28^th Inorganic Discussion Weekend

Western University

London, Ontario.

Scientific Programme

Introductory Remarks: Auditorium A, 8:50-9:00 a.m., David H. McConville

Session I - Auditorium A - Saturday a.m.

Chair - Sandra Penner

Projectionist - Hilary Jenkins

I-1 Pressure-induced Isomerization of Solid Transition-metal Complexes:

9:00 Conversion of a Rhenium Dihydride Complex into its Molecular

Dihydrogen Analogue at ~l0kbar. Clare M. Edwards, Ross M. Markwell and lan

S. Butler. McGill University.

I-2 Trans-[Os(h²-H₂)(CH₃CN)(dppe)₂]{BF₄}₂ - Synthesis, Structure and

9:20 Properties of a Stable Highly Acidic Dihydrogen-Complex. Perspectives on the Heterolytic Activation of Dihydrogen on Metal Centers. Marcel Schlaf, Alan J. Lough, Patricia A. Maltby and Robert H.

Morris. University of Toronto.

I-3 X-ray Crystal Structures and Phosphorous-31 Nuclear

9:40 Magnetic Resonance Study of Bis(Trialkylphosphine)nickel(II)

Compounds. Dharamdat Christendat, lan S. Butler and Denis F. R. Gilson.

McGill University.

I-4 Towards the Stabilization of Silicon Cations on Dimetallic

10:00 Clusters. Ralph Ruffolo, Sabine Kainz, Hari Gupta, Michael A. Brook and

Michael J. McGlinchey. McMaster University.

coffee break, outside Auditorium A, 10:20-10:50 a.m.

I-5 Highly Efficient Pt Bis(Boryl) Catalyst Precursors for the

10:50 Diboration of Alkynes and Diynes. Gerry Lesley, Paul Nguyen, Nicholas J.

Taylor, Todd B. Marder, Andrew J. Scott, William Clegg and Nicholas C. Norman.

University of Waterloo and University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

I-6 A Multidimensional NMR Study on the Fluxional Behavior of

11:10 Tris(indenyl)methylsilane: Molecular Dynamics Mapped onto a

"Hypercube". Mark Stradiotto, Suzie Rigby, Don Huges, Alex Bain, Michael A.

Brook and Michael J. McGlinchey. McMaster University.

I-7 The Synthesis, Molecular and Electronic Structures of 62e^-

11:30 Ru₄(CO)₁₁ (PPh)(PNPr'₂) and 64e^- Ru₄(CO)₁₁(PPh)(PNPr'₂)₂. Some

Unexpected Results. Weibin Wang, John F. Corrigan, Gary D. Enright, John S.

Tse and Arthur J. Carty. National Research Council and University of Waterloo.

I-8 Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Cobalt, Rhodium and

11:50 Iridium Boryl [MB(OR)₂] Complexes. Chaoyang Dai, Graham Stringer,

Nicholas J. Taylor, Todd B. Marder, Andrew J. Scott, William Clegg and Nicholas C. Norman. University of Waterloo and University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

lunch Break - Hospital Cafeteria -12:10-1:30 p.m.

Session II - Auditorium B - Saturday a.m.

Chair - Kim Pollard

Projectionist - Fred Guerin

II-1 Molecular Self-Assembly of Organic Chromophores

9:00 Containing Terminal Alcohol, Thiol, Carboxylic Acid and Alkynyl

Groups on Inorganic Oxide Surfaces by Acid Base Hydrolysis. Samuel

Tong, Chi Ming Yam and Ashok Kakkar. McGill University.

II-2 A New Bridge for Bis-1,2,3,5-Dithiadiazolyl Diradicals: a,w-

9:20 Capped Oligothiophenes. Graig D. MacKinnon, Noel A. George, Richard T.

Oakley, Katherine E. Preuss, Robert W. Reed, Kristan E. Vajda, A. Wallace Cordes

and Robert C. Haddon. University of Guelph, University of Arkansas and AT&T Bell

Laboratories.

II-3 Sulfur(VI)-Nitrogen-Phosphorus Macrocycles and

9:40 Polymers. Yizeng Ni, Peter Park, Zhen Pang, Mong Liang, Arnold L. Rheingold, Alan J. Lough and lan Manners. University of Toronto and University of Delaware.

II-4 The Preparation and Utilization of the Icosahedral Closo-

10:00 Carborane Anion, CB₁₁H₁₂^-, for the Solution and Solid State Study of

Phosphenium cations, P₂P⁺. Robert W. Reed, Zuowei Xie, Robert Bau and

Christopher A. Reed. University of Southern California.

coffee break, outside Auditorium A, 10:20-10:50 a.m.

II-5 A New Approach to Surface Derivatization Yielding Thin

10:50 Films Containing Terminal Donor Ligands for Supported Ni and Rh

Metal Complexes. Maria Petrucci and Ashok Kakkar. McGill University.

II-6 Materials for Integrated Optics Devices via the Sol-Gel

11:10 Process. Jason Chisham, Mark P. Andrews and S. Iraj Najafi. McGill University.

II-7 Vibrational Spectroscopy of Rigid Rod Polymers. Ross D.

11:30 Markwell, lan S. Butler and Ashok Kakkar. McGill University.

II-8 Solid State Photochemistry of Uranyl Carbocylate and 1,3-

11:50 Diketonate Complexes: Photochemical Patterning of Uranium Oxide

Lines via Uranyl Complex Thin Film Precursors. Mae M. Gao and Ross H. Hill.

Simon Fraser University.

Lunch Break - Hospital Cafeteria -12:10-1:30 p.m.

Guest Lecture - Auditorium A - Saturday p.m.

GL-1 Recent Advances in Triamido-Amine Complexes of Early

1:30 Transition Metals. Richard R. Schrock.

Session III - Auditorium A - Saturday p.m.

Chair - Mike Irwin

Projectionist - John Scollard

III-1 Dimeric Bis[bis(bipyridine)ruthenium(III)] 1,2,4,5-

2:30 Tetraimino-3,6-Diketocyclohexane Redox Series. A. B. P. Lever, Hitoshi

Masui and Scott S. Fielder. York University.

III-2 Polycarbon Cluster Complexes of Diruthenium. Peter

2:50 Blenkiron, Gary Enright, Nicholas J. Taylor and Arthur J. Carty.

National Research Council and University of Waterloo.

coffee break, outside Auditorium A, 3:10-3:40 p.m.

III-3 The Effect of Hydrogen Bonding and lone Pair Donation on

3:40 the Electronic Structure of Bis(bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-3,4-diamino-3',4'-diimino-3,4-dihydrobiphenyl. R. A. Metcalfe, E. S. Dodsworth, S. S. Fielder, W. J. Pietro and A. B. P. Lever. York University.

III-4 Novel Nanoporous Metal Germanium Sulfides. Wendy Huynh,

4:00 Geoffrey A. Ozin and David Young. University of Toronto.

III-5 Bis(2,2'-Bipyridine)(1,2-Diimino-9,10- Anthraquinone)Ruthenium(II)

4:20 - A complex containing an exceptionally strong n-accepting nitrogen

ligand. Protonation and Redox Series. J. da Cunha, E. S. Dodsworth, M.

A. Monteriro and A. B. P. Lever. York University.

III-6 Self-Assembling Metal Germanium Sulfide Framework

4:40 Materials. Scott J. Kirkby, Geoffrey Ozin and Robert Broach. University of

Toronto.

Poster Session - Great Hall - 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Banquet - Great Hall - 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Session IV - Auditorium B - Saturday p.m.

Chair - Bill Stibbs

Projectionist - Greg Spivak

IV-1 Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Gas Phase

2:30 Spectroscopy to Head Space Analysis: A Study of Xanthate

Decomposition on Mineral Surfaces. Andrew J. Vreugdenhil, lan S. Butler,

Stephane H. R. Brienne and James Finch. McGill University.

IV-2 Strong Metal-Metal Coupling in [{Ru(NH₃)₃(bipy)}₂dicyd]³⁺,⁴⁺

2:50 (Mixed-Valent and Oxidizes Stated) Leads to Delocalized Behavior.

C. Evans and R. J. Crutchley. Carleton University.

coffee break, outside Auditorium A, 3:10-3:40 p.m.

IV-3 Chemistry of Antiwear Films by XANES Spectroscopy. G. M.

3:40 Bancroft, Z. Yin, M. Kasrai, M. Fuller, K. Fyfe and K. H. Tan. University of

Western Ontario and Imperial Oil Products Division.

IV-4 Near-Infrared Electronic Spectroscopy of [PdCl₄]^2- and

4:00 [PdBr₄]^2-. Yanick Pelletier and Christian Reber. Université de Montréal.

IV-5 Core Level Ligand Field Splitting In Main Group Elements

4:20 Using Synchrotron Radiation. Jim Johnson, G. M. Bancroft and K. Tan.

University of Western Ontario.

IV-6 Metal-Metal Coupling Mediated by Positional Isomers of the

4:40 Dicyanamido Benzene Ligand. C. White and R. J. Crutchley. Carleton

University.

Poster Session - Great Hall - 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Banquet - Great Hall - 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Session V - Auditorium B - Sunday a.m.

Chair - Joshi Kuncheria

Projectionist - Mary-Anne McDonald

V-1 Organobismuth(V) Complexes Containing Bifunctional

9:00 Ligands. Abdi Hassan and Suning Wang. University of Windsor.

V-2 Sterically Demanding Diamide Ligands: Synthesis and

9:20 Structure of d^o Group 4 Alkyl Derivatives. John D. Scollard, J. J. Vittal and David H. McConville. University of Western Ontario.

V-3 Addition Reactions of Tetramesitylgermasilene with

9:40 Alkenes. C.E. Dixon and Kim Baines. University of Western Ontario.

V-4 Rigid-rod Polymers and Model Compounds with Gold(I)

10:00 Centers Bridged by Diisocyanides and Diacetylides. Michael J.

Irwin, Guochen Jia, Nicholas C. Payne, Jagadese J. Vittal and Richard J. Puddephatt. University of Western Ontario.

coffee break, outside Auditorium A, 10:20-10:50 a.m.

V-5 The Canadian Light Source. A. Bzowski and G. M. Bancroft.

10:50 University of Western Ontario.

V-6 Synthesis and Reactivity of Chelating Diamides of

11:10 Titanium and Tantalum. Frederic Guerin, J. J. Vittal and David H. McConville. University of Western Ontario.

V-7 Assignment of the Valence Level Photoelectron Spectrum of

11:30 Os(CO)₄PMe₃, Using np ®nd Resonance. Yongfeng Hu, G. M. Bancroft, K. H. Tan, H. B. Davis and R. K. Pomeroy. University of Western Ontario and Simon Fraser University.

11:50 ADlEU

28^th Inorganic Discussion Weekend

Western University

London, Ontario.

Poster Session - Great Hall - 5:30-7:30 p.m.

P 1 Calculation of Electron Transition Oscillator Strengths in Transition Metal Complexes using Charge-Iterated Hückel Formalism. S. S. Fielder and W. J. Pietro. York University.

P 2 Application of a Hückel Based band Structure Algorithm Towards Molecular Electronics Devices. S. S. Fielder, A. B. P. Lever and W. J. Pietro. York University.

P 3 The Characterization and Surface Chemistry of a Novel Ruthenium Chelate Surfactant: Bis(3,3'-(N-Dodecyl)benzimidazole)bipyridyl Ruthenium Dichloride. M. F. Ryan, R. A. Metcalfe, M-A. Haga and A. B. P. Lever. York University.

P 4 Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemistry of trans-Bis(bipyridyl)Ruthenium Complexes. M. F. Ryan and A. B. P. Lever. York University.

P 5 Some Aspects of Late Transition Metal Indenyl Chemistry. Davit Zargarian, Sylvain Dion, Isabelle Dubuc and Rainer Vollmerhaus. University of Montreal.

P 6 Synthesis of Highly Tactic Side Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers by Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization. Sandra L. Penner, Coleen Pugh and David H. McConville. University of Western Ontario and University of Michigan.

P 7 Synthesis and Evaluation of Electronic Structure of Pyridine/Pyridinium Dialkynyl Monomers, Oligomers and Polymers. Kevin Bunten and Ashok Kakkar. McGill University.

P 8 Organometallic Flowers and Simple Acid-Base Hydrolytic Chemistry Routes to New Materials for Nonlinear Optics. HonqWei Jiang and Ashok Kakkar. McGill University.

P 9 New Forms of Luminescent Silicon. Emmanuel Chomski, Ömar Dag and Geoffrey Ozin. University of Toronto.

P 10 Mesoporous Tin(IV) Sulfide Materials. Tong Jiang, Geoffrey Ozin and Neils Coombs. University of Toronto.

P 11 Synthesis of New Osmium-dihydrogen Complexes by Protonation of Trans-Os(H)(SPh)(dppe)₂. T. Bartucz, R. H. Morris and M. Schlaf. University of Toronto.

P 12 Iridium(III) Complexes Containing Intramolecular LX-H(Ir) Hydrogen Bonds. Sung-Han Park, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris. University of Toronto.

P 13 Four-Coordinate Iron(II) Complexes as Potential Models of Biological Non-Heme Iron Proteins. C. E. Forde, A. J. Lough, R. H. Morris and R. Ramachandran. University of Toronto.

P 14 Developing a Mechanism for Nickel-Iron Hydrogenase Using the Ligand Additivity Approach. C. E. Forde and R. H. Morris. University of Toronto.

P 15 Synthesis and Reactivity of Some Acidic Ruthenium Hydrides. Tina P. Fong, Cinzia D'Agostino, Alan J. Lough, Robert H. Morris and Dean M. Roddick. University of Toronto and University of Wyoming.

P 16 Structure of a Palladathiaborane Derivative - How to prepare a CIF for Acta

Crystallographica Volume C. George Ferguson and T. R. Spalding. University of Guelph and University College, Ireland.

P 17 Cyclodextrin [2]Rotaxanes of Various Pentacyano(N-Alkylcyanopyridinium) ferrate(II) Complexes. Angela P. Lyon and Donal H. Macartney. Queen's University.

P 18 a- and b-Cyclodextrin Rotaxanes of (m-4,4'-diazopyridine) bis[pentacyanoferrate(II)] and-Bis[pentacyanoruthenate(II)] Complexes. Andrew J. Baer, Jamie C. Hamill and Donal H. Macartney. Queen's University.

P 19 The Answer to a Maiden's Prayer? Experiences with a C.C.D. Detector. Nicholas C. Payne and Jagadese J. Vittal. University of Western Ontario.

P 20 Pressure Effects in the Infrared Spectra of Tetraphenyl-Group 14 Compounds. Gillian A. Roper, Ivor Wharf and Ian S. Butler. McGill University.

P 21 Unusal Planar MS₃ Kernals in [M(S{O}CPh)₃]- (M = Zn, Cd, Hg). Philip A. W. Dean and Jagadese J. Vittal. University of Western Ontario.

P 22 Metal Complexes of Chlorocarbons. James A. Dunn, Hari K. Gupta and Michael J. McGlinchey. McMaster University.

P 23 Synthesis and Characterization of Organotellurium Dithiocarbamates. Jincai Yang and John E. Drake. University of Windsor.

P 24 Copper and Bismuth Complexes with 2,2'-Dipyridyl-1,1'-Diolato and Acetate as Ligands. Steven R. Breeze and Suning Wang. University of Windsor.

P 25 Calix[4]arene Metalloreceptors. Beth R. Cameron and Stephen J. Loeb. University of Windsor.

P 26 Towards the Synthesis of Sumanene. P. E. Lock, H. K. Gupta and M. J. McGlinchey. McMaster University.

P 27 The Synthesis and NMR Spectroscopy of ^99mTc Chelates. Samantha Bennett, J. F. Valliant, C. J. L. Lock, and R. A. Bell. McMaster University.

P 28 New Gold (I) Complexes of Thiol Ligands. D. E. Green, C. J. L. Lock and H. E. Howard-Lock. McMaster University.

P 29 Contrast Agents for MRI. The Synthesis of Polyaminocarboxylic Ligands for Paramagnetic Metals. Theresa Fauconnier, R. A. Bell, C. J. L. Lock, David Stachera and J. F. Valliant. McMaster University.

P 30 Palladium and Copper Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Route to a Variety of Well-defined Conjugated Rigid-rods as Multifunctional Materials. Chaoyang Dai, Paul Nguyen, Francisco Somera, Fabio Souze, Rosana Souza, Nicholas J. Taylor, Todd B. Marder, Andrew J. Scott, William Clegg and Christopher Viner. University of Waterloo, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Oxford University.

P 31 Photophysics of New Rhenium Chromophore-Quencher Complexes Having Unusually Long Excited-State Lifetimes. Darryl S. Williams, Juan-Pablo Claude and Thomas J. Meyer. University of North Caroline and Wayne State University.

P 32 Reactivity Studies of the Terminal Phosphinidene Complex Cp₂Zr(PC₆H₂-2,4,6-t-Bu₃)(PMe₃). Tricia L. Breen and Douglas W. Stephan. University of Windsor.

P 33 Catalytic Oligomerization of Primary Phosphines Employing the Anionic Zirconocene Trihydride: [Cp*₂ZrH₃]^-. Maria C. Fermin and Douglas W. Stephan. University of Windsor.

P 34 Synthetic, Structural and Reactivity Studies of Thiatitanacyclopropanes. Nola Etkin, Yujin Huang, T. Timothy Nadasdi, Richard H. Heyn and Douglas Stephan. University of Windsor.

P 35 Spectroscopy of 5d² trans-Dioxo Complexes: New Developments. Carole Savoie and Christian Reber. Université de Montréal.

P 36 Description and Calculation of Intervalence Band Properties. Benoit Cromp and Christian Reber. Université de Montréal.

P 37 En Route to a Masked Germasilene. W. G. Stibbs and Kim Baines. University of Western Ontario.

P 38 Correlation of X-ray Structural Data and Mo-95 NMR Chemical Shifts for Four Phosphine Molybdenum Carbonyl Complexes. Elmer C. Alyea, George Ferguson and Shuquan Song. University of Guelph.

P 39 The Synthesis and Reactivity of a Hexanuclear Platinum Cluster. Greg J. Sqivak, Leijun Hao, Richard J. Puddephatt, Jagadese J. Vittal and Jianlang Xiao. University of Western Ontario.

P 40 The Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Organometallic Dendrimers. Guoxing Liu and Richard J. Puddephatt. University of Western Ontario.

P 41 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) for the Production of Ta₂0₅ Thin Films from Volatile Ta(V) Metal-Organic Complexes. Kimberley D. Pollard and Richard J. Puddephatt. University of Western Ontario.

P 42 Some Chalcogen Complexes of [Ru₂(CO)₄(m-CO)(m-dppm)₂]. Joshi Kuncheria and Richard J. Puddephatt. University of Western Ontario.

P 43 Alkyl(hydrido)platinum(IV) Complexes: The Mechanism of Pt-C Bond Protonolysis. Geoffrey S.Hill, Louis M. Rendina and Richard J. Puddephatt. University of Western Ontario.

P 44 Synthesis, Characterization and Thermogravimetric Analysis of Liquid or Low-Melting-Point Solid p-Allyl(b-diketonato) palladium (II) Compounds. Yiping Zhang and Richard J. Puddephatt. University of Western Ontario.

P 45 Octahedral Metallo-mesogens: A Novel Liquid Crystalline Complexes of Manganese and Rhenium. Xiao-Hua (Cathyr) Liu, Ducan W. Bruce and Ian Manners. University of Toronto and University of Sheffield.

P 46 Transition Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of [1]Ferrocenophanes Derivatives. Paloma Gómez-Elipe, Ian Manners, John B. Sheridan, Yizeng Ni, John K. Pudelski and Ron Rulkens. University of Toronto.

P 47 Synthesis, Properties and Application of Poly(thionylphosphazene) and Block Copolymers. Zhen Pang, Yizeng Ni, Zijia Gu and Ian Manners. University of Toronto.

P 48 Regioselective Substitution Reactions of the Halogenated Cyclic Thionylphosphazenes [NSOZ(NPCI₂)₂] (X = F or CI). Derek P. Gates, Peter Park, Arnold L. Rheingold and Ian Manners. University of Toronto and University of Delaware.

P 49 m-Oxo Diiron Complexes of Borylated Dimethylglyoximes. Isak Vernik, Javier E. Matienzo, and Dennis V. Stynes. York University.

P 50 Stable Divalent Silicon Compounds. Michael Denk, Han Ton and Shilpi Gupta. University of Toronto.