ADHOC 2008

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ADHOC 2008 will attract leading scientists active in the various disciplines of oxidation catalysis. The following Plenary and Invited lecturers have accepted our invitation:

Plenary Lecturers

• Markus Antonietti, Germany "Metal-free catalysis with organic semiconductors"

• Albrecht Berkessel, Germany "Oxidation catalysis by hydrogen bonding"

• Jim Barber, United Kingdom "Photosystem II where dioxygen is generated"

• Luigi Casella, Italy "Tyrosinase: mechanism, intermediates, and new reactivities"

• John T. Groves, USA

• Craig L. Hill, USA

• Tsutomu Katsuki, Japan

• Vincent Pecoraro, USA

• Roger Sheldon, The Netherlands "Activation of Dioxygen and Homogeneous Catalytic Oxidation : Retrospect and Prospect."

• J. Henrique Teles, BASF Germany

 

Key Note Lecturer

 

• Alain Vandenbussche, SOLVAY Belgium (Key Note) "H₂O₂ - A view from an industrial perspective"

 

Invited Lecturers

• Paul Alsters, DSM, The Netherlans

• Marco D'Ischia, Italy "The moving frontiers of melanin research: chasing transient (semi)quinones in 5,6-dihydroxyindole polymerization"

• Ronald Hage, Rahu Catalytics UK "Applications of Mn-triazacyclonane bleaching catalysts"

• Jeremy Harvey, UK "Understanding Selectivity in Cytochrome P450 Oxidation: A Computational Perspective"

• Oxana A. Kholdeeva, Russia "Ti-catalyzed selective oxidations: from single-site to double-site catalysts"

• Raffaele Saladino, SOLVAY Italy "Production of maleic anhydride from cellulose wastes by activation of hydrogen peroxide with rhenium homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts"

• WonWoo Nam,  Korea "Mononuclear Non-Heme Iron(IV)-Oxo Complexes in Oxygenation Reactions"

• Michele Rossi, Italy "Aerobic oxidation by gold nanoparticles: molecular aspects and applications"

• Andreas Schmid, Germany "Specific oxyfunctionalizations of hydrocarbons by oxygenases: biocatalyst design and efficiency"

• Shannon S. Stahl, USA "New Applications and Insights into "Oxidase"-Style Aerobic Oxidation Reactions"

• T. Daniel P. Stack, USA "Oxidation Catalysis in Mesoporous Silica: Strategies to Catalyst Site Isolation"

• Giorgio Strukul, Italy "Soft Lewis Acids and Hydrogen Peroxide: a Viable Catalytic Approach to the Epoxidation of Simple Alkenes"

• Ulrich Schwaneberg, Germany

• Ira A. Weinstock, Israel "Outer-Sphere Oxidation of the Superoxide Radical Anion"