IUPAC Discussion Meeting on Hydrogen Bonding

and Other Molecular Interactions

Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department

Indian Institute of Science

18 September 2006

 

Programme: Venue: IPC Lecture Hall

 

            Inauguration: 9:00 – 9:30, Chairman. Prof. S. Chandrasekaran

9:00 AM         Welcome by Prof. K. L. Sebastian. Chairman, IPC Department, IISc.

9:05 AM         Remarks by Prof. S. Chandrasekaran, Elected member of IUPAC

Bureau and Divisional Chairman, Chemical Sciences Division,  IISc.

9:10 AM         Remarks by Prof. P. Balaram, Director, IISc.

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM E. Arunan, Introduction and Background to the IUPAC project

“Categorizing Hydrogen Bonding and Other Intermolecular Interactions”

 

            Session 1: 9:30 – 10:30 AM Chairman: Prof. J. Sadlej

9:30 – 10:00 AM        Prof. G. R. Desiraju, Hyderabad “"The C-H...O and other weak hydrogen

                                                bonds"

10:00 – 10:30 AM      Prof. T. N. Guru Row, IISc Bangalore. “Weak Intermolecular

                        interactions: Insights from experimental and theoretical charge densities.

 

10:30 – 11:00 AM      Tea/coffee

 

            Session 2:       11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Chairman: Prof. A. G. Samuelson

11:00 – 11:30 AM      Prof. Joanna Sadlej, Warsaw "Water clusters (H2O)n - toward

                                                 revealing the mystery of water"

11:30 – 12:00 Noon    Prof. N. Sathyamurthy, IIT Kanpur “Hydrogen bond without

                                                borders”

12:00 – 12:30 PM      Prof. E. D. Jemmis, IISc Bangalore “The long and short of weak hydrogen bonds”

 

12:30 – 2:00    Lunch at Main Guest House Lawn

 

            Session 3:       2:00 – 3:00 PM Chairman: Prof. N. Sathyamurthy

2:00 – 2:30 PM          Prof. Roger A. Klein, Bonn "Characterizing Hydrogen Bonding:

                                                Creation and Genesis"

2:30 – 3:00 PM          Prof. G. Naresh Patwari, IIT Bombay “Is dihydrogen bonding

                                                analogous to hydrogen bonding?”

 

3:00 – 3:30 PM          Coffee/tea

 

3:30 – 4:30 PM          Session 4:       Chairman: Prof. M. S. Hegde

3:30 – 4:00 PM          Dr. K. S. Viswanathan, IGCAR “Hydrogen bonding systems in

                                                inert gas matrixes”

4:00 – 4:30 PM          Prof. E. Arunan, IISc “Hydrogen bond radii: From Microwave

                                                spectroscopic, ab initio and AIM studies”

 

            Concluding Session and Panel Discussion:  Chairman: Prof. R. Klein

4:30 – 5:00 PM          Panel Discussion

5:00 PM          Vote of Thanks E. Arunan

 

5:05 PM                      High tea at IPC Foyer