3rd Anglo-Dutch Symposium



THE THIRD ANGLO-DUTCH SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY AND THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CATALYSIS

"ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY AND APPLIED CATALYSIS"

Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield

Two-day Symposium, 29-30 March 1999

 
Start 11.00 am (coffee 10.15 am) on Monday 29 March; the Symposium is scheduled to end at lunchtime on the Tuesday

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Admission by ticket only

Speakers:

C Adams (Institute of Applied Catalysis, UK)
Welcome to participants

R W K Allen (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Microchemical reaction engineering"

P L Alsters (DSM Research, Geleen, The Netherlands)
"Oxidation: a tool for DSM's fine-chemicals production"

V K Aggarwal (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation"

M Bochmann (University of Leeds, UK)
"Recent developments in olefin polymerisation catalysis"

C J Elsevier (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Palladium compounds with bidentate N-ligands as mediators for carbon-element bond formation reactions"

A Haynes (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Model studies of carbonylation processes"

B T Heaton (University of Liverpool, UK)
"Truly in situ spectroscopic studies on homogeneous catalytic systems"

E G Hope (University of Leicester, UK)
"Catalysis in the fluorous biphase"

P C J Kamer (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Bite angle effects in rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation"

A K Keep (Johnson Matthey, Royston, UK)
"Platinum group metal homogeneous catalysis - present and future"

G van Koten (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
"Metallodendrimers as multisite homogeneous catalysts"

R A van Santen (Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
"Mechanism of ammonia oxidation catalysed by transition metals and zeolites"

J H Teuben (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Yttrium and lanthanum catalysts for polyethene with heterocyclic endgroups"

R Watt (BP Chemicals Limited, Hull, UK)
"Promotion of the organic equilibria in methanol carbonylation"

C White (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Chiral cyclopentadienyl catalysts in asymmetric synthesis: performance and prospects"

S C Woodward (University of Hull, UK)
"Hard/soft acid/base matching in asymmetric catalysis"


Special Session

The Symposium will also feature presentations on special aspects of modern catalysis.

M L Turner (Sheffield) will introduce and lead a discussion on "Combinatorial catalysts"

P M Maitlis (Sheffield) will introduce and lead a discussion on "Catalyst deactivation"

Admission to the Symposium is by ticket only. Tickets, to cover Registration and Refreshments, cost £10 if purchased by 15 March, £15 thereafter

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Cheques, made payable to "The Third Anglo-Dutch Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry and Applied Catalysis", should be sent to:

Mrs Elaine Fisher
Secretary, Third Anglo-Dutch Symposium
Department of Chemistry
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield S3 7HF

Notes

  1. Several iAc bursaries, value £50 (£40 travel and subsistence plus £10 refund of Registration fee) will be available for full-time PhD students. Applications must be made by 15 March by writing to Mrs Fisher (above). Priority will be given to students who will present a Poster.
  2. Students and postdoctoral fellows are strongly encouraged to offer Posters for presentation at the meeting (maximum one per participant). The Poster boards are 90 cm x 120 cm. Titles and a short abstract of the Poster should be sent to Mrs Fisher by 15 March.
  3. The Registration fee covers the cost of tea and coffee and all registered participants will be invited to the wine reception at 6 pm on Monday 29 March. Neither lunches nor dinner on the Monday evening are provided for participants, but there are numerous small pubs and restaurants nearby and detailed directions of how to get to them will be given.
  4. A Speakers’ Dinner will be held on the Monday evening after the reception. Anyone wishing to join the speakers at dinner will be welcome on payment of the cost (£30) to Mrs Fisher by 15 March.
  5. Accommodation for the night of Monday 29 March (and for Sunday night, 28 March, if needed) can be arranged at Halifax Hall of Residence, Endcliffe Vale Road, Sheffield S10 3ER. The cost of this per night on a bed and breakfast basis will be £24 (including VAT) for a single room or £38 (including VAT) for a single room with en-suite facilities. Anyone wishing to have accommodation booked for them should fill out the form appropriately and return it, together with full payment to Mrs Fisher by 15 March.