and supported by the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry. 

Main group chemistry has undergone a renaissance in recent years. This important field of chemistry continues to exert a broad impact across many disciplines of science. This meeting brought together a group of experts from around the world to take a fresh look at this field, in particular at the interface with transition metal chemistry and materials.

In keeping with the international flavour of the topic, this Dalton Discussion meeting was held in the United States, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Over 100 delegates attended the discussion meeting who were from 10 different countries

Topics

Topics that were covered in the discussion meeting include:

• Main group multiple bonds and unusual oxidation states 
• Main group in macromolecules/ rings/ clusters
• Main group elements as ligands in organometallic chemistry and coordination complexes 
• Main group in materials  

Keynote Speakers

Philip Power 
University of California, Davis, USA

Hansgeorg Schnöckel 
University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Ian Manners 
University of Bristol, UK

Manfred Scheer 
University of Regensburg, Germany

Peidong Yang 
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Scientific Committee

John Arnold 
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Malcolm Chisholm 
Ohio State University, USA

Don Tilley 
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Simon Aldridge 
University of Oxford, UK

Claire Carmalt
University College London, UK