8^th Inorganic Discussion Weekend

Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario

October 3-5, 1975

Al1 scheduled events associated with the Inorganic Discussion Weekend will take place on the Nassau Campus of Trent University on the northern edge of the city. (Map enclosed)

Registration

Delegates may register in the Faculty Lounge of the Science Complex from 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. on Friday or from 9:00 - 12:00 a.m. on Saturday. Following registration on Friday evening there will be a mixer hosted by Trent University.

On Saturday evening there will be a reception in the Senior Common Room of Otonabee College, followed by a buffet dinner.

The registration fee will cover the costs of the meeting itself, as well as the mixer on Friday night and the reception and buffet on Saturday night. Lunch may be obtained from the University dining halls, snack bars, or restaurants in the city. The cost of lunch is not covered by the registration fees.

Registration fees: $10.00 for faculty and post docs.

$7.00 for all others, including spouses of delegates who wish to attend the buffet.

Papers

All papers will be presented in the Science Complex Lecture Theatre. Papers should be 15 minutes only, to allow for a five minute discussion between papers. Facilities will be available for the projection of 2" x 2" slides, and for the use of overhead projection transparencies.

Parking

Parking is available free of charge in any of the University parking lots. If you enter the main driveway to the University, you may park close to the Library and cross the river via the foot bridge to the Science Complex. Alternatively, a more convenient route (if you can find it) would be to get on to the River Road on the east side of the river, and park next to the Science Complex.

We are very grateful to the following organizations for financial support.

Eldorado Nuclear Limited

De Laval Company Limited

Trent University

Al1 correspondence regarding the meeting should be addressed to:

Professor P. F. Barrett

Department of Chemistry

Trent University

Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8

8^th Inorganic Discussion Weekend

Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario

October 3-5, 1975

Programme

Session I - Saturday a.m., 0ctober 4,1975

9:20 am Opening remarks

9:30 - 9:50 C.J.L. Lock and G. Turner*

Structural Studies of the reaction products of oxotrichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)rhenium(V), ethanol and pyridine

9:50 - 10:10 S. Naito and A. D. Allen*

The chemistry of niobium in low oxidation states

10:10 - 10:30 W.F. Smith*, N.J. Taylor and A.J. Carty

Syntheses of binuclear d-p-acetylide complexes of iron and their reactions with acetylenes

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 11:20 Heather Boucher

Asymmetric synthesis on a platinum(II) olefin complex containing a chiral sulphoxide

11:20 - 11:40 R.G. Ball and N.C. Payne*

An asymmetric metal olefin complex

11:40 - 12:00 J.A. Koningstein

Molecular electronic Raman scattering of the ferricenium ion

12:00 - 12:20 M.C. Baird and D. Slack

Stereochemistry of some alkyl transfer reactions of Threo-PhCHDCHDFe(CO)₂Cp

Session II - Saturday p.m., October 4, 1975

2:00 - 2:20 M.R. Mustafa and B.R. McGarvey*

¹⁹F NMR study of calcium fluoride containing rare earth ions

2:20 - 2:40 R.J. Gillespie, P. Spekkens*, J.B. Milne and D. Moffett

A reinvestigation of Se0₂F^- and the preparation of Se0₂F₂^2-

2:40 - 3:00 R.J. Gillespie, W.S. Luk, E. Maharajh and D.R. Slim*

A crystallographic study of some compounds containing interchalcogen cations

3:00 - 3:20 B.D. Cutforth*, W.R. Datars and R.J. Gillespie

Infinite chain mercury cations: a new class of anisotropic materials

3:20 - 3:50 Coffee

3:50 - 4:10 M. Moskovits

Inorganic surface chemistry and matrix isolation

4:10 - 4:30 J.M. Miller

Pairwise interactions in the NMR spectra of adducts of the mixed trihalides of boron

4:30 - 4:50 S.O. Chan and D.R. Eaton*

The use of proton Ti measurements in the study of second coordination sphere complexing

4:50 - 5:10 J. Sellan, C. Owens and R. Rumfeldt*

The photolysis of some cis and trans dihalorhodium(III) ammine complexes

6:30 Reception in Otonabee College Senior Common Room

8:00 Buffet dinner

Session III - Sunday a.m., 0ctober 5,1975

9:30 - 9:50 D.G. Tuck* and J. Habeeb

Direct electrochemical methods of synthesizing inorganic complexes

9:50 - 10:10 John Wilshire* and A.B.P. Lever

Redox chemistry of manganese phthalocyanines and their reaction with oxygen

10:10 - 10:30 M.J. McGlinchey* and J.L. Fletcher

Ring currents and complexed arenes?

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 11:20 L.A. Wingert

Stereoselective reactions of tris-bidentate complexes of cobalt(III) containing optically active amino acid ligands

11:20 - 11:40 J.W. Pang, Kowsill Singh, and Dennis V. Stynes

Opposite trans effects of benzylisocyanide and methylimidazole in heme models

11:40 - 12:00 G.P. Khare* and A.B.P. Lever

Reaction of cobalt-dioxygen adducts with biological substrates.