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