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, 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, Technical University of Vienna, 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 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."
2001 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-Present

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, SUNY, 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."

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-Present

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 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."

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.
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 12. 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-Present

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.