Workshop on Reactive Intermediates

有机和大分子化学计划的这笔拨款将支持一系列每年三次的“活性中间体研讨会”。这些研讨会有两个目的：(1)提供一个有效的论坛，供活跃的科学家就有机动力学主题领域的当前研究进行非正式讨论；(2)协助项目工作人员确定需要纳入项目长期规划的有机动力学研究领域。每个研讨会将汇集来自美国各地的大约18名活跃的科学家，讨论有机化学反应机制的当前研究，重点是对正在进行的研究进行批判性评价。非正式讨论的形式旨在激发挑战和批评，促进对共同问题的合作研究方法的发展，并防止无效的重复努力。参加者广泛来自从事活性中间体化学研究的物理、有机和有机金属化学家界，并特别努力将年轻的研究人员、妇女和少数民族科学家纳入有机动力学领域的主流研究活动。选择讨论的主题是为了补充，而不是与其他既定的和更正式的会议竞争。

This grant in the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program will support a series of three annual "Workshops on Reactive Intermediates." These workshops have the dual purposes of (1) providing an effective forum for informal discussion by active scientists of current research in topical areas of organic dynamics, and (2) assisting the Program staff in identifying areas of research in organic dynamics which require incorporation into the Program's long-range planning. Each workshop will bring together approximately 18 active scientists from around the United States for discussions of current research in mechanisms of organic chemical reactions, with an emphasis on critical evaluation of research in progress. The informal discussion format is intended to stimulate challenge and criticism, to facilitate the development of collaborative research approaches to common problems, and to prevent unproductive duplicative efforts. The participants are drawn widely from the community of physical, organic, and organometallic chemists working on the chemistry of reactive intermediates, and a particular effort is made to incorporate young investigators, women and minority scientists into the mainstream of research activity in the areas of organic dynamics. The topics chosen for discussion are selected to complement, not compete with, other established and more formal conferences.