February
13
Prof. Kevin Chambliss
Baylor University
"Redox Switchable Metal Complexes in Analytical Chemistry"
(Host: Krishnan Rajeshwar)
February 20
Prof. Bruce Gibb
University of New Orleans
"Synthesis and Properties of Deep Cavity Cavitands"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)
February 27
Dr. Vladimir Grushin
Central Research Lab, DuPont Company
"The First Efficient and Selective Catalytic Mono-Oxidation of
Bidentate Phosphines"
(Host: Rasika Dias)
March
5
Prof. Rigoberto Advincula
University of Houston
"Nanostructured Organic and Polymeric Materials"
(Host: Martin Pomerantz)
March 12
Prof. Dmitry Rudkevich
University of Texas at Arlington
"Supramolecular Chemistry of Gases"
(Host: Richard Timmons)
March
19
Spring Vacation
March 26
Prof. Alan Balch
University of California, Davis
"Using our Eyes: Detection
of Remarkable Luminescence from Gold (I) Complexes"
(Host: Rasika Dias)
April
2
Dr. Neal Magri
Technix Inc., Houston, TX
"Oilfield Chemicals: The
Science Behind the Performance"
(Host: Tom Strom)
Thursday, April 8,
2:00 PM
Prof. Bonner Denton
University of Arizona
"Advances in the Application of Array Detectors for Improved
Chemical Analysis"
Monday,
April 12
Prof. Heinrich Vahrenkamp
University of Freiburg, Germany
"Preparative and Mechanistic Zinc Chemistry: Modeling Biological Thiolate Alkylations"
(Host: Rasika Dias)
April 16
Prof. Robin D. Rogers
University of Alabama
"Green Chemistry and Applications of Ionic Liquids as Solvents:
Synergies and Ironies"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)
April 23
Prof. Scott Gilbertson
University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
"Parallel and 'Rational' Uses of Transition Metal Reagents in
Organic Chemistry"
(Host: Carl Lovely)
Cancelled
- April 30 - Cancelled
Prof. Paul Barbara
University of Texas at Austin
"Organic Nanoparticle Science:
Materials and Devices "
(Host: Richard Timmons)
May 7
Prof. Guigen Li
Texas Tech University
"New Electrophilic Addition Reactions to Alkenes"
(Host: Carl Lovely)
