Invited talks at conferences, symposia and schools


Note: regular contributed oral and posted presentations are not listed.


126. ACS Fall 2024 Meeting (Symposium “Electrocatalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Based on Metal Hydrides: Symposium Honoring Morris Bullock”), Denver, CO, USA, 18-22 August, 2024.

(De)hydrogenation and hydrogen transfer reactions: the rich mechanistic landscape gets further expanded by Cp*CoIII-catalysts

 

125. 22nd National Meeting in Chemistry of the Norsk Kjemisk Selskap (Norwegian Chemical Society, NKS), 17-18 June, 2024.

Coordination vitrimers: introducing inorganic Zr and Hf carboxylate clusters to produce innovative adaptable network materials

 

124. International Conference on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC XX), ISc Bangalore, India, 14-17 December 2023.

The ever-expanding mechanistic landscape of (de)hydrogenation, hydrogen transfer and borrowing hydrogen transformations(plenary lecture)

 

123. Indo-French Seminar on Catalysis for Sustainability, IISER Trivandrum, India, 10-13 December 2023. “Switcheable ring-opening/organometallic-radical polymerization: towards recyclable vinyl polymers

 

122. Controlled Radical Polymerization, Charleston, SC, USA, 12-15 November 2023.

Limits of OMRP: the case of palladium

 

121. 4th International Symposium on Modern Trends in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis (centennial Mark Vol’pin symposium), INEOS, Moscow, Russia, 23-27 May, 2023 (online presentation).

A new pathway for borrowing hydrogen transformations under Cp*CoIII catalysis

 

120. International School on Innovations in Homogeneous and Supported Homogeneous Catalysis, Bucharest, Romania, 25-28 April, 2023.

The ever-expanding mechanistic landscape of catalyzed hydrogenation, hydrogen transfer and “borrowing hydrogen” reactions

 

119. European Colloquium on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Krakow, Poland, 21-23 September, 2022.

The ever-expanding mechanistic landscape of (de)hydrogenation, hydrogen transfer and borrowing hydrogen transformations(plenary lecture)

 

118. 44th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Rimini, Italy, 28 August – 2 September, 2022.

An unprecedented pathway for borrowing hydrogen transformations under Cp*Co(III) catalysis

 

117. 13th International Symposium of the Romanian Catalysis Society (RomCat2022), Baile Govora, Romania, 22-24 June, 2022.

Catalyzed hydrogenations, transfer hydrogenations and borrowing hydrogen transformations: an ever-expanding mechanistic landscape(plenary lecture)

 

116. Controlled Radical Polymerization, Charleston, SC, USA, 14-17 November 2021.

Copper(I)-Promoted Catalytic Radical Terminations (CRT) and Reductive Radical Terminations (RRT) in ATRP and Model Systems

 

115. Simposio virtual 2020 Instituto de Quimica (online symposium), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, 4 December 2020.

Homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds make robust mediators for controlled radical polymerization(plenary lecture)

 

114. Chemistry of Organoelement Compounds and Polymers 2019, Moscow, Russia, 18-22 November 2019.

Organometallic compounds with weak metal-carbon bonds for controlling the radical polymerization of less activated monomers(plenary lecture) 

 

113. XLVII Congresso Nazionale della Divisione di Chimica Inorganica della Società Chimica Italiana, Bari, Italy, 9-12 September, 2019.

Homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds and the persistent radical effect in metal-mediated radical polymerization(award address) 

 

112. 23rd Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (EuCOMC XXIII), Helsinki, Finland, 16-20 June, 2019.

Homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds and the persistent radical effect in metal-catalyzed/mediated reactions(plenary lecture)

 

111. Past, present and future of inorganic chemistry in Italy: A path defined by the winners of the Nasini prize, Rome, Italy, 11-12 February, 2019.

Weak metal-carbon bonds as robust mediators for a controlled radical polymerization of less activated monomers

 

110. International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis, Goa, India, 13-16 December, 2018.

Copper and iron-catalyzed processes involving radicals

 

109. National Symposium on Heterogeneous Catalysis, Vadodara, India, 8-9 December, 2018

A new paradigm for outer sphere hydrogenation with non deprotonatable ligands

 

108. Symposium de Chimie Organométallique et Catalyse, Strasbourg, 18 October 2018

Homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds make robust controlled radical polymerization systems for ‘less‐activated monomers’”
 

107. International Conference in Honor of Prof. Dan Meyerstein's 80th Birthday, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel, 3-4 October, 2018

News on the interaction of carbon-based radicals with copper

 

106. International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2018)

Florence, Italy, 15-20 July, 2018

Homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds in organic synthesis and controlled radical polymerization(Keynote lecture)

 

105. French-English-Australian Sumposium “Molecular Electronics and Photonics” (MEP 2018)

Rennes, France, 10-13 July, 2018

Mechanistic studies of metal-catalyzed radical termination(Plenary lecture)

 

104. European Conference on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms (ECIRM 2018)

Barcelona, Spain, 8-11 July, 2018

How fast does NaOH deprotonate carboxylic acids in water? A tale of RhI migration and ligand exchange inside polymeric nanoreactors(Plenary lecture)

 

103. 8th Symposium on Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization, 254th ACS Meeting

Washington D.C, USA, August 20-24, 2017

Mechanistic studies of transition metal catalyzed radical termination

 

102. Organometallic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference,

Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, USA, July 9-14, 2017

Organometallic Mediated Radical Polymerization (OMRP); the importance of making and breaking metal-carbon bonds

 

101. Infiniment petit, infiniment grand : les échelles de la science

Café des savoir, Toulouse, France, May 2, 2017

Des plastiques à la mayonnaise: les molécules et leur organisation à toutes les échelles(Broad audience presentation)

 

100. Advances in Polymer Science and New Generation Technologies: SPSI-ACS Jubilee Symposium (MACRO INDIA 2017)

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, January 8-11, 2017

Well-defined polymeric nanoreactors for biphasic catalysis(Plenary lecture)

 

99. International Workshop on Advanced Functional Materials and Devices (IWAFMD2017)

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, January 8-12, 2017

Well-defined polymeric nanoreactors for biphasic catalysis

 

98. International conference on Advances in Functional Materials (ICAFM17)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, January 6-8, 2017

Well-defined polymeric nanoreactors for biphasic catalysis

 

97. XXX Encontro Regional de Sociedade Brasileira de Quimíca

Uberlândia, Brazil, November 13-15, 2016

A new approach to biphasic catalysis using a polymeric nanoreactor platform

 

96. Chemistry for the Future

Pisa, Italy, September 7-9, 2016

Coordination chemistry and catalysis inside well-defined polymeric nanoreactors(Plenary lecture)

 

95. French-Indian Symposium on “Catalysis for green and sustainable chemistry”

Hyderabad, India, November 4-7, 2015

"Aqueous phase and solvent-free catalytic oxidations"

 

94. 5th Latin-American Symposium on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry

Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil, October 18-23, 2015

Well-defined polymeric nanoreactors for biphasic catalysis

 

93. Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry: Achievements and Challenges (VI Razuvaev Lectures)

Volga river, Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan - Samara - Cheboksary - Nizhny Novgorod, September 18-23, 2015

A new paradigm for outer sphere hydrogenation with non deprotonatable ligands

 

92. Journée scientifique “Catalyse et Polymérisation : vers les matériaux fonctionnels avancés”

Montpellier, France, June 24, 2015

A new approach to biphasic catalysis using a polymeric nanoreactor platform

 

91. Niedersächsisches Katalysesymposium (NiKaS, Lower Saxony Catalysis Symposium)

Göttingen, Germany, October 16-17, 2014

A new platform for aqueous biphasic catalysis through controlled radical polymerization

 

90. IDEMAT-2 Franco-Siberian Workshop, held within the International Workshop on Transition Metal Clusters, IWTMC–IV

Novosibirsk, Russia, September 8–12, 2014

Interplay of one-electron processes in controlled radical polymerization mediated by iron complexes” 

 

89. The Chemistry of Organoelement Compounds and Polymers 2014, International conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of INEOS RAS

Moscow, Russia, September 8-10, 2014

Precision polymer synthesis in support of innovative catalysis

 

88. 7th Symposium on Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization, 248th ACS Meeting

San Francisco, USA, August 10-14, 2014

New design of amphiphilic core-shell particles for catalysis: One-pot synthesis in emulsion and application to the rhodium-catalyzed aqueous biphasic olefin hydroformylation

 

87. 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC)

Singapore, July 21-25, 2014.

Catalytic oxidations with cyclopentadienyl-based group VI complexes: what is the nature of the real catalyst?

 

86. XIX International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (ISHC)

Ottawa, Canada, July 6-11, 2014

Biphasic catalysis in core-cross-linked polymeric nanoreactors(Keynote lecture)

 

85. 2nd European Colloquium on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms

Debrecen, Hungary, June 17-20, 2014.

Mechanistic studies on an iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation of ketones

 

84. 8ème Rencontres de Chimie Organique de Marseille (RCOM-8)

Marseille, France, June 12-13, 2014

Nouvelle conception de nanoréacteurs pour la catalyse biphasique: application à l’hydroformylation des oléfines supérieures(Plenary lecture)

 

83. 2nd Japan-France Coordination Chemistry Symposium

Nara, Japan, November 24-28, 2013.

Precise phosphine-functionalized macromolecular architectures: synthesis by controlled radical polymerization and catalytic applications

 

82. School-Conference for young scientists “Inorganic Compounds and Functional Materials”

Novosibirsk, Russia, September, 30 - October, 4, 2013

Olefin epoxidation catalyzed by organometallic oxomolybdenum and -tungsten compounds: who is the real catalyst?

 

81. 16th International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC-16)

Sapporo, Japan, August 4-9, 2013.

Assembly of functionalized macromolecular architectures by controlled radical polymerization and catalytic applications(Keynote lecture)

 

80. Intensive programme “EUropean CHemists for Energy, Materials and Environment” (EUCHEME-2)

Camerino, Italy, July 30- August 12, 2013

Three 2-hour lectures on: 1. “Experimental mechanistic studies of catalytic cycles”; 2. “Fundamentals of quantum chemistry applied to organometallic chemistry and catalysis”; 3. “Transition metals in polymerization: coordination polymerization and controlled radical polymerization

 

79. Second EuCheMS Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EICC-2)

Jerusalem, Israel, July 7-11, 2013

Polymer-Supported Phosphines Built by Controlled Radical Polymerization and Their Application to Hydroformylation Catalysis”. (Keynote lecture)

 

78. Royal Society of Chemistry Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry Discussion Group (CODG) meeting.

London, UK, July 4-5, 2013.

Challenges and Role of Coordination Chemistry in Organometallic Mediated Radical Polymerization(Plenary lecture)

 

77. Regional meeting of the Italian Chemical Society “TUMA” (Toscana-Umbria-Marche-Abruzzi)

Florence, Italy, July 1-2, 2013

Complessi organometallici a legame metal-carbonio omoliticamente debole: chiave per l’accesso a nuovi polimeri per via radicalica controllata(Plenary lecture)

 

76. International symposium “Modern trends in organometallic chemistry and catalysis” dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the academician M. E. Vol’pin

Moscow, Russia, June 3-7, 2013

Polymer-Supported Phosphines Built by Controlled Radical Polymerization and Their Application to Hydroformylation Catalysis

 

75. Journée SCF Section Midi-Pyrénées

Toulouse, France, March 20, 2013

Complexes organométalliques à liaisons métal-carbone faibles : clé pour l'accès à des nouveaux polymères par polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée

 

74. Journée Catalyse – Centenaire Prix Nobel Paul Sabatier

Toulouse, France, December 13, 2012

Catalyse d’oxydation ; état de l’art et défis pour une chimie durable

 

73. 3ème colloque Maroco-Français en Chimie Moléculaire

Rabat, Morocco, October 16-17, 2012.

Catalyse d’oxydation ; état de l’art et défis pour une chimie durable

 

72. Intensive programme “EUropean CHemists for Energy, Materials and Environment” (EUCHEME)

Camerino, Italy, August 7-18, 2012

Three 2-hour lectures on: 1. “Experimental mechanistic studies of catalytic cycles”; 2. “Fundamentals of quantum chemistry applied to organometallic chemistry and catalysis”; 3. “Transition metals in polymerization: coordination polymerization and controlled radical polymerization

 

71. 8 ème Journées Ecole Doctorale 459 « Sciences Chimiques Balard »

Montpellier, France, July 3-4, 2012

Complexes organométalliques à liaisons métal-carbone faibles : clé pour l'accès à des nouveaux polymères par polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée

 

70. 95th Canadian Chemical Conference (Symposium “Diversity and Challenges of Inorganic Molecular and Materials Modelling”)

Calgary, AB, Canada, May 26-30, 2012

Olefin epoxidation mechanism: a never ending controversy. New mode of tert-butylhydroperoxide activation with 5-coordinate dioxomolybdenum(VI) catalysts

 

69. 95th Canadian Chemical Conference (Symposium “Metal Mediated Polymerization”)

Calgary, AB, Canada, May 26-30, 2012

Coordination Chemistry Affecting the Organometallic Mediated Radical Polymerization of Unreactive Monomers with Cobalt and Iron Acetylacetonates

 

68. Journées de chimie X-ENS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPS de Chimie

Palaiseau, France, May 14-15, 2012

“Principes, mise en œuvre et exemples d'application de la polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée”

 

67. Mid-Term meeting of the Rennes-Durham LEA (Laboratoire Européen Associé) “Molecular Materials and catalysis”

Durham, April 3, 2012

Platinum-catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of non-activated olefins: challenges and recent progress

 

66. Rennes-Adelaide Molecular Chemistry Symposium

Rennes, France, November 9-10, 2011

Mechanistic investigations of oxidation reactions catalyzed by water-compatible Cp*-oxo complexes of molybdenum and tungsten

 

65. 242th ACS Meeting, 6th symposium on "Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization" (CRP)

Denver, CO (USA), August 28 - 31, 2011

Organometallic-mediated radical polymerization (OMRP) of vinyl acetate with iron

 

64. Journée de Chimie de Coordination de la Société Chimique de France

Angers, France, February 3-4, 2011

Chimie de coordination et organométallique à un électron : applications en polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée(Award address)

 

63. Journées franco-catalanes du LEA Barcelone-Toulouse

Toulouse, France, January 20-21, 2011

Alkene epoxidation catalyzed by half-sandwich complexes of molybdenum and tungsten: experimental and computational studies of the reaction mechanism

 

62. 9ème Journées de Chimie Théorique et Computationnelle (JCTC9)

Université Mentouri, Constantine, Algeria, November 7-8, 2010

Etudes Expérimentales et Théoriques de l’Hydroamination de l’Ethylène par l’Aniline Catalisée par des Sels de Platine

 

61. Topical Problems of Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry” (V Razuvaev Lectures)

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, September 3-9, 2010

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality

 

60. 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Conference (symposium on “Advances in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry”)

Nürnberg, Germany, August 29 – September 2, 2010

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality

 

59. Intensive programme “Advances Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis”, 2nd Edition” (ACAOC2)

Camerino, Italy, August 1-12, 2010

Three 3-hour lectures on: 1. “Experimental mechanistic studies of catalytic cycles”; 2. “Transition metals in polymerization: coordination polymerization and controlled radical polymerization”; 3. “Fundamentals of quantum chemistry applied to organometallic chemistry and catalysis

 

58. 24th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (JOM Symposium “Frontiers in Organometallic Chemistry”)

Taipei, Taiwan, July 18 – 23, 2010

Recent Progress in Platinum-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of Non-Activated Olefins

 

57. International School on Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (ISOPSC 2010) on “Metal Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization: From the Metal Catalysts to the Macromolecular Architecture and Polymer Assembly”

Università di Salerno, Italy, June 27 - July 2, 2010

ATRP and other Metal Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization

 

56. 9° Congresso del Gruppo Interdivisionale di Chimica Organometallica (9° COGICO)

Firenze, Italy, June 8-11, 2010.

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality(Award address)

 

55. XIth Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC-XI)

Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, March 1-3, 2010

Transition metal (mediated or catalyzed) radical polymerisation: how many different kinds?(Keynote lecture)

 

54. 11th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC11)

Cairns, Australia, December 6-10, 2009

Competitive pathways for the reaction of radicals with transition metal complexes: their impact on controlled radical polymerization

 

53. 2nd Humboldt Conference on Non-covalent Interactions

Vršac, Serbia, October 22-25, 2009

Transmission of non-covalent interaction: solvent effects on cationic hydride complexes through solvent∙∙∙anion∙∙∙cation interactions

 

52. Chemistry of Organoelement Compounds: Results and Prospects

Moscow, Russia, Sept. 28 – Oct. 2, 2009

Asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral ketones with iridium and planar chiral bifunctional ferrocenyl phosphines

 

51. Intensive programme “Advances Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis” (ACAOC)

Camerino, Italy, August 16-27, 2009

Three 3-hour lectures on: 1. “Experimental mechanistic studies of catalytic cycles”; 2. “Transition metals in polymerization: coordination polymerization and controlled radical polymerization”; 3. “Fundamentals of quantum chemistry applied to organometallic chemistry and catalysis

 

50. 238th ACS Meeting, “Symposium in Honor of P. Jeffrey Hay: Catalysis and H2 Storage”

Washington, DC, USA, August 16-20, 2009

Computational investigation of the PtBr2-based hydroamination of ethylene with aniline

 

49. 18th EuCHEMS Conference on Organometallic Chemistry

Göteborg, Sweden, June 22-25, 2009

Interplay of atom transfer and organometallic radical polymerization: the case of CpCr(nacnac)”.

 

48. COST ACTION CM0802 (PhoSciNet) Kick-Off Meeting

Florence, March 28-29, 2009

Phosphine-Containing Planar-chiral Ferrocenes: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry and Applications to Asymmetric Catalysis

 

47. An International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry in Honor of Professor Ernesto Carmona: From Fundamentals to Modern Applications

Sevilla, Spain, February 12-13, 2009

Diamagnetic and paramagnetic polyhydride/dihydrogen complexes: delicate solvent effects

 

46. Journées de l’Ecole Doctorale de Chimie Moléculaire Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Paris, France, May 28-29, 2009.

Juxtaposition de différents processus à un électron en chimie de coordination et leur rôle dans la polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée(Keynote lecture)

 

45. Hydrogen and Hydrogen Storage – Methods and Materials

Bangalore, India, January 3-6, 2009

“Oxidation and Protonation Processes of Sterically Encumbered and Electron-rich Hydride Complexes”

 

44. 236th ACS Meeting, Symposium on “Controlled/living Radical Polymerization”

Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 17-21, 2008

Controlled Radical Polymerization by use of Half-Sandwich Chromium Complexes

 

43. 235th ACS Meeting, F.A. Cotton Memorial Symposium

New Orleans, LA, USA, April 6-10, 2008

Preparation and metal-metal bonding in organometallic Rh(III) paddle-wheel complexes

 

42. 37th Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Group Meeting

Barcelona, Spain, January 9-12, 2008

Proton transfer to hydride complexes through the formation of intermediate hydrogen-bonded adducts

 

41. Humboldt Conference on Non-covalent Interactions

Vršac, Serbia, November 15-18, 2007

Non-conventional hydrogen bonds in transition metal hydride complexes(Keynote lecture)

 

40. 9th FIGIPAS

Vienna, Austria, 4-7 July, 2007

Chemistry and Catalysis with High Oxidation State Cp*Mo and Cp*W Complexes in Water

 

39. IX Congresso Annuale INCA “Verso il 7° programma Quadro della Comunità Europea”

Pisa, Italy, March 1-2, 2007

Idrogenazione asimmetrica di aril chetoni catalizzata da complessi di iridio con fosfine-tioeteri ferrocenici chirali(Keynote lecture)

 

38. Experiment and Theory in Transition Metal Chemistry: A Meeting Point

Barcelona, Spain, September 28-29, 2006

Speciation and oxygen exchange mechanism of Cp*MoVI oxo complexes in water

 

37. 232th ACS Meeting, Symposium on "Radical Metal Complex Chemistry"

San Francisco, CA, USA, Sept 10-14, 2006

Interplay of various one-electron processes in metal-mediated controlled radical polymerization: Contribution of coordination chemistry

 

36. Macro Group UK International Conference on Polymer Synthesis

Warwick, UK, July 31 - August 3, 2006

The interplay of various one-electron processes in metal-mediated controlled radical polymerization. The contribution of coordination chemistry

 

35. 89th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Symposium entitled “Paramagnetic and Mixed-Valent Complexes in Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry”

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 27-31, 2006

New sterically protected paramagnetic organometallic hydrides

 

34. OBES Catalysis and Chemical Transformations Program Contractor's meeting (US Department of Energy)

Hyatt Chesapeake Bay, May 21-24, 2006

The interplay of various one-electron processes in metal-mediated controlled radical polymerization. The contribution of coordination chemistry

 

33. Green Chemistry: a solution for the World

Almeria, Spain, December 18-21, 2005

Aqueous reduction chemistry of compound Cp*2Mo2O5: generation and characterization of a mixed oxo-hydroxo triangular cluster with an unusual electronic structure

 

32. 5th International School of Organometallic Chemistry (ISOC5)

Camerino, Italy, September 10-14, 2005

Open Shell Organometallics: a General Analysis of their Electronic Structure and Reactivity

 

31. 230th ACS Meeting, Symposium on "Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization"

Washington, D.C., USA, Aug 28-Sept 1, 2005

New mechanistic insights into ATRP using molybdenum coordination compounds

 

30. Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference

Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, July 18-23, 2004

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: it's all Inorganic Chemistry!

 

29. XXII Meeting of the Spanish Organometallic Group (GEQO)

Castilla La Mancha, July 12-14, 2004

Aqueous organometallic chemistry in the high oxidation states:new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis(Plenary lecture)

 

28. INEOS 50

Moscow, Russia, May 30-June 4, 2004

Basic Transition Metal Reactivity of Relevance to Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

 

27. XVIth Workshop on Rare Earth Chemistry

Berlin, 4-6 December, 2003

Multiple Bonding between Lanthanide Atoms and Main Group Elements: Experiment and Theory

 

26. Eighth Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences

Hanoi, Vietnam, October 20 – 24, 2003

High oxidation state aqueous organomolybdenum: a new approach toward catalysis and electrocatalysis in water

 

25. Dalton Discussion on “Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis”

York, UK, 9-11 September 2003

Organometallic Reactivity on More than One Spin Surface

 

24. 4th International School of Organometallic Chemistry (ISOC 4)

Camerino, Italy, 6-10 September 2003

The Contribution of Organometallic Chemistry to the Understanding and Further Development of Living Radical Polymerization"

 

23. XV Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (FECHEM)

Zurich, Switzerland, 9-15 August, 2003.

Organometallic reactions involving open-shell systems and spin state changes: spin acceleration effects and the explicit calculations of minimum energy crossing points

 

22. 7th FIGIPS Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry

Lisbon, Portugal, June 11-14, 2003

High oxidation state aqueous organometallic chemistry: new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis in water

 

21. Memorial Symposium “Progress in Modern Organometallic and Homogeneous Catalytic Chemistry” dedicated to Professor Mark Vol’pin (1923-1996)

Moscow, Russia, May 18-23, 2003

Recent studies of the mechanism of protonation of transition metal hydride complexes

 

20. XXX Congresso Nationale di Chimica Inorganica

Modena, Italy, 15-19 September 2002

Nuove frontiere in chimica di coordinazione e organometallica: la polimerizzazione radicalica 'vivente'(Plenary lecture)

 

19. Summer School "3ème cycle" on "Polymers and Polymerization"

Champéry, Switzerland, September 1-6, 2002

Three 1-hour lectures on the following general topics: theoretical methods, kinetics, mechanisms, energetics and spin crossover in polymerization catalysis

 

18. 224th ACS Meeting, Symposium on “Advances in Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization”

Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 18-22, 2002

The contribution of homolytic bond strength computations in controlled radical polymerization: the case of molybdenum

 

17. 20th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOC)

Corfu, Greece, 7-12 July, 2002

"Results and Perspectives of High Oxidation State Organomolybdenum Chemistry in Water"

 

16. New Approaches in Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry. Look from 21-th Century

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, June 1-6, 2002

"New Opportunities in Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry; Unveiling the Mechanism of Controlled Radical Polymerization" (Plenary lecture)

 

15. 3rd International School of Organometallic Chemistry (ISOC3)

Camerino, Italy, 9-13 September 2001

"New Ligands for Asymmetric Hydroformylation Catalysis"

 

14. XIV Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (FECHEM)

Gdanzk, Poland, 2-7 September, 2001

"Use of Molybdenum Organometallics in Controlled Radical Polymerization of Polar Olefins: all basic mechanisms are possible"

 

13. 8ème GECOM-CONCOORD

Albé (Alsace), France, 13-18 March, 2001

Chimie de Coordination, modélisation par des méthodes DFT et catalyse de polymérisation: un “cocktail” chimique(Plenary lecture)

 

12. 220th ACS Meeting, Symposium on "Reactions of Radicals with Metal Complexes"

Washington D.C., USA, August 20-24, 2000

Application of 17-Electron Organomolybdenum Compounds to Polymerization Catalysis

 

11. Workshop on Carbon-Rich Organometallic Compounds

Erlangen, Germany, July 16-20, 2000

"Carbon-Rich Half-Sandwich Mo(III) Compounds"

 

10. Organometallic Compounds - the Materials of the Third Millennium

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, May 29 - June 2, 2000

"Stability and Decomposition Pathways of Paramagnetic Mono- and Polyhydride Complexes" (Plenary lecture)

 

9. Second Korean-Italian Meeting (KOSEF-CNR) on Inorganic Chemistry

Florence, Italy, February 22-23, 2000

"New Bifunctional Ligands for Enantioselective Catalysis"

 

8. 213rd ACS Meeting, Symposium in Honor of the Late Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson

San Francisco, CA, USA, April 13-17, 1997

"Chemistry and catalysis of Mo(II) and Mo(III) compounds containing only metal-carbon bonds"

 

7. 30th MARM Meeting, Symposium on "Catalysis with inorganic materials"

Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA, May 21-24, 1996

"Organometallic Reactivity. The effect of a spin state change"

 

6. Pacifichem 95 (1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basic Societies), Symposium on "Recent developments in solution coordination chemistry"

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 17-22, 1995

"A Bridge Between Coordination and Organometallic Chemistries in Open-shell, Intermediate Oxidation State Organometallics"

 

5. 29th MARM Meeting, Symposium on "Inorganic Chemistry"

American University Campus, Washington, D.C., USA, May 24-26, 1995

"Some Subtle New Observations on Transition Metal Hydride Oxidation, Protonation, and Hydride Abstraction Processes"

 

4. Contemporary Inorganic Chemistry: A Symposium in Honor of F. A. Cotton

College Station, TX, USA, March 12-15, 1995

Metal-metal bonds: when they form and when they do not in oligooctahedral complexes of Mo(III)

 

3. Molecular Reaction Mechanisms Involving Transition Metals: Experimental and Theoretical Aspects

Florence, Italy, October 25-30, 1994

Effects of electron pairing in organometallic reactions

 

2. Januachem 92

Genova, Italy, October 29, 1992 (Award address)

Aspetti generali della chimica di radicali organometallici in stato di ossidazione intermedio

 

1. Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference

Wolfeboro, NH, USA, July 31, 1991

New aspects of transition metal chemistry in the intermediate oxidation states