IV Halogen Chemistry International Meeting (HALCHEM IV)

Topics: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science

Date: /21/22/23/24/25/ September 2008, Platja d'Aro, Spain, Europe

Web Site, Contact: halchem4@icmab.es

  

Official Information:

Although the number of the participants in the three subsequent editions remained almost constant (about 40 researchers coming from different countries) the high quality of the lectures and the active participation of all the members to informal and actual discussions have greatly contributed to the success of each meeting and to the thick network of collaborations among the groups. In the HALCHEM meetings all the groups have obtained enough time to show their main interests and all the topics regarding the chemistry of the halogens (such as synthetic and theoretical aspects, spectroscopy, metal powder activation by CT adducts, Supramolecular Chemistry, hypervalent halogen compounds, …) has been welcome. Hypervalence was the reason to introduce other elements besides the most traditional halogens, consequently, the subject of the congress was extended to other molecules incorporating main group elements having more than eight electrons in their valence shell.