Lectures

Invited Talks

1983 - 1984

• 1983 Inorganic Chemistry Colloquium, Ruhr–University of Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany, January 17, "Silicon–Carbon Double Bonds."
• 1983 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, Technical University of Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany, February 2, "New Types of Carbene–Carbene Rearrangements. Unusual Routes to Five–membered Ring Systems."
• 1983 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany, July 12, "New Types of Carbene–Carbene Rearrangements. Unusual Routes to Five–, Six–, and Seven–membered Ring Systems."
• 1983 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Oldenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, October 14, "Carbene Rearrangements and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1983 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, December 16, "Carbene Rearrangements and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1984 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany, January 17, "Carbene Rearrangements and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1984 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 19, "Carbene Rearrangements and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1984 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany, May 11, "Carbene Rearrangements and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1984 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany, November 29, "New Carbene Rearrangements and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1984 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Saarbrücken, Federal Republic of Germany, December 3, "New Carbene Rearrangements and Their Applications in Synthesis."

1985 - 1989

• 1985 Kjemisk Institutt, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway, June 10, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1986 Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, April 7, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1986 Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA, April 8, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1986 Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA, April 9, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1986 Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, April 10, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1986 Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, April 11, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1986 Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, April 17, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1986 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany, October 6, "New Reactions of Carbenes and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1986 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Gießen, Federal Republic of Germany, November 27, "New Reactions of Carbenes and Their Applications in Synthesis."
• 1987 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, USA, April 30, "Recent Developments in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1987 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)-Ortsverband Wuppertal/Hagen, Wuppertal, Federal Republic of Germany, June 10, "New Applications of Carbenes in Synthesis."
• 1987 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany, October 19, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1987 Colloquium, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Federal Republic of Germany, October 29, "New Applications of Carbenes in Synthesis."
• 1988 Organic Seminar, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, USA, April 27, "Carbenes as Reactive Intermediates in Organic Chemistry."
• 1988 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany, May 30, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1988 Organic Chemistry Colloquium, University of Paderborn, Federal Republic of Germany, July 12, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1989 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Potsdam College, Potsdam, New York, USA, January 24, "Chemistry of Divalent Carbons: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1989 Department of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA, January 24, "Chemistry of Divalent Carbons: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1989 Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, March 30, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1989 Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, USA, April 28, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1989 Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA, May 4, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1989 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, October 3, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1989 Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, November 8, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."

1990 - 1994

• 1990 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, March 2, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1990 Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, March 9, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1990 Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, March 13, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1990 Beilstein–Institut für Literatur der Organischen Chemie, Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany, May 23, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1990 Institute of Organic Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, May 31, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1990 Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, June 1, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1990 Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA, August 20, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1990 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA, September 6, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1991 Department of Chemistry, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, July 9, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1991 Department of Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, July 10, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1991 Department of Industrial Chemistry, Mie University, Tsu, Japan, July 11, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1991 Department of Chemistry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 19, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1991 Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, July 22, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1991 Department of Chemistry, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, July 23, "Some Modern Aspects of Small-Ring Carbene Chemistry."
• 1991 Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA, December 4, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1992 Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany, July 6, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1992 Department of Chemistry, Ruhr–University Bochum, Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany, July 8, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1992 Department of Chemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany, July 13, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1992 Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, September 16, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1992 Department of Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA, October 8, "Stress and Strain in Bonding: Construction and Decomposition of 'Strange' Compounds."
• 1992 Department of Chemistry, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York, USA, October 8, "Stress and Strain in Bonding: Construction and Decomposition of 'Strange' Compounds."
• 1993 Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA, February 23, "Rearrangements of Carbenes as Reactive Intermediates Resulting in Unusual Structures."
• 1993 Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, March 8, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1993 Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA, April 15, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1993 Procter & Gamble Pharmaceutical, Norwich, New York, USA, June 11, "Modern Synthetic Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1993 Department of Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Federal Republic of Germany, July 7, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1993 Department of Chemistry, University–GH Essen, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany, July 12, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1993 Max–Planck–Institut für Polymer Forschung, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany, July 13, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1993 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, September 23, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1993 American Chemical Society, Binghamton Section, Vestal, New York, USA, September 29, "Some Modern Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1994 Department of Chemistry, Josephinum, University of Vienna, Austria, May 30, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1994 Department of Chemistry, Friedrich–Schiller-University, Jena, Federal Republic of Germany, October 25, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1994 Department of Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Federal Republic of Germany, October 26, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1994 Department of Chemistry, Martin–Luther–University, Halle–Wittenberg, Federal Republic of Germany, October 28, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry: Reactions in Cyclodextrins and Zeolites."
• 1994 Department of Chemistry, University of Erlangen–Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany, November 4, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1994 Department of Chemistry, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Federal Republic of Germany, November 26, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."

1995 - 1999

• 1995 Department of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, May 18, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1995 Max–Planck–Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Federal Republic of Germany, October 5, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, November 16, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, November 17, "Laudatio for W.M. Jones."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany, November 24, "Carbene Rearrangements: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, December 4, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, December 6, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, December 7, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany, December 11, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1995 Department of Chemistry, University of Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany, December 12, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1996 Department of Chemistry, EPR User Group, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, USA, April 13, "Carbenes@hosts."
• 1996 Department of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, May 30, "New Results from the SUNY Carbene Chemistry Lab."
• 1997 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, February 21, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1997 Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, February 25, "Carbene Voyages Over the Atlantic."
• 1997 Department of Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, March 20, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1997 Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, June 6, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1997 Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, June 9, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1997 Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, June 10, "The Skattebøl Rearrangement."
• 1997 Department of Chemistry, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, December 8, "Supramolecular Chemistry of Carbenes."
• 1998 Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø, Tromsø , Norway, January 13, "New Perspectives in Carbene Chemistry."
• 1998 Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, May 6, "New Aspects of Carbene Chemistry."
• 1999 The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, October 4, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."

2000 - 2004

• 2000 Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, April 25, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2000 Department of Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, May 11, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2000 Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, July 12, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2001 Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. September 14. "Intra– and Intermolecular Diastereoselectivities of 5–Substituted Adamantylidenes."
• 2001 Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2001 Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 2, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2002 Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA, Februar 20, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2002 Department of Chemistry, University of Essen, Germany, November 4, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes, Surprising Solution to a Problem."
• 2002 Department of Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Germany, November 5, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes, Surprising Solution to a Problem."
• 2002 Department of Chemistry, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 15. "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes, Surprising Solution to a Problem."
• 2003 Department of Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany, January 23, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes, Surprising Solution to a Problem."
• 2003 Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, USA, September 19, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry".
• 2003 Institute of Organic Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, November 5, " Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry ."
• 2003 Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Lodz Technical University, Lodz, Poland, November 6, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2003 Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, November 7, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes: Surprising Solution to a Problem."
• 2004 Department of Organic Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, May 18, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2004 Novartis Forschungsinstitut, Vienna, Austria, December 2, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes: Surprising Solution to a Problem."

2005 - 2009

• 2005 Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, January 13, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2005 Max–Planck–Institut für Polymer Forschung, Mainz, Germany, January 25, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2005 Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA, September 2, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes."
• 2005 Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway, September 8, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes."
• 2006 Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, April 24, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 2007 Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, USA, August 24, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2008 Department of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, February 14, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2008 Department of Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany, October 21, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2008 Department of Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Germany, November 17, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2008 Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Germany, November 18, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2008 Department of Chemistry, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, November 19, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2009 Department of Chemistry, University of Orleans and CNRS, France, June 10, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."

2010 - 2014

• 2010 Department of Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, February 9, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2010 Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, May 20, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2011 Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA, February 17, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2011 Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, New York, USA, February 18 , "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2011 Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, April 19, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2011 Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, April 22, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2011 Laudatio for Professor John J. Eisch, "The John Eisch Organometallic Symposium" Department of Chemistry, The State University of New York at Binghamton, New York, USA, October 28 - 29, "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out."
• 2013 Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, October 25, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2014 Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University, Japan, April 7, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2014 Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway, June 20, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2014 Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, June 23, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2014 Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, December 1, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry," in connection with the "1. Emanuel-Vogel Lecture."

2015 - 2019

• 2015 Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway, June 15, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2015 Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway, June 17, "Strategies Toward Designing Diastereoselective Carbenes."
• 2016 Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway, January 29, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2016 Department of Chemistry and Environment, University of Stavanger, Norway, February 1, "Intra- and Intermolecular Selectivities of Dichotomous Carbenes."
• 2016 Department of Molecular Science and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University Venice, Italy, February 19, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2018 Symposium for Professor Leiv K. Sydnes, University of Bergen, Norway, May 15 - 16, "Engineering Carbene Reactions: Mastering Product Selectivity."

2020 - Present

• 2020 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)-Ortsverband Bochum and the Graduate College "Confinement-Controlled Chemistry," of the Ruhr-University Bochum and the TU Dortmund, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, February 13, "Molecular Encapsulation: Carbene and Nitrene Reactions in Constrained Systems."

Conference Lectures and Poster Presentations (since 1982)

1982 - 1989

• 1982 EUCHEM-Conference on "Pericyclic Reactions," Laboratorio di Chimica Organica, University of Ferrara, Italy, September 27 – 30, Poster Presentation, "Cyclobutylidenes from Dihalogenocyclobutanes."
• 1983 Chemiedozenten Meeting, University of Dortmund, Federal Republic of Germany, March 17, "Carbene–Carbene Rearrangements of Butadienyl– and Vinylcyclopropylidenes."
• 1983 Plenary Lecture at the "Symposium on Carbene Chemistry" within the 186th National ACS Meeting" in Washington, D.C., USA, August 21, "New Types of Carbene–Carbene Rearragements."
• 1984 Chemiedozenten Meeting, University of Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany, March 29, "Carbene Rearrangements of 2–Vinylcyclobutylidenes."
• 1984 10th European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany, October 1 – 3, Poster Presentation, "Spiro Acetal Formation by Intramolecular Insertion Reaction of a Carben(oid): Synthesis of the Mayor Sex Pheromone of the Olive Fly (Dacus oleae)."
• 1985 Chemiedozenten Meeting, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany, March 27, "Spiro Acetal Formation by Intramolecular Insertion Reaction of a Carben(oid): Synthesis of the Major Sex Pheromone of the Olive Fly (Dacus oleae)."
• 1985 National Meeting of the German Society, University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, September 17, "Benzo–anti– and Benzo–syn–σ–bis–Homobenzene: Synthesis and Attempted Synthesis."
• 1986 Chemiedozenten Meeting, University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany, March 18, "1,1'– versus 1,6–Dehalogenation in Geminal Dibromocyclopropanes."
• 1986 191st National ACS Meeting, New York, New York, USA, April 15, "1,1'– versus 1,6–Dehalogenation in Geminal Dibromocyclopropanes."
• 1987 Chemiedozenten Meeting, University of Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany, March 24, "Dicyclopropa[a,c]naphthaline: A Compound Capable of Existence?"
• 1987 NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Carbene Reactions, Fefor, Norway, September 1, "Cyclobutylidenes and Cyclobutylidenoids: Intra– and Intermolecular Reactions."
• 1988 Plenary Lecture at the "Organic Chemistry Winter Meeting" of the Norwegian Chemical Society in Gausdal, Norway, January 14, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1988 Plenary Lecture at the Symposium on "Electron–Deficient Reactive Intermediates" within the 3rd Chemical Congress of North America, Toronto, Canada, June 8, "Carbene Rearrangements: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects."
• 1988 3rd Chemical Congress of North America, Toronto, Canada, June 9, "Reactions of 2– and 3–Methylenecyclobutylidenes: Thermal Rearrangements of a 2–Methylenebicyclo[2.1.0]pentane."
• 1989 Structure and Reactivity Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, March 11, "Small Ring Carbenes: Reactive Building Blocks for the Construction of Highly Strained Compounds."
• 1989 31st National Organic Symposium of the American Chemical Society, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, June 19, Poster Presentation, "Carbene Reactions with Cyclopropenes."

1990 - 1999

• 1991 201st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 16, "Intramolecular Reactions of Diazocyclobutanes. Synthesis of Tricyclo[4.2.0.0^1,3]octane ([3.5.4]-Fenestrane)."
• 1991 Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA, June 11, Poster Presentation, "A New Mechanism for Reactions of Carbenes and Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes."
• 1991 Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA, June 13, "Intramolecular Reactions of Diazocyclobutanes. Synthesis of Tricyclo[4.2.0.0^1,3]octane ([3.5.4]-Fenestrane)."
• 1991 International Symposium/Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, Heron Island, Australia, July 16, "Some Modern Aspects of Small Ring Carbene Chemistry."
• 1991 202nd ACS National Meeting, New York, New York, USA, August 28, Poster Presentation, "A New Mechanism for Reactions of Carbenes and Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes."
• 1992 203rd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, April 5, Poster Presentation, "Functionalization of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Selective Insertion Reactions of Dihalocarbenes into C–H Bonds Adjacent to Cyclopropane Rings."
• 1992 24th Reaction Mechanisms Conference, University of Maine, Orono, USA, June 8, Poster Presentation, "Carbenes in Constrained Systems: Generation of Adamantylidene within the Cyclodextrin Cavity."
• 1993 206th ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 22, "Photolysis of Spirocycloalkanediazirines Entrapped within Cyclodextrins."
• 1994 208th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, August, 21, Frontiers in Physical Organic Chemistry, Plenary Lecture, "Carbene Reactions in Molecular Scale Vessels."
• 1995 Polish–American Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, Zakopane, Poland, August 13-18, Plenary Lecture, "Chemistry of Carbenes in Molecular Reaction Vessels."
• 1995 Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA, July 5, Poster Presentation, "Chemistry of Carbenes in Molecular Reaction Vessels."
• 1995 Pacifichem '95, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; December 17-22, Poster Presentation, "A Stepwise Mechanism for the Addition Reaction of Singlet Carbenes to Double Bonds."
• 1996 26th Reaction Mechanisms Conference, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA, June 10, Poster Presentation, "Carbenes@Hosts."
• 1996 26th Reaction Mechanisms Conference, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA, June 10, Oral Presentation of Poster, "Carbenes@Hosts."
• 1997 International Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Lake Tahoe, California, USA; July 15, Plenary Lecture, "Evidence for a Stepwise Addition of Carbenes to Strained Double Bonds: Reactions of Dihalocarbenes with Cyclopropenes."
• 1997 General Meeting of the GDCh and Centenary of the GÖCh, Vienna, Austria, September 10, Lecture, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 1997 Third International Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, Mie University, Tsu, Japan, November 30, "Supramolecular Chemistry of Carbenes."
• 1997 Kyushu International Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry (KISPOC-VII), Kyushu University, Higashi–ku, Japan, December 3, "Evidence for a Stepwise Addition to Strained Double Bonds: Reactions of Dihalocarbenes with Cyclopropenes."
• 1998 ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, August 25, Poster Presentation, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry."
• 1999 International Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, Szczyrk, Poland, August 23, "Encapsulated Carbenes."
• 1999 Kyushu International Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry (KISPOC VIII), Kyushu University, Higashi–ku, Japan, September 29, "Encapsulated Carbenes."

2000 - 2004

• 2000 Pacifichem 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 16 – 19, "Intra– and Intermolecular Diastereoselectivity of 5–Hydroxy–2–adamantylidene."
• 2001 Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Nara, Japan, September 9 – 12, "Intra- and Intermolecular Diastereoselectivities of 5–substituted Adamantanylidenes."
• 2001 29th Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Mini-Symposium, York University, Toronto Canada, November 3 – 4, "Diastereoselectivities of Substituted Adamantanylidenes."
• 2003 International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (ISRIUM), Reykjavik, Iceland, August 17 – 22, "Reversal of Diastereoselectivities in Intra- and Intermolecular Reactions of 2–Adamantanylidenes Primarily Caused by Electron–Donating and Electron–Withdrawing Substituents."

2005 - 2009

• 2005 International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (ISRIUM), Edinburgh, Scotland, August 7 – 12, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes."
• 2005 Pacifichem 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15 – 20, "Diastereoselective Reactions of Carbenes."
• 2006 International Conference "Organic Chemistry since Butlerov and Beilstein until Present," Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26 – 29, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2006 Porquerolles International Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Porquerolles Island, Var, France, September 2 – 9, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2007 Third COST D31 Workshop: “Organizing Non–Covalent Chemical Systems with Selected Functions”, Athens, Greece, March 28 – 31, “Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2007 International Conference on Organic Chemistry, Erzurum, Turkey, June 5 – 9, “Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2009 International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (ISRIUM), Liblice near Prague, Czech Republic, July 5 – 10, “Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."

2010 - 2014

• 2010 15th International Cyclodextrin Symposium, The Imperial Riding School Vienna, Vienna, Austria, May 9 – 12, "Reactions of Carbenes and Nitrenes Entrapped in Cyclodextrins."
• 2011 "German – Austrian – French – Hungarian – Italian Conference in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry," Goslar, Germany, May 26 – 28, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2011 5th International Symposium on "The Chemistry of Aliphatic Diazo Compounds: Advances and Outlook," Saint-Petersburg, Russia, June 7 – 8, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2013 1st National Organic Conference, Sakarya University, Turkey, October 25 - 29, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."
• 2014 International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (ISRIUM), Aster Plaza, Hiroshima, Japan, April 1 – 6, "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry."

2015 - 2019

• 2017 International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (ISRIUM), Sorrento, Italy, June 18 – 22, "Using the Foiled-Carbene Concept to Design Diastereoselective Carbenes."
• 2018 Leiv K. Sydnes Symposium, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, May 15 - 16, "Engineering Carbene Reactions: Mastering Product Selectivity."

2020 - Present

• 2020 Remembering Robert A. Moss, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, April 20, ....due to COVID-19, moved to a date to be announced later/
• 2021 ISRIUM, "Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules," as a Heraeus Workshop "Solvation Chemistry and Reactive Molecules," October 10 - 15, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, title to be announced.

Conference Lectures and Poster Presentations by Postdoctorals and Graduate Students

1989 - 1994

• 1989 31st National Organic Symposium of the American Chemical Society, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, June 19, Poster Presentation, "Carbene Reactions with Cyclopropenes," Weber, J.; Brinker U.H.
• 1989 19th ACS Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM), Albany, New York, USA, June 20, Poster Presentation, "Carbene Reactions with Cyclopropenes," Weber, J.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1992 The 6th International Cyclo–Dextrin Symposium; Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 22, "Binding of Diazirines to Cyclodextrins, Photolyses of Diazirine β–Cyclodextrin Complexes," Buchkremer, R.; Kolodziejczyk, M.; Poliks, M.D.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1992 24th Reaction Mechanisms Conference, University of Maine, Orono, USA, June 8, Poster Presentation, "Intramolecular Addition versus Novel Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Insertion Reactions of n–Alkenyl Substituted Cyclopropylidenes," Miebach, T.; Wüster, H.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1992 22nd ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Syracuse, New York, USA, June 22, "Formation of 1,1–Dihalo–1,3–Butadienes from Reactions of Dihalocarbenes with Cyclopropenes via New Addition-Rearrangements," Weber, J.; Xu, L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1992 22nd ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Syracuse, New York, USA, June 22, "Efficient Syntheses of Multisubstituted Methylenecyclopropanes via Novel Ultrasonicated Reactions of 1,1–Dihaloolefins and Metals," Lin, G.; Xu, L.; Tao, F.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1992 11th International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Ithaca, New York, USA, August 4, "Formation of 1,1–Dihalo–1,3–butadienes from Reactions of Dihalocarbenes with Cyclopropenes via New Addition-Rearrangements," Weber, J.; Xu, L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1992 11th International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Ithaca, New York, USA, August, 4, "Functionalization of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Selective Insertion Reactions of Dihalocarbenes into C–H Bonds Adjacent to Cyclopropane Rings," Lin, G.; Xu, L.; Smith, W.B.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1992 204th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, August 24, Poster Presentation, "Formation of 1,1–Dihalo–1,3–butadienes from Reactions of Dihalocarbenes with Cyclopropenes via New Addition–Rearrangements," Weber, J.; Xu, L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1993 205th ACS National Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, March 30, "Intramolecular Addition versus Novel Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Insertion Reactions of n–Alkenyl–Substituted Cyclopropylidenes," Miebach, T.; Wüster, H.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1993 27th ACS Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Hempstead, New York, USA, June 3, "Functionalization of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Selective Insertion Reactions of Dihalocarbenes into C–H Bonds Adjacent to Cyclopropane Rings," Lin, G.; Xu, L.; Smith, W.B.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1993 23rd ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 23, "Photolysis of Spiroalkanediazirines Entrapped within Cyclodextrins," Kupfer, R.; Buchkremer, R.H.; Brinker, U.H.; Poliks, M.D.; Orlando, M.; Gross, M.L.
• 1993 23rd ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 23, "Functionalization of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Selective Insertion Reactions of Dihalocarbenes into C–H Bonds Adjacent to Cyclopropane Rings," Lin, G.; Xu, L.; Smith, W.B.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1993 34th IUPAC Congress, Beijing, China, August 17, "Functionalization of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Selective Insertion Reactions of Dihalocarbenes into C–H Bonds Adjacent to Cyclopropane Rings," Lin, G.; Xu, L.; Smith, W.B.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1994 207th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, March 15, "First Carbene Reactions in Zeolites: Solid State Photolysis of Adamantane–2–spiro–3'–diazirine," Kupfer, R.; Poliks, M.D.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1994 24th Northeast Regional ACS Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, USA, June 20, "Photochemistry of Adamantane–2–spiro-3'–diazirine within Constrained Systems," Kupfer, R.; Poliks, M.B.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1994 298th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, August 24, "Dihalocarbene Insertion Reactions into C–H Bonds of Compounds Containing Small Rings: Mechanisms, Regio– and Stereoselectivities," Lin, G.; Xu, L.; Smith, W.B.; Brinker, U.H.

1995 - 1999

• 1998 Xth Conference on Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry of Young Scientists, Liblice Castle, Liblice, Czech Republic, June 17, Poster Presentation, "Addition of Carbenes to a Strained Double Bond," Wagner, R.A.; Brinker, U.H. Award for best poster of the Conference.
• 1998 Xth Conference on Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry of Young Scientists, Liblice Castle, Liblice, Czech Republic, June 16, "Reactive Intermediates in Zeolites: Peeking into the Black Box," van Herwijnen, H.W.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1999 International Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, Szczyrk, Poland, August 24, Poster Presentation "Reactivity of Substituted Adamantylidenes in β–Cyclodextrin." Bobek, M.M.; Giester, R.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1999 International Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, Szczyrk, Poland, August 24, Poster Presentation "Addition of Some Dihalocarbenes to 1,2–Diphenylcyclobutene", Wagner, R.A.; Weber, J.; Brinker, U.H.
• 1999 International Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, Szczyrk, Poland, August 24, Poster Presentation "Reactive Intermediates and Reaction Mechanisms in Zeolites: The Case of α–Chlorotoluenes in Zeolite Y", van Herwijnen, H. W. G.; Brinker, U.H.

2000 - 2004

• 2000 EPA Graduate Student Symposium on Photochemistry, Fribourg, Switzerland, February 24, "ICD and UV–VIS Spectroscopy of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds. What Can we Learn about the Supramolecular Assembly?," Bobek, M.M.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 12th Deutsche Zeolithtagung, Garching, Germany, March 1, "Model Reactions to Explore Various Aspects of Zeolites in Organic Synthesis," van Herwijnen, H.W.G; Diwald, O.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 10th European Student Conference on Colloid and Polymer Chemistry, Cardiff, United Kingdom, July 5 – 9, "The Application of Zeolites to Prevent Monomers from Uncontrolled Polymerisation," van Herwijnen, H.W.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 10th European Student Conference on Colloid and Polymer Chemistry, Cardiff, United Kingdom, July 5 – 9, "Supramolecular Control of Photochemical Polymerisation of Diazirines: A Pathway to Cyclodextrin Pseudopolyrotaxanes," Bobek, M.M.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 10th European Student Conference on Colloid and Polymer Chemistry, Cardiff, United Kingdom, July 5 – 9, "Polyacetylenes and Dehydrobenzannulenes: A Land of Magic in Chemistry," Wagner, R.A; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "Stereoselective Carbene Reactions of 5–Hydroxyadamantylidene," Bobek, M.M.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "The Influence of Zeolite on the Reactivity of Substituted Adamantylidenes," van Herwijnen, H.W.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "Exploring Brønsted and Lewis Acidic Zeolite Sites via Reactions of Benzyl Chloride," van Herwijnen, H.W.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "On the Study of Cyclobutylidenes: A Novel Synthesis of 1,1–Dibromocyclobutane," Nordvik, T.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "Synthesis and Structure of 5–Amino–2–aziadamantane," Knoll, W.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "Optically Active Azi–camphane: Synthesis of a Sterically Hindered Diazirine with a Satisfactory Yield and its Circular Dichroism Spectra," Krois, D.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "Sterically Enforced Grob–Type Fragmentation of Oxohomoadamantane," Kalb,R; Bobek, M.M.; Rosenberg, M.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "Rearrangement Studies on a Novel Arylcarbene," Wagner, R.A.; Brinker, U.H.
  2000 CORIUM 2000, Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Vienna, Austria, August 26 – 31, "Addition of Dibromo– and Dichlorocarbene to Bicyclopropylidene," Wagner, R.A.; Wallner, S.R., Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "Model Reactions with α–Chlorotoluenes to Elucidate the Application of Zeolites in Organic Chemistry," van Herwijnen, H.W.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "Reaction Pathways of 5–Substitued Adamantylidenes Included within Zeolite Y," van Herwijnen, H.W.G; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "Reaction Pathways of Benzyl Chloride upon Inclusion in Various Molecular Sieves," Wilken, C.; van Herwijnen; H.W.G., Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "The Origin of Diastereoselectivity of Sterically Unbiased Carbenes," Bobek, M.M.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "Grob Fragmentation versus Diazirine Formation," Kalb, R.; Bobek, M.M.; Rosenberg, M.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "Diaziridine Formation versus Rearrangement Elimination," Kalb, R.; Bobek, M.M.; Rosenberg, M.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "The Rearrangement Chemistry of o–Formylbenzocyclopropene," Wagner, R.A.; Warter, A.L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 9. Österreichische Chemietage, September 25 – 27, Innsbruck, Austria, "More Evidence for a Stepwise Addition of Some Dihalocarbenes to Strained Double Bonds," Wagner, R.A.; Wallner, S.R.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 Third COST–D11 Workshop on Supramolecular Chemistry, October 26 – 29, Vienna, Austria, "Chiroptical Analysis of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes," Bobek, M.M.; Krois, D.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2000 Third COST–D11 Workshop on Supramolecular Chemistry, October 26 – 29, Vienna, Austria, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry in Zeolites," van Herwijnen, H.W.G; Bernhart, S.; Bobek, M.M.; Wild, C.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2001 Sigma Aldrich Symposium for Synthetic Chemistry, March 1 – 2, Burg Schlaining, Austria, "Zeolites: From Drying Agents to Valuable Synthetic Tools," van Herwijnen, H.W.G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2002 10. Österreichische Chemietage, September 17 – 19, Linz, Austria, "5–Trimethylsilyl–2–aziadamantane: Unexpected Substituent Effects on the Generated Carbene," Knoll, W.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2002 10. Österreichische Chemietage, September 17 – 19, Linz, Austria, "Synthesis and Photolyses of Adamantyl Azides and Their Cyclodextrin Complexes," Kokkotas, N.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2002 10. Österreichische Chemietage, September 17 – 19, Linz, Austria, "Novel Synthesis of Some Gem–Dibromocyclobutanes," Nordvik, T.; Brinker, U.H.
  2002 10. Österreichische Chemietage, September 17 – 19, Linz, Austria, "A Mechanistic Study on the Dehydration of 2,3–Diphenylbutane–2,3–diol," Wagner, R.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2002 10. Österreichische Chemietage, September 17 – 19, Linz, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Reactions of 5–Substituted Adamantylidenes Encapsulated in Zeolite Y," Benkö, G.; van Herwijnen, H.W.G; Bernhart, S.; Bobek, M.M.; Brinker U.H.
• 2003 European Students Conference on Physical Organic and Polymer Chemistry, June 29 – July 2, Vienna, Austria, "2–Substituted Cyclobutylidenes Generated from Geminal Dibromocyclobutanes: Reactions and Mechanisms," Nordvik, T.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2003 European Students Conference on Physical Organic and Polymer Chemistry, June 29 – July 2, Vienna, Austria, Poster Presentation "Investigation of Cyclodextrin Complexes of 8–Azi–3–endo–hydroxybicyclo[3.2.1]octane," Mieusset, J.-L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2003 European Students Conference on Physical Organic and Polymer Chemistry, June 29 – July 2, Vienna, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Reversal of Diastereoselectivities in Intra– and Intermolecular Reactions of 2–Adamantanylidenes Primarily Caused by Electron–Donating and Electron–Withdrawing Substituents on C5," Knoll, W.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2003 European Students Conference on Physical Organic and Polymer Chemistry, June 29 – July 2, Vienna, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Induced Circular Dichroism Analysis of Adamantyl Azides Included in α– and β–Cyclodextrins," Kokkotas, N.; Krois, D.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2003 International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 17 – 22, Poster Presentation, "Carbene Chemistry in a Box: Chiral Induction through Hydrophilic Cyclodextrin Derivatives," Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker, U.H.
  2003 13th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, September 10 - 15, Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, Poster Presentation, "Geminal Dibromocyclobutanes as Precursors for Cyclobutylidenes: Ring Contractions versus 1,2–Hydrogen Shifts," Nordvik, T.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2003 13th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, September 10 – 15, Cavtat–Dubrovnik, Croatia, "Diastereoselection of 5–Substituted Adamantanylidenes: New Facts of an Old Discussion," Knoll, W.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2004 International Conference on Supramolecular Science and Technology, September 5 - 9, Prague, Czech Republic, "Innermolecular Reactions within Cyclodextrin," Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker U.H.
• 2004 International Conference on Supramolecular Science and Technology, September 5 – 9, Prague, Czech Republic, Poster Presentation "Supramolecular Nitrene Chemistry: Photolysis of the Ferrocenyl Azide@ß–Cyclodextrin Complex," Walla, P.; Brinker U.H.
• 2004 European Students Conference on Physical Organic and Polymer Chemistry, September 15 – 17, Vienna, Austria, Poster Presentation "Steric and Electronic Influences in Reactions of 5–Substituted Adamantanylidenes," Knoll, W.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2004 European Students Conference on Physical Organic and Polymer Chemistry, September 15 – 17, Vienna, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Supramolecular Nitrene Chemistry: Photolysis of the Ferrocenyl Azide@ß–cyclodextrin Complex," Walla, P.; Brinker U.H.

2005 - 2009

• 2005 11th Austrian Chemistry Days, September 19 - 22, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria, "Norbornen-7-ylidene: A Foiled Carbene," Mieusset, J.– L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2005 11th Austrian Chemistry Days, September 19 – 22, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Rearrangements of Foiled 6,7–Benzotricyclo[3.2.2.0^2,4]nona– 6,8– dien–3–ylidene(oid)," Bespokoev, A.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2005 11th Austrian Chemistry Days, September 19 – 22, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Synthesis of Hemicarcerands, Complexation and Incarceration," Lengar, A.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2005 11th Austrian Chemistry Days, September 19 – 22, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Thermal Rearrangement of 4,4–Dibromotetracyclo[6.2.1.0^2,7.0^3,5]undec– 9– ene: A Reinvestigation," Su, K.–J., Brinker, U.H.
• 2005 11th Austrian Chemistry Days, September 19 – 22, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria, Poster Presentation, "Generation of Nonclassical Stabilized Carbenes," Wagner, G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2006 International Conference "Organic Chemistry since Butlerov and Beilstein until Present", Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26 – 29, Poster Presentation "An Application of a Photochemical Decomposition of a 2– Methoxy–2– methyl–Δ³– 1,3,4– oxadiazoline towards Generation of Bicyclo[3.2.1]oct– 6– en–8–ylidene," Bespokoev, A.A.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2006 Porquerolles Internationale Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Porquerolles Island, Var, France, September 2 – 9, "Generation of Intermediates with Unusual Geometries from Cyclic Alkenylidenes," Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2006 PHOPOC, European Students Conference on Physical, Organic, and Polymer Chemistry, Vienna, Austria, September 18 – 20, "Unusual Reaction of Ferrocenyl Nitrene Constrained within α– Cyclodextrin," Walla, P.; Arion, V.B; Brecker, L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2006 PHOPOC, European Students Conference on Physical, Organic, and Polymer Chemistry, Vienna, Austria, September 18 – 20, "Cope Rearrangement Versus Tandem Retro– Diels– Alder– Diels– Alder Reaction," Su, K.–J.; Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2006 PHOPOC, European Students Conference on Physical, Organic, and Polymer Chemistry, Vienna, Austria, September 18 – 20, "Azirine Synthesis via Adamantanylidene: Exception or Neglected Pathway?," Knoll, W.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2006 PHOPOC, European Students Conference on Physical, Organic, and Polymer Chemistry, Vienna, Austria, September 18 – 20, "Supramolecular Carbene Chemistry: Photolysis and Pyrolysis of Included Phenyldiazirines," Wagner, G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2007 41st IUPAC Congress, Chemistry Protecting Health, Natural Environment, and Cultural Heritage, Torino, Italy, August 5 - 10, "Stabilizing Interactions of Carbenes by Electron Donors," Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2007 12th Austrian Chemistry Days, Alpen–Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, September 10 – 13, "Stereoelectronic Effects in Reactions of Bicyclo[3.2.1]oct–6–en–8–ylidenes," Bespokoev, A.A.; Brinker. U.H.
• 2007 12th Austrian Chemistry Days, Alpen–Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, September 10 – 13, "Supramolecular Nitrene Chemistry," Walla, P.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2007 12th Austrian Chemistry Days, Alpen–Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, September 10 – 13, "The Nature of Carbenes Enclosed in Cyclodextrins," Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2007 12th Austrian Chemistry Days, Alpen–Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, September 10 – 13, Poster Presentation "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry," Wagner, G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2007 12th Austrian Chemistry Days, Alpen–Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, September 10 – 13, Poster Presentation "A Pyramidally Coordinated Carbon Center through Skattebøl Rearrangement," Su, K.–J.; Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2007 12th Austrian Chemistry Days, Alpen–Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, September 10 – 13, Poster Presentation "An Adamantanylidene–Derived Azirine," Knoll, W.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2008 19th IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Santiago de Compostella, Spain, July 13 - 18, Poster Presentation "A Pyramidally Coordinated Carbon Center through Skattebøl Rearrangement," Su, K.–J.; Mieusset, J.–L.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2008 19th IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Santiago de Compostella, Spain, July 13 - 18, Poster Presentation "Supramolecular Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry," Wagner, G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2009 ISRIUM, International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Liblice near Prague, Czech Republic, July 5 –10, "Synthesis of 1,2:4,5-(Bistricyclo[4.1.0.0]heptene-4,5-diyl)–benzene," Su, K.–J.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2009 ISRIUM, International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Liblice near Prague, Czech Republic, July 5 –10, "Supramolecular Chemistry in the Solid Phase," Wagner, G.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2009 ISRIUM, International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, Liblice near Prague, Czech Republic, July 5 –10, "Encapsulated Aminoazidoalkanes as Possible Nitrene Precursors," Wieland, M.; Brinker, U.H.

2010 - Present

• 2011 12th Tetrahedron Symposium 2011, Sitges, Spain, June 21 – 24, Poster Presentation, "Stereoselectivity of Foiled Carbenes in Intermolecular Reactions," Apeland, I. M.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2011 Gordon Research Conference (Photochemistry), Easton, MA, USA, Poster Presentaion, "Photolysis of Carbene Precursors Encapsulated Inside Various Host Systems," Gupta, S.; Choudhury, R.; Krois, D.; Wagner, G.; Ramamurthy, V.; Brinker, U. H.
• 2011 14th Austrian Chemistry Days, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, September 26 – 29, Poster Presentation, "Stereoselectivity of Foiled Carbenes in Intermolecular Reactions," Apeland, I. M.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2011 14th Austrian Chemistry Days, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, September 26 – 29, Poster Presentation, "Studies on the Rearrangements of 1,4-Bis(halomethyl)cubanes," Wieland, M.; Brinker, U.H.
• 2012 21st IUPAC International Conference of Physical Organic Chemistry, Durham, United Kingdom, September 9 - 13, Oral "Flash" Presentation and Poster Presentation "The Stereoselectivity of endo–Tricyclo[3.2.1.0^2,4]octan–8–ylidene in Intermolecular Reactions: Further Evidence of a Foiled Carbene," Apeland, I. M.; Brinker, U.H.

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