6th Inorganic Discussion Weekend

 

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

 

October 19-21, 1973.

 

      Enclosed is the program for the 6th Inorganic Discussion Weekend.  The response to the IDW has been very encouraging indeed. Over eighty chemists and geologists have registered and twenty-eight papers were submitted. As you will note in the program, only fourteen " short" papers could be included. Two criteria were used in selecting papers for the program: first, only one paper was accepted from one research group; second, papers were chosen which related to the session topics. You will also notice that I only included one (out of four submitted) paper from Western.

      For those who have not done so, could you please send me a cheque for the registration fee as soon as possible, and let me know if you will be attending the banquet. I have to finalize the banquet arrangements before you arrive. Also, could you please let me know as soon as possible if you want accommodation at the Holiday Inn.

      Take the Wellington St. exit off the 401 into London. The Holiday Inn is just a few hundred yards off the 401 on the right as you approach London.

      I was not able to arrange the Labatt's tour on Friday night. The thought of 80 chemists drinking the premises dry was not appealing to them! I have arranged a hospitality room at the Holiday Inn for both Friday and Saturday nights beginning about 8:30 p.m.

      I look forward to seeing you on October 19.

 

 

 

G.M.Bancroft.

 

6th Inorganic Discussion Weekend

 

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

 

October 19-21, 1973.

 

         The sixth Inorganic Discussion weekend will be held at the Holiday Inn, London, just off the Wellington Road exit from Highway 401. As in previous years, three technical sessions will be held on Saturday A.M. and P.M. and Sunday A.M. The conference banquet will be held on Saturday evening (after a bar), and for all drinking enthusiasts, I am trying to arrange a tour of Labatts on Friday evening. If this cannot be arranged, there will be an informal get-together at the hotel.

         Attached is a registration form for the week-end, along with an advance reservation card for the Holiday Inn. Registration fees for the weekend are $11.00 for those attending the banquet and $5.00 for all others. Cheques should be sent and made payable to Dr. G.M. Bancroft, Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. Please send in the advance registration card to the Holiday Inn as soon as possible. Conference participants are responsible directly to the hotel for the cost of accommodation, meals, bar et cetera except for the banquet, dinner, and coffee. At least some of the drinks on Friday and Saturday evenings will be covered by the Chemistry Department.

         As was the case last year, we felt that the conference should have three " plenary" lectures followed by discussion and other shorter related papers. Professor A. Poe has agreed to give a keynote paper on mechanistic studies, Professor R. Gillespie has tentatively agreed to head a session on main group chemistry and Professor W.S. Fyfe, F.R.S., head of Geology at U.W.O. will give a talk on inorganic geochemistry. The remaining time in each session will then be filled by a series of short (~ 15 minutes) papers, mostly on related topics. If your paper does not fall into the above areas, please submit it anyway, as there will probably be room on the program.

         Could you please send me titles of papers which you want to submit at your earliest convenience.

         Could you please fill out the attached form as soon as possible, and send in the advance reservation card to the Holiday Inn.

         I look forward to seeing you on October 19.

 

Dr. G.M. Bancroft

Department of Chemistry,

University of Western Ontario,

London, Ontario.

(Cheque and card sent August 17)

6th Inorganic Discussion Weekend

 

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

 

October 19-21, 1973.

 

 

PROGRAM

 

 

Saturday Oct. 20 A.M.                      Chairman: P. Henry, Guelph.

 

 

KINETICS AND MECHANICMS

 

 

  9:20- 10:10      A. Poe, (Toronto), Reactive Intermediates in Metal Carbonyl Chemistry.

 

10:10- 10:20      DISCUSSION

 

10:20- 10:35      C. Jablonski* and H.C. Clark, (Western),   Insertion of Ethylene into a Cationic

                        Platinum(II) hydride: kinetics and mechanism.

 

10:35- 10:40      DISCUSSION

 

10:40- 11:00               COFFEE

 

11:00- 11:15      W. L. Purcell* and R. J. Balahura, (Guelph), Kinetics of the Electron Transfer Reaction

                        between Cr(II) and some meta and para substituted benzonitrile complexes of

                        pentaaminecobalt(III).

 

11:15- 11:20      DISCUSSION

 

11:20- 11:35      J.M.Miller, (Brock), Mechanism of Formation of Adducts of the Mixed Trihalides of

Boron.

 

11:35- 11:40      DISCUSSION

 

11:40- 11:55      J. Powell and T. Jack*, (Toronto), Cyclization and Redox Chemistry of Acetylenes

                        Coordinated to Palladium.

 

11:55- 12:00      DISCUSSION

 

12:00- 2:00    LUNCH

 

Saturday, October 20, P.M.              Chairman        D. G. Tuck,    Windsor

 

 

MAIN GROUP CHEMISTRY

 

 

2:00 - 2:50         R.J.Gillespie, (McMaster), Recent developments in the chemistry of xenon and krypton.

 

2:50 - 3:00         DISCUSSION

 

3:00 - 3:15         M. Onyszchuk, (McGill), Coordination Compounds of Lead(II) Thiocyanate.

 

3:15- 3:20          DISCUSSION

 

3:20- 3:40       COFFEE

 

3:40- 3:55          J.Milne, (Ottawa), Oxyfluoroanions of SeIV and TeIV. Synthesis and Structure.

 

3:55 - 4:00         DISCUSSION

 

4:00 - 4:15         M. McGlinchey, (McMaster), Synthesis and 19F nmr spectra of Flunrosubstituted

bis(arene) chromium complexes.

 

4:15 - 4:20         DISCUSSION

 

4:20 - 4:35         J.E. Drake, (Windsor), Vibrational Spectra of Compounds Containing the P-B bond.

 

4:35- 4:40         DISCUSSION

 

4:40 - 4:55         C.Calvo, (McMaster), Preparation and Structure of Sr9Na(PO4)6BO2 - a deviant apatite.

 

4:55- 5:00         DISCUSSION

 

5:00- 5:15          D. Tuck, (Windsor), Studies on dimethylindium compounds.

 

5:15 - 5:20         DISCUSSION

 

 

Sunday, October 21 A.M.                  Chairman: C. J. Willis, Western

 

GENERAL SESSION

 

9:20 - 10:10       W.S. Fyfe, F.R.S. (Geology), (Western). Solution Chemistry and Mineral Resources.

 

10:10 - 10:20     DISCUSSION

 

10:20 - 10:35     I.M. Walker, (York), Structures of Pyridinium ion pairs in solution.

 

10:35 - 10:40     DISCUSSION

 

10:40 - 11:00  COFFEE

 

11:00 - 11:15     E.P.Kundig, D.McIntosh, * M. Moskovits and G.A.Ozin, (Toronto),

The Binary Carbonyls of Platinum.

 

11:15 - 11:20     DISCUSSION

 

11:20 - 11:35     J.F.Myers*, G.W.Rayner-Canham, and A.B.P.Lever, (York),

Phthalocyanines: Higher oxidation states of iron, cobalt and manganese derivatives.

 

11:35 - 11:40     DISCUSSION

 

11:40 - 11:55     B.Davies, N.Payne, W.P.Flora and E. Nieboer*, (Laurentian), Spectrophotometric

Vapour Phase Osmometry and NMR Studies in Organic Solvents of Adducts of the Lanthanide Shift Reagent Eu(DPM)3.

 

11:55 - 12:00     DISCUSSION.

 

6:00 – 7:00      Cash bar

 

7:00 – 8:30      Buffet

 

8:30                 184