The Early Main Group Chemistry symposium will bring together a range of participants from across the Pacific Rim and Europe with expertise in the synthesis, structural characterization and application of the early main group metals (Gps 1, 2 and 13).
The symposium will incorporate topics which encompass the general chemistry of particular early main group elements, namely;
(i) synthetic methodologies and structural elucidation in the solution and solid states
(ii) correlation of structural and mechanistic chemistry for directed organic and inorganic synthesis
(iii) application of complexes in synthetic chemistry (eg asymmetric synthesis, catalysis), as bioactive agents and their role in medicinal chemistry (eg tumour imaging and chemotherapeutics), and in the design and application of precursors for smart materials.
The session format will be as follows: one day devoted to Groups 1 & 2, one half-day concentrating on Group 13, and a combined poster session. The oral presentations will be a combination of keynote speakers and submitted contributions. The key objective of the symposium is for it to be multidisciplinary, and to this end the list of invited speakers will be drawn from academic and industrial researchers interested in the organic, organometallic, metal-organic, biological and materials chemistry of these elements.
