Scientific Program

Besides the dedicated poster session on Tuesday the coffee breaks provide additional opportunities for all participants to present their posters. All posters will be presented on Tuesday in a short lightning talk by the respective presenter.

 

Tuesday, Sept. 10

 

9:00
Welcome and introduction

Session Chair: Eva Hevia

9:20
Phosphorus and Silicon - New Synthesis Methods, Catalysts and Applications
Ross Denton / University of Nottingham, UK

10:00
Ligand Exchange in Metallated Ylides
Viktoria Gessner / Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

10:40
Poster flash talks
Short oral introduction of posters #1-7

11:10
Coffee break

11:40
Catalyst and Method Development in the P(III)/P(V) Redox Couple
Alex Radosevich / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

12:20
Phosphorus Clusters as Catalytic Tools for Synthesis
Meera Mehta / University of Oxford, UK

13:00
Lunch

Session Chair: Michael Ingleson

14:30
Novel Frustrated Lewis Pairs and Transborylation Strategies for Borane Catalysis: A Synthetic and Computational Study
Urs Gellrich / University of Hohenheim, Germany

15:10
Transborylation; From an Enabler of p-Block Catalysis, to Hidden and helper Catalysis
Stephen Thomas / University of Edinburgh, UK

15:50
Poster flash talks
Short oral introduction of posters #8-14

16:20
Coffee break

16:50
The Magic of Catalysis with Superelectrophiles
Hendrik Klare / TU Berlin, Germany

17:30
FLPs across the Periodic Table
Douglas Stephan / University of Toronto, Canada

18:10
Poster flash talks
Short oral introduction of posters #15-21

18:30
POSTER SESSION

20:00
End of poster session and Dinner

 

 

Wednesday, Sept. 11

 

9:00
Welcome

Session Chair: Stephen Thomas

9:05
From Drugs to Catalysts: Design and Application of Boron Heterocycles Guided by Properties and Reactivity
Dennis Hall / University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL, Canada

9:45
Transition Metal-Free Catalytic C−H Zincation and Alumination
Michael Ingleson / University of Edinburgh, UK

10:25
New Reagents for Nitrogen Directed Borylation of Aryl C-H Bonds for Preparing Novel BN Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Warren E. Piers / University of Calgary, AL, Canada

11:05
Conference photo

11:15
Coffee break

11:45
Tailoring Sodium Organometallic Reagents for Arene Functionalisation and Catalysis
Eva Hevia / University of Bern, Switzerland

12:25
The Grignard Reaction: Why so Challenging?
Odile Eisenstein / Université de Montpellier, France

13:05
Lunch

14:35
Excursion

19:40
Dinner

 

Thursday, Sept. 12

 

9:00
Welcome

Session Chair: Odile Eisenstein

9:05
Chemistry with Zero-Valent Main-Group Metals
Sjoerd Harder / Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

9:45
Tetrametallic s-Block Compounds: Investigating the Redox Chemistry of Sodium Supported Dimagnesium Species
Claire McMullin / University of Bath, UK

10:25
Caesium: A Heavyweight Champion in Homogeneous Catalysis
Robert Mulvey / University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

11:05
Coffee break

11:35
Exploring Heavy Pnictogens Chemistry
Alessandro Bismuto / University of Bonn, Germany

12:15
Advancing Bismuth Redox Catalysis in the Ground and Excited States
Josep Cornella / Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mühlheim, Germany

12:55
Lunch

Session Chair: Viktoria Gessner

14:25
Applications of Main-Group Hydrides in Synthesis
Mark Crimmin / Imperial College London, UK

15:05
Organoboron Chemistry to Build Highly Strained Polyfunctionalized Cyclic Systems
Elena Fernandez / University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

15:45
Coffee break

16:15
Sulfonium Salts: An Alternative to Hypervalent (III) Reagent
Manuel Alcarazo / Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany

16:55
Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Boron Lewis Superacids: Small Molecules Activation and C‑H Borylation Reactions
Guillaume Berionni / University of Namur, Belgium

17:35
Harnessing the Weirdness of Water and Deep Eutectic Solvents for a Sustainable Future and Reaction Discovery
Vito Capriati / Università di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

18:15
Closing Remarks

19:30
Dinner

Posters

#1
A Convergend Synthesis of Boron Heterocylces via Direct Annulation
Hannah Kortman, MPI of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

#2
Designing New Synthetic Concepts for Imparting Molecular Complexity with C-1 Sources
Vittorio Pace, University of Turin, Italy

#3
Bimetallic Cooperativity in Service of Bond Activtation and Catalysis
Robert Kretschmer, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany

#4
Tailoring Sodium Organometallic Reagents for Arene and Alkene Functionalization
Andreu Tortajada Navarro, University of Bern, Switzerland

#5
Pyridino-Boratriptycene as Stable Geminal B/N Lewis Pair: From Pyramidal to Tunable Boron Lewis Acids and Superacids
Nicolas Niessen, Université de Namur, Belgium

#6
Oxa-Michael Addition of Phenols to Dimethyl acetylenedi-carboxylate Catalyzed by Triphenylphosphine and N-heterocyclic Carbene: Exp. and Theoretical Results
Ruchi Singh and Priyanka Suthar, The IIS, Jaipur, India

#7
Mechanistic Insight into Oxidative Addition of H2 to Al(I) compounds
Tobias Krämer, Maynooth University, Ireland

#8
Geometric Constraints in Boron-based Triptycenes and their Influence on B-N- and B-P-bond Formation
Julia Volk, Université de Namur, Belgium

#9
Suprressing cis/trans "Ring-flipping" in Organoaluminium(III)-2-pyridyl Dimers - Design Strategies Towards Lewis Acid Catalysts for Alkene Oligomerisation
Dipanjana Chourdhury, University of Cambridge, UK

#10
Dynamic Hemi-labile ligands: Unlocking new Potential in Main group catalysis
Suman Debnath, University College Dublin, Ireland

#11
Bismuth Pincer Catalysed De-hydrogenation of Amines
Sachin Jalwal, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India

#12
Alkali Metal Reduction of Alkali Metal Cations
Kyle Pearce, University of Bath, UK

#13
Synthesis and Structural Diversity of Lithium Amidomanganates
Marina Uzelac, University of Bath, UK

#14
Synthesis of Benzoic Acid Derivatives by Direct Electrocarboxylation of (hetero)aryl Halides
Iryna Lesko, Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est, Thiais, France

#15
Heavy Pnictogen Dipyrromethene Complexes: From Development to Application
André Korzun, University of Bonn, Germany

#16
Hidden Borane Catalysis: A Simple BH3 Colour Indicator
Julie Macleod, University of Edinburgh, UK

#17
Enantioselective [8+2]-cycloadditions of Photogenerated Ketenes
Mikk Kaasik, Tallinn Univeristy of Technology, Estonia

#18
Synthesis of monomeric Bismuth(V) Complexes
Jennifer Kuziola, MPI für Kohlenforschung, Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany

#19
Bis(amidophenolato)-supported Phosphoranes: Redox Catalysis and Element-Ligand Cooperativity
Simon Kambrock, University of Göttingen, Germany

#20
Enlightening the Reactivity of Heavy Dipnictenes
Prasenjit, Palui, University of Bonn, Germany

#21
Synthesis and Application of Zeolites in the Treatment of Gaseous Pollution such as NOx and COx
Tabti Charef, University of Mostaganem, Algeria