Welcome Welcome to IC-03, the 2003 National Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. An outstanding group of international researchers have contributed plenary papers to the meeting across a range of key current themes in inorganic chemistry. Building on these, the program has been enriched and broadened by the contributions that all of you will present as poster and as session lecture papers. The plenary lectures, shorter oral and poster paper sessions have important roles in our program. The plenary lectures set the stage for the major themes, the session lectures have been selected to develop these themes, and the daily poster sessions deliberately cover all the topics, to encourage each of us to look beyond our expert comfort zone, perhaps deliberately or perhaps serendipitously, the way many good ideas come from noticing the paper next to the one we went looking for in a printed journal. The conference is an opportunity to recognize outstanding career contributions from among our colleagues as well as showcase the exciting work from our many student members. The Burrows Award and the D.R.Stranks Award sessions are highlights of the conference program. Using the poster sessions, breaks, reception and dinner, we hope you will catch up with old friends and make many new connections. We are delighted to welcome you to Melbourne and to The University of Melbourne. While you are here, we hope to share and enjoy your company as well as your science. Peter Tregloan Organising Committee Associate Professor Peter Tregloan, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne (Chair) Dr Stephen Best, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Dr Peter Junk, Chemistry Department, Monash University Dr David McFadyen, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Professor Richard Robson, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Professor Tony Wedd, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Associate Professor Charles Young, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne Meeting Organiser Meetings First 4/184 Main Street LILYDALE VIC 3140 Sponsors The Organising Committee and the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the RACI would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the following sponsors: Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University Australian Journal of Chemistry Varian Australia Pty Ltd Campbell Microanalytical Laboratory Pearson Education Australia General Information Registration and enquiries will be in the foyer of the Prince Philip Lecture Theatre near the Conference rooms. Meetings First staff will be in attendance as follows: Sunday February 2 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm Monday February 3 8.00 am - 6.00 pm Tuesday February 4 8.00 am - 6.00 pm Wednesday February 5 8.00 am - 1.00 pm Thursday February 6 8.00 am - 6.00 pm Conference sessions will be held in the Prince Philip Lecture Theatre (Architecture Building) or Old Geology Lecture Theatre 1 (Old Geology Building) Morning and afternoon teas will be held in the Atrium on Level 1 of the Architecture Building. Delegates should make their own lunch arrangements – Union House or Lygon Street provide a wide range of options. The Welcome Reception will be held in The Ian Potter Museum of Art (on Swanston Street near Gate 3, opposite 800 Swanston Street) from 7.00 pm until 8.30 pm on Sunday, February 2. The Conference Dinner will be held at the San Remo Ballroom (365 Nicholson Street, Carlton) from 7.30 pm on Thursday, February 6. Complimentary parking is available at St Brigid’s Primary School at 378 Nicholson Street. For those without cars, it would take about 20 minutes to walk from the colleges or somewhat less in a taxi. University visitors are advised that parking is generally available at all times at weekends. A fee of $2 is payable into the coin machines at Monash Road (Gate 4) off Swanston Street, and Grattan Street (Gate 10). Please note that coins only are accepted. Between 7am and 11pm Monday to Friday the University Square Carpark is open to the public. The entrance is off Berkeley Street and is $2.50 per hour or a maximum of $7.00 all day. Presenter Guidelines The time you have been allocated on the program includes questions - please allow at least 5 minutes for questions within the time allotted. Plenary Lectures will be limited to 50 minutes plus 10 minutes questions. Session speakers will be limited to 25 minutes plus 5 minutes questions. Stranks Award finalists will be limited to 10 minutes plus 5 minutes questions. A PC and a Mac, each with PowerPoint 2000, overhead projectors and 35 mm slide projectors are available in each lecture theatre Because of the larger projection area, speakers are encouraged to use computer projection. There will be no facilities for personal laptop computers to be used. Please save your file onto a floppy disk, 100 Mb Zip disk or CD-ROM. Don't forget to check your fonts. We recommend you use Arial, Times and Symbol only. PowerPoint tip: if you have PowerPoint XP, click "Embed fonts". For a smoothly running program it is important that speakers make sure their presentation runs using the ‘local’ computer/projector arrangement before their session. All presentation files will be loaded to the appropriate theatre computer and tested prior to the sessions each day. Regardless of what media you are using, please go the appropriate theatre during the morning tea/poster session, to familiarise yourself with the equipment and, if using data projection, to have your files loaded onto the computer. Support staff will be in attendance. Poster Presentations Daily poster sessions have been scheduled. All poster presenters are asked to ensure their poster is ready for viewing by 8.30 am on the scheduled day. Posters can be mounted on the poster boards after 4.30 pm on the day before they are scheduled for display. Please check your abstract number in the abstract book and display your poster on the corresponding panel. Velcro dots are available from Meetings First. Presenting authors should be in attendance for the duration of the morning tea/poster session. Posters may be removed at any time after the poster session but must be taken down by 4.00 pm each day. Chair Guidelines All chairpersons are asked to familiarize themselves with the equipment prior to the commencement of their session. Chairpersons are asked to keep presenters strictly to time. Getting Around The maps below show the general University area and the key locations for IC-03. The CAL Laboratory, just inside the main door of the School of Chemistry, is available as a drop in centre for delegates to check and send email. The iMac computers in the lab have web and Telnet access. There are no facilities for members to connect their own computers to the University network. There are no printing facilities in the lab. Program Outline PMO Poster Session Monday PTU Poster Session Tuesday PWE Poster Session Wednesday PTH Poster Session Thursday MP Monday, Prince Philip Theatre MG Monday, Old Geology Theatre 1 TP Tuesday, Prince Philip Theatre TG Tuesday, Old Geology Theatre 1 RP Thursday, Prince Philip Theatre RG Thursday, Old Geology Theatre 1 Sunday, 2 February 2003 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Registration Prince Philip Theatre Foyer 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Conference Opening Prince Philip Theatre Chair: A/Professor Peter Tregloan Professor Richard Keene Chair, Inorganic Chemistry Division Professor Frank Larkins The University of Melbourne Plenary Lecture 1 Prince Philip Theatre Chair: Dr Richard Robson 01 18:00 Molecular Self-assembly Through Coordination: From Professor Makoto Fujita Squares to Polyhedra to "Cavity-directed Synthesis" University of Tokyo 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Welcome Reception Ian Potter Museum of Art Monday, 3 February 2003 9:00 am to 10:00 am Plenary Lecture 2 Prince Philip Theatre Chair: Professor Glen Deacon 02 9:00 Bifunctional Ligands in the Synthesis of Mono- and Professor Evamarie Oligonuclear Transition Metal Complexes Hey-Hawkins, Universität Leipzig 10:00 am to 11:30 am Poster Session (PMO) and Morning Tea Architecture Atrium 03 Carbonate-Based Coordination Polymers Abrahams BF, Hawley A, Haywood M, Robson R, Slizys DA 04 Complexes of Divalent and Trivalent Ruthenium Adams JR, Martin BA, Incorporating Tethered Arenes Yellowlees LJ 05 Reactivity Studies of Ainscough EW, Brodie AM, 1-Benzoyl-3-(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl)thiourea and Burrell AK, Indira Chandrasena Related Ligands ILKG, Bowmaker GA 06 195m-Pt Radiolabelling of Cisplatin: An Improved Smith SV, Di Bartolo N, Synthetic Pathway Alderden R, Alexander M, Jackson T, Papazian V, Nygen V, 07 Lumen Loading of Halloysite Nanotubes Antill SJ, Green MER, Kepert CJ 08 Differences in Ligand Donor Preferences Between Appleton TG, Hoang HN, Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) in Reactions with Tronoff A S-Methylglutathione 09 Direct Evidence for CN- Binding to the Nitrogenase Vincent K, Ibrahim S, Fairhurst S, Cofactor: New Redox States and New Chemistry Gormal C, Smith B, Pickett C, Best S 10 An Homologous Series of Metal Complexes: Co(III) Jaffray PM, Clark CR, Blackman Carbonato and Bicarbonato Complexes Containing AG Tripodal Pyridine Ligands 11 Fe2(pdt)(CO)6, a Model of the CO Inhibited {2Fe2S} Borg SJ, Razavet M, Pickett CJ, Subsite of the Hydrogenase H-Cluster? Best SP 12 Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Metal Ion Activated Bradbury AJ, Campbell R, Fluorescent Molecular Receptors Wainwright KP, Lincoln SF 13 Di- and Poly-nuclear Cobalt(II) Pyridazine Complexes as Brooker S, de Geest DJ, Kelly Potential Nano-components RJ, Plieger PG, Moubaraki B,