Invited Lectures at Conferences and Symposia
1
“Supramolecular Chemistry of Bifunctional Lewis Acids”
NSF Inorganic Workshop
ACS Belmont Conference Center
June 5, 1999
2
“Acides de Lewis polyfonctionnels Synthèse reconnaissance moléculaires et formation de réseaux”
Mini Symposium organized on the Occasion of Guy Bertrand's CNRS Silver Medal
Toulouse
September 21, 1999
3
“Polyfunctional Lewis Acid Catalysts”
Southwest Catalysis Society Fall Meeting
Houston
November 17, 2000
4
“Polyfunctional Lewis Acids as Supramolecular Synthons”
Southeast/Southwest ACS Meeting
New Orleans
December 8, 2000
5
“Boron and gallium polydentate Lewis acids: Anion complexation and reduction chemistry”
221st National ACS Meeting
San Diego
April 5, 2001
6
“Group 12 and 13 polyfunctional Lewis acids Host-guest chemistry catalysis and one-electron -bonded complexes”
CSC Meeting
Montreal
May 28, 2001
7
“Polyfunctional Lewis acids in supramolecular assemblies”
223rd National ACS Meeting
Orlando
April 9, 2002
8
“Organoantimony(V) Lewis acids: from sensing to catalysis”
27th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, ICOMC 2016
Melbourne
July 17-2, 2016
9
“Organometallic Polydentate Lewis Acids”
2002 Organometallic Gordon Conference
Salve Regina University
July 23, 2002
10
“Boron and Mercury Polyfunctional Lewis Acids Formation of Unusual Radicals and Supramolecules”
2002 Inorganic Gordon Conference
Salve Regina University
July 30, 2002
11
“Synthesis and Reduction of Polyfunctional Group 13 Lewis Acids”
58th Southwest Regional ACS Meeting
Austin
November 5, 2002
12
“Polyfunctional Lewis Acids as Supramolecular Synthons”
58th Southwest Regional ACS Meeting
Austin
November 6, 2002
13
“Formation of boron-boron one-electron sigma bonds”
226th ACS National Meeting
New York
September 11, 2003
14
“1,8-Diboryl-naphtalenes and isoelectronic 1, 8-dimethylium-naphtalenes as bidentate Lewis acids Synthesis and anion complexation”
227th ACS National Meeting
Anaheim
March 31, 2004
15
“Room temperature phosphorescent supramolecules containing [o-C6F4Hg]3 and arenes”
60th Southwest Regional ACS Meeting
Fort Worth
September 30, 2004
16
“Heavy atom effects in the chemistry of [o-C6F4Hg]3”
229th National ACS meeting
San Diego
March 13 - 17, 2005
17
“1,8-Bis(methylium)naphthalenediyl dications”
International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules
Edinburgh
August 7 - 12, 2005
18
“Polyfunctional Lewis acidic boranes as fluoride receptors”
Pacifichem
Honolulu
December 18, 2005
19
“B/Hg Polydentate Lewis Acids: Anion Complexation and Electrochemistry”
89th Canadian Chemistry Conference
Halifax
May 28, 2006
20
“Heavy Atom Effects in The Chemistry of Polyfunctional Lewis Acids Containing Mercury”
11th International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems
Oulu
August 4, 2006
21
“Cooperative Effects in the Chemistry of Polyfunctional Lewis Acids Containing Mercury”
International COE Symposium for Young Scientists on Frontiers of Molecular Science
The University of Tokyo
August 25, 2006
22
“Polyfunctional and Cationic Boranes Reduction Chemistry and Anion Complexation”
2nd International Symposium of the Core-to-Core Program on Main Group Chemistry
The University of Tokyo
August 27, 2006
23
“B/Hg Polydentate Lewis Acids: Anion Complexation and Electrochemistry”
232nd National ACS meeting
San Francisco
September 10, 2006
24
“Cationic boranes Synthesis reduction chemistry and anion complexation”
International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry 8
Riverside
August 14, 2007
25
“Neutral and cationic boranes as anion receptors”
234th National ACS meeting
Boston
August 21, 2007
26
“Coordination of fluoride and cyanide ions to cationic boranes in aqueous solution”
Conference Zing Coordination Chemistry
Cancún
March 6, 2008
27
“Cationic Dipyrromethene Boron Compounds for Anion Sensing”
91st Canadian Chemistry Conference Edmonton
Canada
May 28, 2008
28
“Fluoride Ion Complexation by a B2/Hg Heteronuclear Tridentate Lewis Acid”
Dalton Discussion 11: The Renaissance of Main Group Chemistry
Berkeley
June 23 - 25, 2008
29
“Recognition of fluoride and cyanide ions in aqueous solution using cationic boranes”
International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry
Las Vegas
July 14, 2008
30
“Anion complexation by cationic boron compounds”
ImeBoron XIII
Platja d’Aro
September 24, 2008
31
“Cationic boranes: Synthesis structures and anion sensing applications”
237th National ACS meeting
Salt Lake City
March 25, 2009
32
“Cationic boranes for the complexation of fluoride and cyanide anions in water”
42nd IUPAC Congress
Glasgow
August 5, 2009
33
“Synergistic Effects in Polyfunctional Lewis Acids as Anion Receptors”
2nd International Symposium on Synergy of Elements
Sapporo
August 29, 2009
34
“Cationic Boranes Decorated by Transition Metal Moieties Synthesis Structure and Anion Sensing”
Southwest Regional ACS meeting
El Paso
November 6, 2009
35
“Cationic Lewis Acids as Anion Receptors”
Southwest Regional ACS meeting
El Paso
November 6, 2009
36
“Lewis acidic mercury compounds”
239th National ACS meeting
San Francisco
March 22, 2010
37
“Cationic bidentate Lewis acids for the complexation of fluoride anions”
239th National ACS meeting
San Francisco
March 23, 2010
38
“Polyfunctional Lewis acids as fluoride receptors”
NSF Inorganic Workshop, Lansdowne Resort
Virginia
June 7-10, 2005
39
“Strategies to increase the Lewis acidity of polyfunctional main group derivatives”
2010 Organometallic Gordon Conference
Newport
July 11 - 16, 2010
40
“Heavier Main Group Lewis acids”
Joint 66th Southwest and 62nd Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society
New Orleans
December 3, 2010
41
“A bidentate Lewis acidic borane with a telluronium ion as an anion-binding site”
Pacifichem 2010
Honolulu
December 16, 2010
42
“Lewis acidic properties of heavier group 15 onium ions”
Pacifichem 2010
Honolulu
December 17, 2010
43
“Lewis acidic properties of heavier pnictogenium and chalcogenium ions”
EQI Meeting
Guadalajara
July 1, 2011
45
“Lewis acidic properties of pnictogenium and chalcogenium ions”
IUPAC Congress
San Juan
August 4, 2011
44
“Fluoride capture by boron compounds: From aqueous fluoride anion sensing to fluorination and 18F-radiofluorination reactions”
IUPAC Congress
San Juan
August 4, 2011
46
“Novel materials for the sensing and sequestration of toxic anions in water”
242nd National ACS meeting
Denver
August 28, 2011
47
“Lewis acidic properties of heavier pnictogenium and chalcogenium ions”
IRTG Minisymposium
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
November 11, 2011
48
“Anion binding and redox properties of late transition metal-stibine complexes”
243rd ACS National Meeting
San Diego
March 28, 2012
49
“Lewis Acidic Properties of Heavy Group 15 and 16 Elements Toward Transition Metals”
95th Canadian Chemistry Conference
Calgary
May 29, 2012
50
“Lewis Acidic Behavior of Heavy Pnictogens and Chalcogens Toward Transition Metals”
Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference
University of New England
June 20, 2012
51
"Marrying Cationic Antimony Lewis Acids with Late Transition Metals: Impact on Electrophilic Catalysis"
Organometallic Gordon Conference
Newport
July 7-12, 2019
52
“Lewis acidic properties of heavy group 15 and 16 compounds”
ISACS 8
Toronto
July 22, 2012
53
“Lewis acidic properties of heavy group 15 and 16 compounds”
IRIS 13
Victoria
August 2, 2012
54
“Fluoride anion complexation in aqueous phases using main group Lewis acids: Applications in sensing and readiofluorination chemistry”
244th ACS National Meeting
Philadelphia
August 20, 2012
55
“Novel Z-ligands based on heavy group 15 and 16 elements”
244th ACS National Meeting
Philadelphia
August 21, 2012
56
“Lewis Acidic Properties of Heavy Organo-Group 15 and 16 Compounds”
XXV International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry
Lisbon
September 3, 2012
57
“Lewis Acidic Properties of Heavy Organo-Group 15 and 16 Compounds”
45th Inorganic Discussion Weekend
Ottawa
November 3, 2012
58
“Lewis acidic properties of heavy main group compounds”
A Symposium on New Directions in Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
December 10, 2012
59
“Lewis acidic properties of organo-antimony compounds: New opportunities in anion sensing”
245th ACS National Meeting
New Orleans
April 9, 2013
60
“Redox active main group/transition metal complexes”
245th ACS National Meeting
New Orleans
April 10, 2013
61
“Boron-based Strategies for F-capture in Water: Applications in Sensing and 18F Positron Emission Tomography”
96th Canadian Chemistry Conference
Quebec
May 27, 2013
62
“Oxidation-induced Lewis acidity of antimony compounds: From unusual bonding situations to new energy storage reactions”
96th Canadian Chemistry Conference
Quebec
May 30, 2013
63
“Lewis acidic properties of heavy main group compounds”
16th South African Chemical Institute (SACI) Inorganic Chemistry Conference
Durban
July 2, 2013
65
“Photoreduction of main group/late transition metal heterobimetallic complexes”
247th ACS National Meeting
Dallas
March 17, 2014
64
“Anion complexation and sensing with organoantimony compounds”
247th ACS National Meeting
Dallas
March 17, 2014
66
“Lewis acidic and redox properties of organoantimony derivatives – Applications in anion sensing and solar fuel production”
26th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry Pre-Symposium
Sendai
July 11, 2014
67
“Lewis acidic and redox properties of organoantimony derivatives – Applications in anion sensing and solar fuel production”
26th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry
Sapporo
July 14, 2014
68
“Lewis acidic and redox properties of organoantimony derivatives”
American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting
Fort Worth
November 21, 2014
69
“Lewis acidic properties of organoantimony compounds: From bidentate distiboranes to perfluorinated stibonium cations”
American Chemical Society National Meeting
Denver
March 24, 2015
70
“Lewis acidic properties of organoantimony compounds: New opportunities in anion capture and catalysis”
Stone Symposium
Waco
May 21, 2015
71
“Lewis acidic and redox properties of organoantimony derivatives – Applications in anion sensing and halogen photoreductive elimination
The 14th International Symposium on inorganic Ring Systems
Germany
July 29, 2015
72
“Fluoride anion capture and sensing in water using main group Lewis acids”
21st International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry & 6th International Symposium on Fluorous Technologies
Como
August 24, 2015
73
“Redox-active antimony Lewis acids: From sensing to catalysis”
Alan Cowley’s Retirement Symposium
Austin
October 9, 2015
74
“New [18F]-NHC-BF3 adducts as water stable radio-prosthetic groups for PET imaging”
CIPRIT 2015 Conference
Austin
November 10, 2015
75
“Lewis acidic organoantimony (V) derivatives: New approaches to anion sensing and organic reaction catalysis”
Pacificchem
Honolulu
December 16, 2015
76
“Antimony Lewis acids in the secondary coordination sphere of gold complexes: An opportunity for redox-controlled catalysis
Pacificchem
Honolulu
December 17, 2015
77
“Electrophilic antimony (V) derivatives”
Pacificchem
Honolulu
December 18, 2015
78
“Lewis Acidic Properties of Organoantimony Compounds: Application in Anion Sensing and Catalysis”
81st ICS Meeting
Tel Aviv
February 10, 2016
79
“Lewis acidic and redox properties of organoantimony compounds: From anion sensing to catalysis”
251st ACS National Meeting
San Diego
March 14, 2016
80
“Lewis acidic and redox properties of organoantimony compounds: From anion sensing to catalysis”
SICS 2016
Singapore
July 15, 2016
81
“Zwitterionic main group-based F18-fluoride captors and their use in positron emission tomography”
Bioinorganic Symposium, 72nd Annual SWRM
Galveston
November 10 - 13, 2016
82
“Exploiting the Non-Innocence of Antimony Ligands in Organometallic Catalysis”
JSPS Japanese-German Graduate Externship Program
Osaka
March 6, 2017
83
“Antimony(V) Lewis acids: Applications in anion sensing and small molecule activation”
253rd American Chemical Society
San Francisco
April 2, 2017
84
“Exploiting the Non-Innocence of Antimony Ligands in Organometallic Catalysis”
253rd American Chemical Society
San Francisco
April 3, 2017
85
“Exploiting the non-innocence of antimony ligands: From organometallic catalysis to the photoreductive elimination of halogens”
ICHAC - 12
Vancouver
June 14, 2017
86
“Bidentate diboranes and related Lewis acids with large binding pockets”
IMEBORON - 16
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
July 12, 2017
87
“Bidentate diboranes for the chelation and activation of diatomic molecules”
Second International Conference on Boron Chemistry (ICBC-II) sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society
Taiyuan
July 14-17, 2019
88
“Exploiting the non-innocence of antimony ligands in organometallic catalysis”
The 8th Chinese Conference on Coordination Chemistry (VIII CCCC)
Dalian
July 21, 2017
89
“Bidentate Lewis acids with large binding pockets”
73rd Annual ACS Southwest Regional Meeting
Lubbock
October 29, 2017
90
“Light-driven redox chemistry of antimony compounds”
255th ACS National Meeting
New Orleans
March 20, 2018
91
“Exploiting the non-innocence of antimony ligands in organometallic catalysis”
Dalton 2018
Coventry
April 4, 2018
92
“Bidentate Lewis acids with large binding pockets”
2018 BORAM XVI
Boston College
June 29, 2018
93
“Sensing fluoride and cyanide anions in water using cationic main group Lewis acids”
256th ACS National Meeting
Boston
August 19, 2018
94
“Exploiting the coordination non-innocence of antimony ligands to control the reactivity of transition metals”
256th ACS National Meeting
Boston
August 19, 2018
95
“Synthesis and photoreduction of heteronuclear late transition metal/main group element complexes”
256th ACS National Meeting
Boston
August 20, 2018
96
“Stibonium cations as Z-type ligands for late transition metals: Impact on catalytic properties”
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Danna Freedman
San Diego
August 25 - 28, 2019
97
“Main group cations as Z-type ligands”
260th ACS National Meeting
San Francisco
August 23 - 27, 2020
98
“Anion Binding and Transport with Main Group Lewis Acids”
Zoom Main Group Symposium – From Molecules to Materials
University of California, Los Angeles
August 28, 2020
99
“Antimony Lewis acids: Applications in catalysis and anion transport”
Phosphorus Chemistry Bi-Weekly Webinar
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse
September 16, 2020
101
"Anion transport with cationic main group Lewis acids"
IUPAC CCCE 2021 - 48th World Chemistry Congress & 104th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition
Montreal
August 16, 2021
102
"Main group cations as Z-type ligands"
ACS Fall 2021
Atlanta
August 22, 2021
103
"Main group Lewis acids for applications in catalysis and anion transport"
EuCOMC XXIV
Universidad of Alcala
September 1, 2021
104
"Main Group Lewis Acids for Applications in Catalysis and Anion Transport"
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society
Austin
November 2, 2021
105
"Chalcogen and Pnictogen Bonding Augmented by the Charge and Redox State of the Main Group Element"
Molecules Webinar | σ-Hole–Based Interactions: Halogen Bonds, Chalcogen Bonds and Beyond
Virtual
November 2, 2021
106
"Main group Lewis acids for applications in anion transport and catalysis"
International Conference on Main-group Molecules to Materials-II
National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
December 15, 2021
107
"Engaging Anions and Electron-Rich Metals with Main Group Lewis Acids"
Inorganic Gordon Conference
Salve Regina University
May 31, 2022
108
"Exploring the borane-carbocation analogy in the context of ambiphilic ligand chemistry"
BORAM XVII
Virginia Tech
June 20, 2022
109
"Carbenium Ions as Z-type Ligands"
8th Asian Conference on Coordination
Chemistry
Taipei (virtual)
August 7-11, 2022
110
"Main group Lewis acids for the sensing and transport of the fluoride anion"
20th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry
Berlin
August 14, 2022
111
"Coordination chemistry of ambiphilic ligands containing a carbenium as an electron-deficient
unit"
ACS Fall 2022
Chicago
August 23, 2022
112
"Phosphine-carbenium and carbene-carbenium as ambiphilic ligands"
44th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry
Rimini
August 28-September 2, 2022
113
"Ambiphilic ligands featuring a carbenium ion as the Lewis acidic functionality"
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society
San Juan, Puerto Rico
October 20, 2022
114
"Anion complexation and transport using main group Lewis acids"
to be given at the International Conference on Main Group Synthesis and Catalysis (ICMGSC)
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM)
February 11, 2023
115
"Complexing and transporting anions with main group compounds"
to be given at ACS Spring 2023
Indiana Convention Center
March 27, 2023
116
"Ligands that support metal-to-carbon dative bonding"
to be given at ACS Spring 2023
Indiana Convention Center
March 28, 2023