QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY Vth INORGANIC DISCUSSION WEEKEND

 

Holiday Inn. Kingston November 3rd - 5th. 1972

 

Program and Conference Organizer: Dr. M. C. Baird

Department of Chemistry, Queen's University

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4th

 

SESSION I: Chairman, M. C. Baird, Queen's University

 

9:20      Opening Remarks

 

9:30      H.C. Clark, University of Western Ontario.

            The Reactivity of Organic Ligands on Platinum; Chemical and 13C NMR Studies,

 

10:15     Discussion. Discussion leader J. Powell, University of Toronto.

 

10:35    Coffee.

 

11:00    J. Powell, University of Toronto.  13C NMR Studies on Metal-Carbon Bonds.

 

11:15     Discussion

 

11:20    H.A. Patel, T.W. Ng, T.J. O'Connor, R.T. Sinpson, 5. Jacobsn and A.J. Carty, University of Waterloo.  Ph2PC≡CCF3;  A Source of  Novel Complexes and a Graduate Student's Nightmare.

 

11:35     Discussion.

 

11:40    M.C. Baird, Queen's University.

             Preferred Conformations of Coordinated Alkyl and Perfluoroalkyl Groups.

 

11:55    Discussion.

 

12:00    R.N. Pandey* and P. M. Henry. Universiiy of Guelph.

            Equilibria between Palladium(II) Acetate and  Sodium Acetate. The Effects of Equilibria on Palladium(II) Catalysis.

 

12:15    Discussion.

 

12:20    Lunch.

 

SATURDAY. NOYEMBER 4th

 

SESSION II: Chairman J.A. Page, Queen's University

 

2:30     B. Bosnich, University of Toronto.

           Asymmetric Synthesis of Organic Molecules using Inorganic Complexes.

 

3:15     Discussion. Discussion leader N. C. Payne, University of Western Ontario

 

3:35     Tea

 

4:00     E. Nieboer, Laurentian University,

            The Lanthanide Cations as NMR Structural Probes of Chemical and Biochemical Systems.

 

4:15     Discussion.

 

4:20     R. J. Balahura, University of Guelph

            Reactions of Coordinated Ligands: Preparation, Characterization and Reactions of Pentammincobalt(III) Complexes of 2-, 3- and 4-cyanopyridine and 3,4-cyanobenzaldehye.

 

4:35     Discussion.

 

4:40     J. F. Harrod, McGill University

           Some Studies on Molecular Motion in Bis-Chelate Titanium(IV) Complexes.     

 

4:55    Discussion.

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5th

 

SESSION III: Chairman A.R. Norris, Queen's University

 

9:30     G. M. Bancroft and K.D. Butler*, University of Western Ontario. Correlations of Mössbauer. Esca and Electronic Spectra of Fe(II) Low Spin Complexes.

 

9:45     Discussion.

 

9:50     B. R. McGarvey,  University of Windsor.

                 19F  NMR Spectra of Lanthanide Fluorides.

 

10:05    Discussion.

 

10:10    J. M. Miller, Brock University.

            Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Organometallic  Chemistry; Techniques and Pitfalls.

 

10:25     Discussion.

 

10:30     Coffee.

 

10:50     E.P. Kundig and G.A. Ozin. University of Toronto.

             Binary Dinitrogen - Carbonyl Complexes of Nickel. Ni(CO)n(N2)4-n (n = 0-4) in Argon Matrices.

 

11:05    Discussion.

 

11:10    M.W. Lister, University of Toronto.

             Some Reactions of Bromite Ions.

 

11:25    Discussion.

 

11:30    R.C. Goel and H. S. Prasad, University of Guelph.

             Vibrational Spectra of Triphenylbismuth  Dihalides and Related Compounds.

 

11:45     Discussion and Closing Remarks