Schedule
RMC-2024-schedule.pdf
All conference events will take place in the Student Union Building ballroom area.
Talks in Ballroom C; Conference Dinner in Ballroom B; Posters outside Ballroom C.
Sunday, June 23 | |
| 2:30-6pm | Arrival and Check-in (Student Union Building, outside Ballroom C) |
| 6:00-6:10pm | Welcome and Announcements (Student Union Building, Ballroom C) |
Photochemistry and Polymers | |
| Discussion Leader: Dean Tantillo (University of California, Davis) | |
| 6:10-6:45 pm | Samuel Leguizamon (Sandia National Laboratory) Photocontrol of Olefin Metathesis Polymerizations via Ruthenium Catalyst Inhibition |
| 6:45-7:20 pm | Veronica Vaida (University of Colorado, Boulder) Pyruvic Acid Multiphase Photochemistry from Gas and Aqueous Phases to the Water-Air Interface |
| 7:20-7:55 pm | Erin Stache (Princeton University) Photon Driven Strategies for Activating Strong Bonds for Polymer Recycling Applications |
| 7:55-8:05 pm | Remembrance of Josef Michl |
| 8:00-10:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
Monday, June 24 | |
Environmental Chemistry & Photochemistry | |
| Discussion Leader: Julie Peterson (Bowling Green State University) | |
| 8:30-9:05 am | AnGayle Vasiliou (Middlebury College) Thermal Cracking of Hydrocarbons: A Molecular Viewpoint |
| 9:05-9:40 am | Joseph Francisco (University of Pennsylvania) Catalytic and Autocatalytic Mechanisms in the Atmospheric Chemistry Context |
| 9:40-10:15 am | Javier Read de Alaniz (University of California, Santa Barbara) Access to Complex Tunable Reaction Mechanisms with Diverse Energy Landscapes Using Photo Switches |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Coffee break |
Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysis | |
| Discussion Leader: Sheryl Wiskur (University of South Carolina) | |
| 10:35-11:10 am | Annaliese Franz (University of California, Davis) Structure and Mechanistic Insight into New Aminoamide Silanol Ligands for Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective N-H Insertion Reactions |
| 11:10-11:45 am | Maren Podewitz (TU Wien / Vienna University of Technology) Catalysis in Confinement: Mechanism and Dynamics of C-X Bond Formation with Supramolecular Catalysts |
| 11:45-12:20 pm | Sam Yruegas (Rice University) Mechanistic Insights towards Calcium-Mediated Functionalization |
| 12:20-1:30 pm | (Lunch on your own) |
| 1:30-2:20 pm | Undergraduate Context Session Moderator: Jason Gillmore For undergraduates to meet and ask questions about the science presented so far at RMC. |
| 2:30-3:20 pm | Industry Panel Moderator: Thomas Peterson A presentation and discussion on how those with mechanistic backgrounds can make important and unique contributions in industrial research. |
| 4:00-6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
Enzymes and Biological Mechanisms | |
Discussion Leader: Lesley-Ann Giddings (Smith College) | |
| 7:00-7:35 pm | Zhongyue (John) Yang (Vanderbilt University) |
7:35-8:10 pm | Judith Klinman (University of California, Berkeley) An Emerging Dynamical Mechanism for the Thermal Activation of Enzyme Activity |
| 8:10-8:45 pm | Changjian Feng (University of New Mexico) Deciphering Nitric Oxide Synthase Isozyme Regulation through Conformational Dynamics |
| 8:45-9:20 pm | Ivan Castillo (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) |
Tuesday, June 25 | |
Late Transition Metal Catalysis | |
Discussion Leader: Alexander Greer (Brooklyn College of the City University of New York) | |
| 8:30-9:05 am | Sharon Neufeldt (Montana State University) |
| 9:05-9:40 am | Nilay Hazari (Yale University) Understanding the Mechanism of Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions |
| 9:40-10:15 am | Paulami Majumdar (Dow Inc.) Heterogeneous Catalysis for Ethylene Carbonylation |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Coffee break |
Theory, Excited States, and Carbocations | |
| Discussion Leader: Jeehiun Lee (Rutgers University) | |
| 10:35-11:10 am | Angela Wilson (Michigan State University) Building control of reaction mechanisms: Excitation and deexcitation pathways |
| 11:10-11:45 am | Alison Frontier (University of Rochester) Iterative Cationic Cyclizations for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Targets |
| 11:45-12:20 pm | Rigoberto Hernandez (Johns Hopkins University) Transition State Theory for Chemical Reactions in Complex Environments |
| 12:20-1:30 pm | (Lunch on your own) |
| 1:30-2:20 pm | Diversity Session: Inclusive Practices in Challenging Times A brief overview of three successful initiatives at Xavier University of Lousiana. Participants are encouraged to share their experiences. |
Tribute to Cynthia Burrows | |
| Discussion Leader: Barry Carpenter (Cardiff University) | |
| 3:00-3:05 pm | Tribute Welcome |
| 3:05-3:40 pm | Steve Rokita (Johns Hopkins University) Revealing the Mechanism of a Flavin-Dependent Reductive Dehalogenase Using the Principles of Organic Chemistry |
| 3:40-4:15 pm | Sheila David (University of California, Davis) Mysteries of MUTYH: Base Excision Mechanism, Metal Cofactors and Implications for Medicine |
| 4:15-4:50 pm | Vahe Bandarian (University of Utah) Leveraging Radical Enzymatic Chemistry Towards Biotechnology |
| 4:50-5:30 pm | RMC Honoree: Cynthia Burrows (University of Utah) |
| 5:30-10:00pm | Reception and Conference Dinner (Student Union Building, Ballroom B) |
Wednesday, June 26 | |
From Data Science to Decarboxylations | |
| Discussion Leader: Robert McMahon (University of Wisconsin, Madison) | |
| 8:30-9:05 am | Ajit Vikram (Merck Inc.) Data-Rich Experimentation for Reaction Kinetic Investigation of Pharmaceutically Relevant Processes |
| 9:05-9:40 am | Jolene Reid (University of British Columbia) Data-Driven Mechanistic Modeling of Asymmetric Catalysis |
| 9:40-10:15 am | Richard O-Hair (University of Melbourne) Adventures With the Pesci Decarboxylation Reaction: From Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Organometallics to Development of New Transfer Hydroarylation Isodesmic Reactions for Organic Synthesis |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Coffee break |
Carbocations and Carbon Catalysis | |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Johnson (University of New Hampshire, National Science Foundation) | |
| 10:35-11:10 am | Steven Kass (University of Minnesota) Development of Weakly Coordinating Cations: What Happens If Opposites Don't Attract? |
| 11:10-11:45 am | Paul Rablen (Swarthmore College) Are CN (and a few other EWG’s) really meta-directors in electrophilic aromatic substitution? |
| 11:45-12:20 pm | O. Maduka Ogba (Chapman University) Heteroallene Reduction by Zerovalent Carbon Catalysts |
| 12:20-12:55 pm | Yiming Wang (University of Pittsburgh) Cationic Late Transition Metal Complexes for Selective alpha-C-H Functionalization |
| 12:55-1:00 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 1:15 pm | Excursion (bus leaves for Sandia Tramway) (Box lunches provided for excursion participants) |
List of Posters - Informal Structure (no assigned sessions for presenters; all posters on display)
Poster Session 1: Sunday, June 23, 8:05-10:00 pm
Poster Session 2: Monday, June 24, 4:00-6:00 pm
1 | Siraj Z. Ali | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Nitrilation of Carboxylic Acids by PIII/PV-Catalysis |
2 | Arslan Atangulov | New Mexico State University | Computational Investigation of the SN2 Reaction Mechanism in Transphosphorylation of the DUSP5 Protein |
3 | Donald H. Aue | University of California, Santa Barbara | Reaction Dynamics for Rearrangements of Cyclobutylidene |
4 | Donald H. Aue | University of California, Santa Barbara | Dynamics for Rearrangements of Bicyclic Cyclobutylidenes |
5 | Vincent Conrad Oppenheimer | University of Colorado, Denver | The use of sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate as an effective chlorinating agent of benzo[b]thiophene derivatives |
6 | S. Sooriyage Dulanjali, Victoria Nisoli | University of New Mexico | Expanding the Protein Bioconjugation Toolbox Targeting Gla Residues on Gla Proteins |
7 | Lesley-Ann Giddings | Smith College | Characterization of a Broadly Specific Cadaverine N-Hydroxylase involved in Desferrioxamine B Biosynthesis in Streptomyces sviceus |
8 | Brian Gold | New Mexico State University | Push–Pull Cyclooctyne Dimerizations |
9 | Alexander Greer | Brooklyn College, The Graduate Center of the City College of New York | Shrinking the Molecular Gap: Improved Mechanistic Understanding of Phototruncation Through Physical Organic Chemistry |
10 | Dagoberto Grijalva-Flores | University of Colorado, Denver | Synthesis of the Phosphoramidite of 8-oxo-7,8- Dihydroguanosine to Establish the Structural Impact of 8-oxoG on Tetraloop Hairpins of RNA |
11 | Jordan L. Harper | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Computational Investigation into the Regioselective Formation of 2,5-Diketopiperazines |
12 | Michael J. Holzmann | University of New Mexico | Twist to React: Tuning Linked Biaryl Cyclononynes for Molecular Applications |
13 | Waseem Hussain | New York University | Aziridination via Nitrogen-Atom Transfer to Olefins from Photoexcited Azoxy-Triazenes |
14 | James E. Jackson | Michigan State University | Could vibrational dipolar interactions or directional dispersion explain alkane/perfluoroalkane immiscibility? |
15 | Ishika Jain | University of San Francisco | Heavy-Atom Tunneling in Cascade Electrocyclizations in the Biosynthesis of Natural Products |
16 | Said Jalife | University of Houston | Modulating Paratropicity in Polycyclic Antiaromatic Hydrocarbons |
17 | Philip P. Lampkin | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Bifunctional Dihydrazide Catalysts for Rapid Foldamer-templated Aldol Condensation Reactions |
18 | Jesse LePluart | University of New Mexico | Investigating the Effects of Geometric and Electronic Structure on Formate Dehydrogenase Reactivity |
19 | Kathleen M. Morgan | Xavier University of Louisiana | A Computational Study of the Gas-Phase Behavior of Substituted Epoxide Radicals |
20 | Keaton Mulshine, J. Henry Westphal | Hope College | More Robust Long-Wavelength BF2-Azo Dyes? |
21 | Amanda Nilsen | University of San Francisco | Computational Study of Heavy-Atom Tunneling in Biosynthesis: Model Systems for the Cope Rearrangement |
6 | Victoria Nisoli, S. Sooriyage Dulanjali | University of New Mexico | Expanding the Protein Bioconjugation Toolbox Targeting Gla Residues on Gla Proteins |
22 | Julie Peterson | Bowling Green State University | Revisiting an Old Photoswitch: Isomerization of Stenhouse Salts in Protic Solvents |
23 | Emmanuel Quartey | University of New Mexico | Mechanistic Insights into Glyoxyl-Derived Isomers of Arginine |
24 | Claire Scott, Alison Wegner | Hope College | LC/UV-vis and LC/MS/MS to study the retinal carotenoids of songbirds as a factor of habitat and diet |
25 | Paul H. Scudder | New College of Florida | Generate and Select: Installing a Rule-based Organic Expert System on Students |
26 | Wook Shin | Vanderbilt University | Entropy Mediates Ambimodal Selectivity of Cycloadditions |
27 | C. J. Stephenson | Loyola University New Orleans | Understanding the Ring Opening Mechanism of Rhodamine and Aziridine Based Sensors and Switches |
28 | Alexandra Strom | Smith College | Mechanism of Iron-Catalyzed Oxidative Amination of Ketones |
29 | Gerald Tanoury | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | An AIMD Study on Amine Nitrosation by N2O3 and N2O4 in Explicit Water |
30 | Thomas Tao | Skidmore College | Tandem Intramolecular Diels-Alder/1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition in the Synthesis of the Vinca Alkaloids |
31 | James I. Vesto | University of California, Davis | Targeted Organosilanol Ligand Development for Asymmetric Catalysis of an N-H Insertion Reaction |
24 | Claire Scott, Alison Wegner | Hope College | LC/UV-vis and LC/MS/MS to study the retinal carotenoids of songbirds as a factor of habitat and diet |
20 | J. Henry Westphal, Keaton Mulshine | Hope College | More Robust Long-Wavelength BF2-Azo Dyes? |
32 | Sheryl Wiskur | University of South Carolina | How Intermolecular Interactions Rule Organocatalysis |
33 | Zeng Rong Wong | University of California, Berkeley | Difluorocarbene Insertion into the Metal-Carbon Bond: Suppressing α-Fluoride Elimination with a Gold(I) System |
34 | Jing Yang | University of New Mexico | The Mitochondrial Amidoxime Reducing Component (mARC) is not a Canonical Sulfite Oxidase Family Enzyme |
