17th IUPAC Conference on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS 17), Fort Collins, CO, USA, July 28-August 1, 2013

摘要

The 17th IUPAC Conference on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS 17) will be held in Fort Collins, CO, USA from Sunday July 28 to Thursday August 1, 2013. Nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, the meeting will feature 33 Plenary Lectures, Invited Lectures, and Short Talks. A rich and scientifically diverse poster session during the conference will complement the main lectures. This conference stands in part to commemorate the beginnings of the OMCOS. In 1981, Louis S. Hegedus and the late John K. Stille organized the first OMCOS and held it on the campus of Colorado State University. Hegedus and Stille recognized the potential impact that the burgeoning field of organometallics could have on synthesis and saw the need to assemble researchers from around the world for a conference dedicated to the topic. Indeed, future Nobel Laureates Ryoji Noyori and Ei-ichi Negishi spoke at that first meeting, and attendance far exceeded Hegedus and Stifle's modest expectations. Since its inception, the meeting has stood as a premier international event to recognize and discuss the most forefront, cutting-edge science in the field of organometallic chemistry in organic synthesis.