Susquehanna Valley Section

October 2006 Meeting

The three hundred and sixty-sixth meeting of the Section will be held on Wednesday, 11 October 2006 at Bucknell University. A dinner will be followed by a guest presentation by Dr. Folami Ladipo entitled "Ligand Effects in Titanium-Mediated C-C Bond Formations".

Dinner: 6:00 p.m. Room 241 of the Langone Center
Meeting and Presentation: 7:30 p.m. in Room 116 of the Rooke Chemistry Building

Dinner: Dinner entrees will be a buffet dinner including a vegetarian option and dessert. The cost will be $10 per person. Please RSVP to Suellen Beck by email sb047@bucknell.edu or phone 570.577.3258 by Wednesday, October 11, 2006.

See directions below.

Ligand Effects in Titanium-Mediated C-C Bond Formations

Low-valent titanium species constitute the reagent of choice for Pinacol and McMurry coupling reactions, which are among the most powerful methods for constructing carbon-carbon bonds, and have served as the key step in the synthesis of various natural and synthetic products. Organic synthesis applications of well-characterized low-valent titanium complexes and developments in mechanistic understanding of reductive coupling reactions of carbonyl compounds will be discussed. In addition, studies aimed at the development of thermally stable Ti(IV) and Ti(II) species that have potential in controlled ethylene polymerization and oligomerization will be discussed.

Professor Ladipo received his Ph.D. from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1991 and worked as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Missouri - St. Louis and the University of Vermont until 1994. Dr. Ladipo joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky in 1994 and carries out research in the areas of transition metal chemistry and catalysis. He has been received a number of awards including an NSF CAREER grant and a prestigious University of Kentucky "Top Ten Teacher" Award.

Directions:

East of Lewisburg:

1. Route 80 West to Exit 210A
2. Route 15 South
3. Travel south to Lewisburg.
4. After passing the soccer fields on the right, turn left into the university and follow the campus map. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on the left.)

West of Lewisburg:

1. Route 80 East to Exit 210A
2. Route 15 South
3. Travel south to Lewisburg.
4. After passing the soccer fields on the right, turn left into the university and follow the campus map. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on the left.)

1. Routes 11&15 North
2. When Routes 11 & 15 split, stay on Route 15 (Tedd's Landing is on your right; KMart on your left)
3. Approx. 7 miles after Selinsgrove / Shamokin Dam, you'll come to a stop light. Bucknell is on your right. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on right.)

North of Lewisburg:

1. Take route 15 south.
2. Once past route 80, continue south to Lewisburg.
3. After passing the soccer fields on the right, turn left into the university and follow the campus map. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on the left.)

Once on campus: Follow the campus map to the visitor parking designated with a P (white on blue back-ground).
More parking information.
A parking map of Bucknell.