UM Chemistry/Faculty/Professor Webster's visits to Beautiful and Interesting Places

Invited Presentations
Contributed presentations
Contributed presentations by collaborators
Contributed presentations by students

 Highlights of Invited Presentations by Dr. Charles Edwin Webster

Russia
An invited talk at Biocatalysis 2007, a boat conference from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17–22, 2007

An aerial view along the Volga River in Russia.

Beijing, China
An invited talk at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, April 24–25, 2007

Chairman Mao and a soldier at the entrance to the Forbidden City. Just behind me is Tiananmen Square.

This a picture of me standing in Tiananmen Square. Chairman Mao is in the background.

Zhengzhou, China
An invited talk at Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, China, April 22–23, 2007

An after dinner snapshot with (L to R) me, Mike Blackburn, Sasha Gabibov, Charlie McKenna, and Wu Yangjie. Dinner was wonderful. The hosts were very gracious.

Xiamen, China
An invited talk at the 17th International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry in Xiamen, China held at Xiamen University, April 15–21, 2007

Chicago, IL
An invited talk at the 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007

A cold wind brought in a nice afternoon fog over Chicago.

 Invited Presentations

• C. E. Webster "Forays into Computational Chemistry" Invited lecture, seminar presented at Bartlesville Technology Center, ConocoPhillips Inc., Bartlesville, OK, April 15, 2008.
• C. E. Webster "Separating electronic, steric, and packing interactions utilizing Density Functional Theory (or Not!)" Invited lecture, seminar presented at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, February 21, 2008.
• C. E. Webster "Continuing the renaissance in inorganic chemistry: Drago's Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry" Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), HIST-010.
• C. E. Webster "Theoretical study of the active site and mechanism of β-phosphoglucomutase" 17th International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry April 15–21, 2007, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P.R. China.
• C. E. Webster "Theoretical study of the active site and mechanism of β-phosphoglucomutase" Invited lecture, April 22–23, 2007, Zhengzhou University, Dept. of Chemistry, Zhengzhou, P.R. China.
• C. E. Webster "Theoretical study of the active site and mechanism of β-phosphoglucomutase" Invited lecture April 24–25, 2007, Tsinghua University, Dept. of Chemistry, Beijing, P.R. China.
• C. E. Webster "Theoretical study of the active site and mechanism of β-phosphoglucomutase" Invited lecture, June 17–22, 2007, Biocatalysis 2007, Moscow to, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• C. E. Webster "Separating electronic, steric, and packing interactions utilizing Density Functional Theory (or Not!)" Invited lecture, September 28, 2006, seminar presented at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
• C. E. Webster "Applications of Density Functional Theory: Research Snapshots" Invited lecture, March 2, 2006, seminar presented at the Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
• C. E. Webster "Theoretical Investigations into the Active Site Structure and Mechanism of Dimethylsulfoxide Reductase" Recruiting seminar, March 1, 2006, presented at the Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
• C. E. Webster and M. B. Hall. "Theoretical Studies of the Reaction Mechanism of Dimethylsulfoxide Reductase with Inorganic Model Complexes" Invited lecture, September 17, 2003, seminar presented at the Biophysical Night Out, College Station, Texas.
• C. E. Webster "Modeling Adsorption: Investigating Adsorbate and Adsorbent Properties" Invited lecture, January 29, 1999, seminar presented at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.

 Contributed Presentations

• C. E. Webster. "Computational insights into degenerate ethylene exchange with a Grubbs type catalyst" Midsouth Inorganic Chemists Association held at Harding University, Searcy, AR, October 13, 2007.
• C. E. Webster. "Computational insights into degenerate ethylene exchange with a Grubbs type catalyst" Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 19-23, 2007 (2007), INOR-018.
• C. E. Webster. "Theoretical study of the active site and mechanism of β-phosphoglucomutase" Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), INOR-223.
• C. E. Webster, M. Y. Darensbourg, P. A. Lindahl, M. B. Hall. "Structures and Energetics of Models for the Active Site of Acetyl-Coenzyme A Synthase: Role of Distal and Proximal Metals in Catalysis." Abstracts, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, United States, September 29-October 4, 2004, SEPT04-110.
• M. B. Hall, C. E. Webster. "Separating Electronic, Steric, and Packing Interactions in Crystallographic Structures by Density Functional Theory." Abstracts, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, United States, September 29-October 4, 2004, SEPT04-088.
• C. E. Webster and M. B. Hall. "Theoretical Studies of the Molybdenum Oxotransferase Enzymes"–Poster presented at Molybdenum & Tungsten Enzymes, Gordon Research Conference, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire June 29-July 4, 2003.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Factors affecting the structure of substituted tris(pyrazolyl)borato rhodium dicarbonyl complexes." Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002, INOR-293, 223, A50.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon bond activation of cyclopropane by a cationic iridium(III) complex, a theoretical study." Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002, INOR-357, 223, A60.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Theoretical transition state structure of a model complex bears a striking resemblance to the active site structure of DMSO reductase." Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002, INOR-404, 223, A67.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Elongated Dihydrogen? ReH₇(P(p-tol)₃)₂ Revisited"–Seminar presented at the Computational Chemistry Users Meeting, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, June 18-19, 2001.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "A theoretical study of carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon bond activation of cyclopropane by a cationic iridium(III) complex"–Poster presented at the 17th Southwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference (17th SWTCC), College Station, TX, November 2-4, 2000.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Computational Studies of Tris(pyrazolyl)borate Complexes of Iridium"–Poster presented at the Contemporary Inorganic Chemistry-II (CIC-II), College Station, TX, March 12-15, 2000.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Theoretical study of the reaction mechanism of dimethylsulfoxide reductase, a molybdenum-containing oxotransferase enzyme." Abstracts of Papers, 220th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 20-24, 2000, INOR-416, 220, U515.
• C. E. Webster, R. S. Drago, M. C. Zerner. "The Multiple Equilibrium Analysis Description of Adsorption on HZSM-5"–Seminar presented at the Florida American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition (FAME 99), Orlando, FL, May 8-9, 1999.
• C. E. Webster, J. P. Osegovic, C.R. Bowers. "Deuteron Quadrupole Spin Echo NMR of d₅-Pyridine Chemisorbed on Zeolites"–Poster presented at the 40th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC), Orlando, FL, February 28-March 5, 1999.
• C. E. Webster, R. S. Drago, M. C. Zerner. "A Method for Determining the Effective Catalytic Pore Size of HZSM-5"–Poster presented at the Florida American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition (FAME 98), Orlando, FL, May 8-9, 1998.
• C. E. Webster, R. S. Drago, M. C. Zerner. "Modeling Adsorption: A Method for Characterizing the Effective Catalytic Pore Size of HZSM-5"–Poster presented at the Florida Catalysis Conference; Palm Coast, FL, April 27, 1998.

Contributed presentations by collaborators

• M. B. Hall, C. E. Webster, and S. D. Zaric. "Theoretical identification of the intermediates and the reaction mechanism in the carbon-hydrogen bond activation by the photochemically generated hydrotris (3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl) borato carbonyl rhodium" Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007, INOR-1070.
• B. A. Vastine, C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Theoretical Studies of Oxidative Addition/Reductive Elimination through Pt(II)/Pt(IV) Centers by Density Functional Theory." Abstracts, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, United States, September 29-October 4, 2004, SEPT04-066.
• C. Beddie, C. E. Webster, Y. Fan, M. B. Hall. "Density Functional Theory Investigations on the Mechanism of Urea Degradation Catalyzed by Urease Model Complexes." Abstracts, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, United States, September 29-October 4, 2004, SEPT04-456.
• C. E. Webster, M. Y. Darensbourg, P. A. Lindahl, M. B. Hall. "Structures and Energetics of Models for the Active Site of Acetyl-Coenzyme A Synthase: Role of Distal and Proximal Metals in Catalysis"–Poster presented at the 7th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EUROBIC 7), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, August 29-September 2, 2004.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Separating Electronic, Steric, and Packing Interactions in Crystallographic Structures By Density Functional Theory"–Seminar presented at the Annual National Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA), Chicago, IL, July 17-22, 2004.
• Y. B. Fan, C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Theoretical study on the mechanism of the regiospecific functionalization of alkanes catalyzed by CpRh(η⁴-C₆H₆) complex." Abstracts of Papers, 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, March 23-27, 2003, INOR-665, 225, U128.
• S. D. Zaric, C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Theoretical study of alkane activation by tris (pyrazolyl)borate rhodium carbonyl." Abstracts of Papers, 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, United States, March 23-27, 2003, INOR-752, 225, U142.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Theoretical studies of inorganic and organometallic reaction mechanisms: Carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon bond activation of cyclopropane by cationic iridium(III) and neutral rhodium(I) and iridium(I) complexes." Abstracts of Papers, 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 18-22, 2002, INOR-013, 224, U642.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Predicting Structures and Energetics in Transition Metal Polyhydride Complexes"–Seminar presented at the XIX Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), Geneva, Switzerland, August 6-15, 2002.
• M. B. Hall, C. E. Webster. "The theoretical transition state structure of a model complex bears a striking resemblance to the active site structure of DMSO reductase." Poster presented at the International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry (ICBIC) 10, Florence, Italy, August 26-31, 2001; J Inorg Biochem 2001, 86, 246.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Theoretical Studies of the Reaction Mechanism of Dimethylsulfoxide Reductase with Inorganic Model Complexes: Six vs. Seven Coordinate Reaction Mechanism and DMSO Coordination to the Active Site"–Poster presented at Molybdenum & Tungsten Enzymes, Gordon Research Conference, Queen's College, Oxford, England, July 1-6, 2001.
• C. E. Webster, M. B. Hall. "Structure and rearrangements of an Ir tris(pyrazolyl)borate tetrahydride complex"–Poster presented at EURO-Hydrides 2000, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France, September 6-9, 2000.
• C. R. Bowers, J. Bharatam, V. Storhaug, C. E. Webster, A. Cottone, R. Gianna, B. J. Gaffney. "Laser-polarized xenon-(129) NMR & BET isotherm analysis of XE adsorption on lyophilized proteins." Platform presented at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), Biophysical Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 13-17, 1999; Biophys J 1999, 76, A136.

Contributed presentations by students

• K. Ruddick, T. Burkey, and C. E. Webster -- UM Student Research Forum, 2008.
• J. D. Swan and C. E. Webster -- UM Student Research Forum, 2008.
• D. Breland, A. L. Parrill, D. L. Baker, and C. E. Webster -- Graduate student poster presentation at 2008 Undergraduate Research Conference.
• K. Ruddick, T. Burkey, and C. E. Webster -- Graduate student poster presentation at 2008 Undergraduate Research Conference.
• J. D. Swan and C. E. Webster -- two Graduate student poster presentations at 2008 Undergraduate Research Conference.
• C. D. Enekwa and C. E. Webster "Computational study of catalysis of the 3-Aza-Cope rearrangement in a Ga₄L₆^12- supramolecular host" Abstracts, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston, TX, United States, October 19-22, 2006, SRM-419.
• J. M. Seat and C. E. Webster "A Computational Investigation of the Mechanism of Ribosylhomocysteinase" 29th Annual Area Collegiate Chemistry Meeting, Martin, TN, April 29, 2006.