Sunday, September 1stSunday, September 1st
16:00 – 20:00
Welcome Reception

Monday,September
2ndProgram
Overview

Monday, September 2nd8:40 – 9:00
Opening Remarks Chaired by Masaichi Saito
Hiroki Yamaguchi (Rector of Saitama University)
Takafumi Sakai (Dean of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University)

Chaired by Norihiro Tokitoh
9:00

PL1

Progress of Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells and Next Directions ofResearch with All Inorganic Perovskites
Tsutomu Miyasaka

9:50

IL1

Heavier Unsaturated Group 14 Species: Beyond the Carbon Copy
David Scheschkewitz

10:20 – 10:50Coffee Break

Chaired by Kirill V. Zaitsev
10:50

OC1Carbene Complexes of Stannocenes and Cyclopentadienyltin Halides
André Schäfer, Carsten Müller, Lisa Wirtz, Inga-Alexandra Bischoff, Joshua
Warken, and Diego M. Andrada

11:10

OC2Group 4 Metal Germylidenes (and Related Complexes)
Vladimir Ya. Lee, Ryo Sakai, Taka Yokoyama, Shinji Aoki, Kazunori
Takanashi, and Akira Sekiguchi

11:30

OC3Organotin Compounds Containing Potential Anchoring Groups
Christoph Garstenauer, Philipp Müller, Ana Torvisco, and Frank Uhlig

11:50

IL2Chemisry of Germa-iminesJ. Robin Fulton

12:20 – 14:00

Lunch

Chaired by Eric Rivard
14:00

IL3

Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of the Elusive Fluorine-Substituted
Branched Oligogermane (Ph3Ge)3GeF
Charles Scott Weinert

Monday, September 2nd

14:30

OC4Syntheses, Structures and Reactivities of Hypercoordinated Organolead
Compounds with S and O Dangling Ligands
Keith Pannell, Renzo Arias-Ugarte, Hemant Sharma, Alejandro MettaMagaña, and Alfredo Ornelas

14:50

OC5N-Heterocyclic Germylene and Stannylene Catalyzed Cyanosilylation andHydroboration of Aldehydes
Rajarshi Dasgupta, Shubhajit Das, Shweta Hiwase, Swapan K. Pati, andShabana Khan

15:10

IL4

New Insights in the Chemistry of Heavy Aryl Anions
Norihiro Tokitoh

15:40 – 16:10

Coffee Break

Chaired by Ravi Shankar
16:10

OC6Ge-132 as a Promising Anode Material for Li-ion Batteries
Evgeniya A. Saverina, Roman R. Kapaev, Alexey S. Galushko, Valentine P.
Ananikov, Mikhail P. Egorov, Viatcheslav V. Jouikov, Pavel A. Troshin, andMikhail A. Syroeshkin

16:30

OC7

From Organotin hydrides to Anionic Oligotin Cages and Elementoid Clusters:
σ-Delocalization and Model Compounds for Surface Reactions
Beate G. Steller and Roland C. Fischer

16:50

OC8The Antimalarial and Antibacterial Activities of Some Organotin(IV)
Carboxylate compounds
Sutopo Hadi, Noviany, Tati Suhartati, and Hardoko Insan Qudus

17:10

OC9Designing for Stability: Hypercoordinate Polystannanes with Flexible andRigid Chelating Ligands
Jeffrey Pau and Daniel A. Foucher

17:30

IL5An Old Hat with New Feathers – Germoldianions as Precursors for Unusual
Germanium Compounds
Thomas Müller

18:10 – 20:00

Poster Session
Odd number: 18:10 – 19:05; Even number: 19:05 – 20:00

Tuesday,September3rdProgram
Overview

Tuesday, September 3rd
Chaired by Kim M. Baines
9:00

PL2Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of the Chemistry of Transient
Stannylenes, Germylenes, and Silylenes in Solution
William J. Leigh

9:50

IL6

Germyl Enolates: Characterizations, Structures and Reactivity of
Stereoselective Aldol Reactions
Makoto Yasuda

10:20 – 10:50

Coffee Break

Chaired by Lars Wesemann
10:50

OC10

Tailoring Structural Diversity in Diorganotin-carboxylates by pHControlled Hydrothermal Reaction
Ravi Shankar, Archishmati Dubey, Ekta Jakhar, and Amanpreet K. Jassal

11:10

OC11

The Reaction of Ditetrelenes with Organic Main Group Oxides
Kim M. Baines, Nada Y. Tashkandi, Bahar Farhadpour, and Maissa Belcina

11:30

OC12Metathesis of Digermenes
Lukas Klemmer, Michael
Scheschkewitz

11:50

IL7

12:20 – 14:00

Zimmer,VolkerHuch,andDavid

Diffrences and Similarities between Ge, Si, and Transition Metal Elements:
Theoretical Insight
Shigeyoshi Sakaki
Lunch

Chaired by Aleš Růžička
14:00

IL8

Stable yet Highly Reactive Low Oxidation State Group 14 Complexes:
Powerful Reagents for Catalysis and Small Molecule Activations
Cameron Jones

14:30

OC13Ionothermal Synthesis of Clusters with Group 14 AtomsStefanie Dehnen

Tuesday, September 3rd

14:50

OC14

Grafting of Germanium-based Groups to a Si6 Siliconoid: Side Chain
Attachment vs. Core Expansion
Nadine Poitiers, Volker Huch, Michael Zimmer, and David Scheschkewitz

15:10

IL9Colloidal Synthesis of Germanium Nanocrystal Quantum Dots with SizeTunable Near-Infrared Photoluminescence
Brian A. Korgel

15:40 – 16:10

Coffee Break

Chaired by David Scheschkewitz
16:10

IL10

New Stabilization Routes to Low-oxidation State Tetrels: From Anionic NHeterocyclic Olefins to FLPs
Eric Rivard

16:40

IL11Bimetallic Complexes of P–Ge–P and P–Sb+–P Ligands
Ching-Wen Chiu

17:10

IL12

N-Heterocyclic Imines and N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Phosphinidenes inLow-valent Germanium and Tin Complexes
Shigeyoshi Inoue

17:40

IL13

Genial Germanium and Tin Tweaks for Catalysis and Energy Applications
Moumita Majumdar

Wednesday,
September
4thProgram
Overview

Wednesday, September 4th
Chaired by Masaichi Saito
9:00

PL3

Nitrogen-rich Ligands in Group 14 Metal Chemistry
Aleš Růžička

9:50

IL14

Microwave Synthesis of Germanium Nanomaterials
Susan M. Kauzlarich

10:20 – 10:50

Coffee Break

Chaired by J. Robin Fulton
10:50

OC15Ferrocene-Based N-Heterocyclic Plumbylenes and More
Ulrich Siemeling, Bruno A. Correia Bicho, Clemens Bruhn, Robin Guthardt,
Max C. Holthausen, Jan Oetzel, and Julia I. Schweizer

11:10

OC16

Synthesis of Ge- and Sn-Bridged Biheteroaryls as Photoluminescent
Materials
Joji Ohshita and Yohei Adachi

11:30

OC17

Tin Ate Complex Catalyzed Synthesis of Spiro Compounds fromMethylenecyclopropanes and Activated Alkenes
Itaru Suzuki, Kazuki Ogura, Jun-ya Shimazu, and Ikuya Shibata

11:50

IL15

Synthesis, Structures and Reactivity of Silylated Heavy Group 14 ElementAnions
Christoph Marschner

12:20

Photo Session

12:30 –Excursion

Thursday, September 5thThursday, September 5th
Chaired by Stefanie Dehnen
9:00

PL4Germanium, Tin and Lead – Chemistry of Hydrides and Low Valent Lewis
Base Adducts
Lars Wesemann

9:50

IL16

Catalytically Active Germylene Complexes
Tsuyoshi Kato

10:20 – 10:50

Coffee Break

Chaired by Ching-Wen Chiu
10:50

OC18

Synthesis and Characterization of Germanium-, Tin-, and Lead-Incorporated
Benzenes
Katsunori Suzuki, Canon Kaiya, and Makoto Yamashita

11:10

OC19

Photochemical Synthesis of a Mo–Ge Triple Bonded Complex and Its
Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Carbonyl Compounds
Hisako Hashimoto, Tara Prasad Dhungana, and Hiromi Tobita

11:30

OC20

Synthesis of Germacyclic Compounds by Intra- and Intermolecular Reactions
Using In-situ Generated Germyl Cations
Takayuki Kawashima, Hidekazu Arii, Yaeko Iwanami, and Kunio Mochida

11:50

IL17

Heavy Cyclobutadienes
Tsukasa Matsuo

12:20 – 14:00

Lunch

Chaired by Scott Weinert
14:00

IL18

Polyether and Pincer Ligand Complexes of Germanium and Tin
Charles L. B. Macdonalds

14:30

OC21

Germanium Cage Compounds
Masafumi Unno and Hideyuki Matsumoto

14:50

OC22

Arylgermanium Trihydrides Towards Nanosized Polymers
Ana Torvisco and Frank Uhlig

Thursday,
September
5thProgramOverview

15:10

IL19

18:30 – 21:00

Metalloid Group 14 Clusters Give Insight into the Complex Formation of the
Element from Molecular Precursors
Andreas Schnepf
BanquetFriday, September 6th

Friday, September 6th
Chaired by Keith H. Pannell
9:00

PL5

Dehydrogenative Formation of Metal–E (E = Ge, Si) Triple-Bonded
Complexes from REH3 and Their Reactivity to Organic Molecules
Hiromi Tobita

9:50

IL20

Organogermanium Chemistry:
Organometallic Chemistry
Kirill V. Zaitsev

10:20 – 10:50

Interplay

Between

OrganicandCoffee Break

Chaired by Frank Uhlig
10:50

OC23

Stabilization of Ferrocenylene Bridged Diphosphatetrylenes via Intra- andIntermolecular Donor Sites
Denis Kargin and Rudolf Pietschnig

11:10

OC24

Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Stannylenes and Germylenes Bearing
Bulky Amido Ligands
Petr Švec, Aleš Růžička, and Petr Leinweber

11:30

OC25

Bulky Carbazolyl Substituents for the Stabilisation of Low Coordinate Group
14 Compounds
Alexander Hinz

11:50

IL21

Small-molecules-activations by the 1,2- and 1,4-Digermabenzenes
Takahiro Sasamori

12:20 – 12:50

Closing Remarks

12:50 – 14:00

Lunch