PRESTuesday, August 21, 2007

1:30 PM-5:25 PM BCEC -- 205 A/B, Oral
Presidential Session Celebrating a Craftsman of the Art of Understanding: Roald Hoffmann at 70
Organizers:Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
Frank Walworth
1:30 PMIntroductory Remarks. C. T. Hunt, ACS President
1:35 PMIntroductory Remarks. B. Z. Shakhashiri
1:40 PMIntroductory Remarks. H. D. Abruna
1:45 PMRoald Hoffmann, a human catalyst
Oliver Sacks
2:10 PMDiscussion
2:15 PMComputational chemistry: An increasingly important way of doing chemistry
Odile Eisenstein
2:40 PMDiscussion
2:45 PMChains, rings, substituents: Tales from the marvelous edifice of modern organic chemistry
Henning Hopf
3:10 PMDiscussion
3:15 PMIntermission
3:30 PMMetacognition: A key tool in developing the art of understanding
Saundra Y. McGuire
3:55 PMDiscussion
4:00 PMConsequences of orbital symmetry: Why Hoffmann was "always" right
Peter T. Wolczanski
4:25 PMDiscussion
4:30 PMDistinctly chemical explanations: Roald Hoffmann's philosophy of science
Michael Weisberg
4:55 PMDiscussion
5:00 PMTrying to understand, making bonds
Roald Hoffmann

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The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007