The 80 ^th Annual General Meeting of the Sydney University Chemical Society will be held on Wednesday 21^st October, 2009 in Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2 of the Chemistry Building on the campus of The University of Sydney. The speaker will be

Dr Rob Baker

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Still Playing With My Chemistry Set

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President of the Sydney University Chemical Society
School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney

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I got my first chemistry set as a Christmas present from my grandmother at the age of six, and have had the good luck of being able to play with it right up to the present (although not as much as I would like!)
In this presentation I will discuss two projects where the literature and my own preconceptions were overturned by getting my hands dirty at the bench:
• Steric-driven generation of hydrogen - a cautionary tale for "black-box theoretical chemists"
• Forming carbon-metal bonds: just add water!

Wednesday 21^st October, 2009 at 5:30pm

Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2

Refreshments from 5:00pm

Toby Hudson, Hon. Secretary
School of Chemistry
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia
Ph: +61 2 9356 7648
Fax: +61 2 9351 3329
Email: t.hudson@chem.usyd.edu.au