Conference Program
 
GREEN CHEMISTRY

August 27 - September 1, 2006
Magdalen College
Oxford, United Kingdom

Chairs:
Gary Sheldrake & Romas Kazlauskas

Vice Chairs:
James E. Hutchison & Janet L. Scott

Additional information can be found here


SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm EMERGING ISSUES IN GREEN CHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Janet Scott (Monash U., Clayton, Victoria, Australia)
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm Barry Trost (Stanford University, CA, USA)
"On Inventing Reactions for Atom Economy"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pmDiscussion
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm Terry Collins (Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, USA)
"Green Chemistry: a personal view of the challenges and an update on TAML activator chemistry"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
MONDAY
8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 pm GREENER PROCESS DESIGN
Discussion Leader: Jim Bashkin (U. of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Peter Dunn (Pfizer, Sandwich, UK)
"Green Chemistry at Pfizer"
9:30 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am Joe Armstrong (Merck Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA)
"The Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation of Unprotected Enamines Enables a Highly Efficient, Green Synthesis of Sitagliptin"
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm PHOTOCHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: C-J. Li (McGill University, Montréal, Canada)
11:00 am - 11:30 am Jae-Sung Lee (Pohang U. of Sci. & Technol., Korea)
"Carbon Dioxide-Neutral Production of Hydrogen by Photocatalytic Water Splitting"
11:30 am - 11:45 amDiscussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Michael Oelgemöller (Dublin City University, Ireland)
"Green Photochemistry - The Solarchemical Production of Fine Chemicals with Sunlight"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm CHEMICAL IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Discussion Leader: Terry Collins (Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm Pete Myers (Environmental Health Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, USA)
"New design signals for green chemistry from the environmental health sciences"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm Anne-Marie Tillman (Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden)
"Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Process Industry"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 pm GREENER PROCESSES IN IONIC LIQUIDS
Discussion Leader: Rick Swatloski (525Solutions, U. Alabama, AL, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Chris Hardacre (Queen’s University, Belfast, UK)
"Use of ionic liquids to promote reactions with hydrolytically unstable reagents"
9:30 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am Buxing Han (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Applications of SCFs and ILs in Chemical Reactions and Material Processing"
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 amCoffee Break / Group Photo
11:00 am - 12:30 pm GREENER PROCESSES IN NON-TRADITIONAL SOLVENTS
Discussion Leader: Joan Brennecke (Notre Dame University, IL, USA)
11:00 am - 11:30 am Philip Jessop (Queen’s University, Canada)
"Switching Solvents and Surfactants"
11:30 am - 11:45 amDiscussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Pete Licence (University of Nottingham, UK)
"Ionic Liquids in vacuo"
12:15 am - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmBusiness Meeting Part 1:
(Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences)
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm FINE CHEMICALS FROM SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS
Discussion Leader: Richard Miller (Miller-Klein Associates, Whitford, Flintshire, UK)
8:00 pm - 8:45 pm James Clark (University of York, UK)
"Green Chemistry and the Biorefinery"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 pm DESIGN OF COMPOUNDS FOR LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Discussion Leader: Gillian Stephens (University of Manchester, UK)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Larry Wackett (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA)
"Predicting Biodegradation to Lower Environmental Impact"
9:30 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am Gregg Whited (Genencor Inc. Palo Alto, CA, USA)
"Aqueous Perhydrolysis – Enzymology, Structure and Applications"
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm SELECTED POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Discussion Leader: Jim Hutchison (U. of Oregon, Eugene, USA) & Janet Scott (Monash U., Clayton, Victoria, Australia)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm6 poster presenters chosen to give short talks + discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting Part 2:
(Elections for the next Vice Chair; Conference Evaluation Forms)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm NEW REACTION DISCOVERY
Discussion Leader: Jim Bashkin (U. of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm Graham Hutchings (Cardiff University, UK)
"Green Catalysis with Gold"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm David Bergbreiter (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)
"Polymer-facilitated Separations in Synthesis"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
THURSDAY
8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 pm METAL AND BYPRODUCT RECOVERY
Discussion Leader: Simon Collard (Johnson-Matthey, Royston, Herts., UK)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Galen Suppes (U. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
"Catalysis and Methods for Improved Glycerol Hydrogenation"
9:30 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am Andrew Burgess (Chematur, Karlskoga, Sweden)
"Recycling using Supercritical Water"
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm DESIGNING GREENER PROCESSES
Discussion Leader: Dennis Hjeresen (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA)
11:00 am - 11:30 am Eric Beckmann (U. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA)
"Driving Chemical Product Innovations using Principles of Sustainability"
11:30 am - 11:45 amDiscussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Tyler McQuade (Cornell U., Ithaca, NY, USA)
"One-pot multi-step synthesis: a challenge spawning innovation"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN GREEN CHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Jim Hutchison (U. of Oregon, Eugene, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm Wayne Garrison (US Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, USA)
"The Enantioselectivity of Chiral Pesticides Presents a Green Chemistry Opportunity"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm John Warner (U. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA)
"Green Chemistry through the Entropic Control"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
FRIDAY
8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

Last Updated: October 11, 2006