2022 ACS Reaction Mechanisms Conference
The 38th ACS Reaction Mechanisms conference was held at the University of Colorado Boulder from the 12th - 15th of June 2022. The conference local organizers were RASEI Fellows Oana Luca and Mike Marshak. With over 150 participants in attendance, bringing together researchers from academia, government labs, and industry there was a great environment of discussion and networking.
The RMC resembles a Gordon Research Conference format in size and scope. Discussion and sharing of ideas is at the forefront of the activities.
This conference also included a tribute to one of the leaders of mechanistic chemistry. The 2022 conference honored Professor Josef Michl. Professor Michl has made important contributions to numerous areas of mechanistic chemistry including theoretical and experimental aspects of organic photochemistry, new photophysical phenomena, chemistry and theory of biradicals and biradicaloids, electronic structure of unusual molecules, silicon and boron chemistry, organic reactive intermediates, molecular building blocks for supramolecular structures. These studies are documented in more than 600 papers and several books.