Calix 2007 9th International Conference
on Calixarene Chemistry
August 6-9, 2007

Calix 2007 Conference Program

Monday, August 6th, 2007                                                             Chesapeake Room, UMUC ICC

 

8:45am – 9:00am        Opening - Welcome

 

9:00am – 9:45am        Jerry Atwood - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA (PL-1)

                                    Instantaneous Formation of Robust Molecular Capsules

 

9:45am – 10:15am      Takeharu Haino - Hiroshima University, Japan                                (IL-1)

Molecular Recognition of Self-Assembled Capsules

 

10:15am – 10:30am    Thierry Brotin - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France          (SL-1)

Recent Progress in Cryptophane Chemistry – Remarkable Xenon
Encapsulation in New Cryptophane Derivatives

 

10:30am – 11:00am    Coffee Break

 

11:00am – 11:15am    Werner Nau - Jacobs University Bremen, Germany                        (SL-2)

                                    Supra-Biomolecular Tandem Assays Based on Calixarenes

 

11:15am – 11:45am    Angel Kaifer - University of Miami, USA                                            (IL-2)

Hydrogen Bonding Assemblies with Unusual Electrochemical and
Spectroscopic Properties

 

11:45am – 12:30pm    Thomas Schrader - University Duisburg-Essen, Germany             (PL-2)

DNA Major Groove Binding with Dimeric Calixarenes

 

 

12:30pm – 1:45pm      Lunch Break 

 

 

1:45pm – 2:15pm        Christoph Schalley - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany                  (IL-3)

Supramolecular Chemistry under Conditions Violating Electroneutrality?
The Case of Hydrogen-Bonded Resorcinarene and Pyrogallarene Capsules

 

2:15pm – 2:45pm        Jonathon Sessler - The University of Texas, USA                           (IL-4)

New Advances in the Chemistry of Functionalized Calixpyrroles

 

2:45pm – 3:15pm        Coffee Break

 

3:15pm – 4:00pm        Kimoon Kim   Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea (PL-3)

Functionalized Cucubiturils and Their Applications

 

4:00pm – 6:00pm        Formal Poster Session*                                                  (P-1 thru P-107)

*The posters will remain posted on display and will be accessible
for the duration of the entire conference.

 

7:30 pm                       Welcome Reception/Dinner                                                     Chemistry Atrium

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
                                                           Chesapeake Room, UMUC ICC

 

8:45am – 9:15am        Bruce Moyer - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA                       (IL-5)

Does the Alkali Metal Selectivity of Calix[4]arene-crown-6 Type
Cation Receptors Peak at Cesium?

 

9:15am – 10:00am      Olivia Reinaud - Université Paris Descartes, France                      (PL-4)

Insights into the Supramolecular Aspects of Metallo-Biosites with
Calix[6]arene-Based Model Complexes

 

10:00am – 10:30am    Michaele Hardie - University of Leeds, UK                                      (IL-6)

Metal Complexes of Cyclotriveratrylenes: Discrete Complexes,
Metallo-Supramolecular Assemblies and Coordination Networks

 

10:30am – 11:00am    Coffee Break                                    

 

11:00am – 11:15am    Arkadi Vigalok – Tel Aviv University, Israel                                       (SL-3)

Synthesis, Structure, and Unexpected Reactivity of Novel Organometallic
Calixarene Complexes

 

11:15am – 11:45am    Yu Liu - Nankai University, China                                                      (IL-7)

Thermodynamics of Selective Binding of Pyridinium Guests by

p-Sulfonatocalix[n]arenes

 

11:45am – 12:15pm    Pavel Lhotak -Prague Inst. of Chemical Technology, Czech Rep.  (IL-8)                                       Calixarene-Porphyrin Conjugates – From Anions to Fullerene

Complexation

 

12:15pm – 1:00pm      Javier de Mendoza – Inst. of Chemical Res. Catalonia, Spain       (PL-5)
Deep Calixarenes and Capsules based on Calixarenes and Cyclotriveratrylene
for Separation and Recognition

                                           

 

1:00pm –                     Lunch Break, Free Time     

 
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007                                                     Chesapeake Room, UMUC ICC

 

8:45am – 9:15am        Ralf Warmuth Rutgers University, USA                                          (IL-9)

Thermodynamically Controlled Synthesis of Polyimino Nanocapsules

 

9:15am – 9:45am        Philip Gale - University of Southampton, UK                                    (IL-10)

Ion-Pair Binding in Cyclic and Acyclic Receptors: From the Solid State
to Membrane Transport

 

9:45am – 10:30am      Makoto Fujita - The University of Tokyo, Japan                                (PL-6)

Function Through Architecture

 

10:30am – 11:00am    Coffee Break

 

11:00am – 11:15am    Jong-Seung Kim - Dankook University, Korea                                 (SL-4)

Fluorescence-Based Chemosensing Calix[4]arenes

 

11:15am – 11:45am    Alex Wei - Purdue University, USA                                                    (IL-11)

Calixarenes and Nanoparticles: A Natural Fit

 

11:45Aam– 12:30pm   J. Fraser Stoddart - University of California, Los Angeles, USA      (PL-7)

Molecular Memories

 

12:30pm – 1:45pm      Lunch Break                         

 

1:45pm – 2:00pm        Sean Bew –University of East Anglia, UK                                         (SL-5)

Innovative Synthetic Protocols Towards Calix[9]arene and

L-Tyrosine Based Calix[4]arenes

 

2:00pm – 2:30pm        Enrico Dalcanale - Università di Parma, Italy                                   (IL-12)

Supramolecular Host-Guest Polymers         

 

2:30pm – 3:15pm        Dmitry Rudkevich - The University of Texas at Arlington, USA       (PL-8)

Calixarenes and Gases

 

3:15pm – 3:45pm        Coffee Break            

 

3:45pm – 4:15pm        Yoram Cohen - Tel Aviv University, Israel                                         (IL-13)

Diffusion NMR of Hydrogen-Bond Molecular Capsules:

Old Technique, New Insights

 

4:15pm – 4:45pm        Alessandro Casnati - Università di Parma, Italy                               (IL-14)

Biomolecular Recognition by Multivalent Calixarene Ligands

 

4:45pm – 5:30pm        David Reinhoudt – University of Twente, Netherlands                    (PL-9)

Molecular Printboards: From Supramolecular Chemistry to Nanofabrication

 

7:30 pm                       Conference Banquet                                                          Riggs Alumni Center


Thursday, August 9th, 2007                                                         Chesapeake Room, UMUC ICC

 

8:45am – 9:15am        Galina Talanova - Howard University, USA                                      (IL-15)

Fluorogenic Calixarene- and Calixcrown-Based Ionophores for
Optical Sensing of Hazardous Metal Ions

 

9:15am – 9:45am        K. Travis Holman - Georgetown University, USA                             (IL-16)

Metal-Assembled and Metal-Modified Container Molecules

 

9:45am – 10:30am      Bruce Gibb - University of New Orleans, USA                                (PL-10)

Properties of Deep Cavity Cavitands

 

10:30am – 11:00am    Coffee Break            

 

11:00am – 11:15am    Jeffrey Katz - Colby College, USA                                                    (SL-6)

                        Oxacalixarene-Based Triangles, Squares, and Tweezers

 

11:15am – 11:30am    Stephane Parola - Universite de Lyon, France                                (SL-7)

The First Approach to a New Family of Macrocycles : Synthesis,
Characterization and Reactivity of Thiacalix[2]thianthrenes.

 

11:30am – 12:00         Iris Thondorf - Martin-Luther University, Germany                           (IL-17)

Why do Tetratolyl and Tetratosyl Urea Calix[4]arenes Exclusively form
Heterodimeric Capsules in Solution?

 

12:00 – 12:45pm         Volker Böhmer - Universität Mainz, Germany                                 (PL-11)

Playing with the Dimerization of Tetraurea Calix[4]arenes

 

12:45pm – 1:00pm      Closing Remarks

 

 

1:00pm – 2:00pm        Lunch