3rd
Anglo-Dutch
Symposium
"Organometallic
Chemistry and Applied Catalysis"
Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield
29-30 March 1999
President: Kees Vrieze (University of Amsterdam)
University of Sheffield Organising Committee:
Peter Maitlis (Chairman)
Elaine Fisher (Secretary)
Anthony Haynes
Michael Turner
Generous support is acknowledged, with thanks,
from:
Royal Society of Chemistry (Angela Fish Bequest)
Institute of Applied Catalysis
BP - Amoco Chemicals, Hull
Johnson Matthey plc
Programme
Monday
29 March
10.15 - 11.00
Coffee and Poster Preparation
11.00
C Adams (Institute of Applied Catalysis, UK)
11.05 R
W K Allen (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Microchemical reaction engineering"
11.25 R
A van Santen (Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
"Mechanism of ammonia oxidation catalysed by transition
metals and zeolites"
12.05 P
L Alsters (DSM Research, Geleen, The Netherlands)
"Oxidation: a tool for DSM's fine-chemicals production"
12.25 V
K Aggarwal (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation"
13.05 - 14.15 Break
for Lunch
14.15 A
K Keep (Johnson Matthey, Royston, UK)
"Platinum group metal homogeneous catalysis - present
and future"
14.35 R
Watt (BP Chemicals Limited, Hull, UK)
"Promotion of the organic equilibria in methanol
carbonylation"
14.55 P
C J Kamer (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Bite angle effects in rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation"
15.15 B
T Heaton (University of Liverpool, UK)
"Truly in situ spectroscopic studies on
homogeneous catalytic systems"
15.55 - 16.40 Tea
and Poster Viewing
16.40 A
Haynes (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Model studies of carbonylation processes"
17.00 C
White (University of Sheffield, UK)
"Chiral cyclopentadienyl catalysts in asymmetric
synthesis: performance and prospects"
17.20 S
C Woodward (University of Hull, UK)
"Hard/soft acid/base matching in asymmetric catalysis"
17.40 P
M Maitlis (University of Sheffield, UK)
Short presentation and general discussion on "Catalyst
deactivation"
18.00 Wine
reception
19.00 Speakers
Dinner
Tuesday
30 March
09.00 J
H Teuben (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Yttrium and lanthanum catalysts for polyethene
with heterocyclic endgroups"
09.40 M
Bochmann (University of Leeds, UK)
"Recent developments in olefin polymerisation catalysis"
10.20 C
J Elsevier (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Palladium compounds with bidentate N-ligands as
mediators for carbon-element bond formation reactions"
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee
and Poster Viewing
11.30 M
L Turner (University of Sheffield, UK)
Short presentation and general discussion on "Combinatorial catalysts"
11.50 E
G Hope (University of Leicester, UK)
"Catalysis in the fluorous biphase"
12.10 G
van Koten (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
"Metallodendrimers as multisite homogeneous catalysts"
12.50 Close
