Catalysis

Valentine P.

A comprehensive overview covering the principles and preparation of catalysts, as well as reactor technology and applications in the field of organic synthesis, energy production, and environmental catalysis.

Sulfur compounds contaminate many industrially important feedstocks and, on release to the atmosphere as sulfur oxides, can cause widespread damage to the ecosystem.

"e;We heartily recommend this book to all readers who wish to gain a better understanding of nanostructured carbon materials surface properties and used in catalysis.

This book explores efficient syntheses of indole alkaloids based on gold-catalyzed cascade cyclizations, presenting two strategies for total synthesis of these natural products based on gold-catalyzed reactions of conjugated diyne or ynamide.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in both total oxidation and combustion and also in selective oxidation.

Heterogeneous catalysis plays a central role in the global energy paradigm, with practically all energy-related process relying on a catalyst at a certain point.

Heterogeneous Catalytic Materials discusses experimental methods and the latest developments in three areas of research: heterogeneous catalysis; surface chemistry; and the chemistry of catalysts.

This book presents advances in computational methods, experimental synthesis, and advanced characterizations for novel catalytic materials.

Filling the gap in the market for comprehensive coverage of this hot topic, this timely book covers a wide range of organic transformations, e.

Developed and expanded from the work presented at the New Energetic Materials and Propulsion Techniques for Space Exploration workshop in June 2014, this book contains new scientific results, up-to-date reviews, and inspiring perspectives in a number of areas related to the energetic aspects of chemical rocket propulsion.

This book contains 99 of the papers that were presented at the 6th in the series of Symposia on Characterization of Porous Solids held in Alicante, Spain, May 2002.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental properties, preparation routes and applications of a novel class of organic-inorganic nanocomposites known as periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs).

The use of natural catalysts - enzymes - for the transformation of non-natural man-made organic compounds is not at all new: they have been used for more than one hundred years, employed either as whole cells, cell organelles or isolated enzymes [1].

This book is indexed in Chemical Abstracts ServiceGreen Chemistry has evolved in response to several environmental issues in the second half of the last century, mostly due to the almost freely expanding chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

This book reviews the latest developments and applications of nanozymes in environmental science.

Vanadium is one of the more abundant elements in the Earth's crust and exhibits a wide range of oxidation states in its compounds making it potentially a more sustainable and more economical choice as a catalyst than the noble metals.

This book analyzes conventional fixed-bed reactors such as trickle-bed, bubble (packed) column, and multitubular reactors with regard to process efficiency, design and safety.

This class-tested textbook gives an overview of the structure and functions of proteins and explains how amino acids form a defined structural entity with specific properties.

This edited volume comprises the proceedings of ICACE-2015.

Catalysis is a fundamentally sustainable process which can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals and their intermediates.

This book reviews chiral polymer synthesis and its application to asymmetric catalysis.

Catalysts are required for a variety of applications.

Hydrogenation is a key reaction in both the food and petrochemical industries, where it is used to reduce carbon-carbon double bonds.

This thesis offers novel methods for catalyst and process design for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene and 1,3-butadiene.

Written by experts in the field, this is a much-needed overview of the rapidly emerging field of cooperative catalysis.

Water is abundant in nature, non-toxic, non-flammable and renewable and could therefore be safer and economical for the chemical industry wherever it is used as a solvent.

Advances in Catalysis fills the gap between the journal papers and the textbooks across the diverse areas of catalysis research.

The demand for hydroprocessing catalysts has shown an increasing trend, because of their applications in refining of petroleum and biofuels, in order to comply with strict environmental regulations controlling emissions from transportation vehicles.

Catalysis is a central topic in chemical transformation and energy conversion.

This book shows the different molecular devices used for solar energy conversion and storage and the important characterization techniques for this kind of device.

In chemistry, photocatalysis refers to the acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a catalyst.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry Collections presents critical reviews from the journal Topics in Current Chemistry organized in topical volumes.

Evolution is nature's most fascinating process, the possibility given sufficient time to combine simple inorganic compounds to more and more complex biochemical compounds, which make up more and more complex organisms.

This book serves the environmentalists to track the development of photocatalytic materials and technology in the present context and to explore future trends.

Two-dimensional (2D) materials for photocatalytic applications have attracted attention in recent years due to their unique thickness-dependent physiochemical properties.

This three volume book is the follow-up handbook to the bestselling volume "e;Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions"e;, the definitive reference in the field.

LenaRakers synthetisiert und charakterisiert neuartige NHC-Liganden ausgehend vonden Biomolekülen Cholesterol und Campher.

This book investigates the use of palladium modified by bulky ligands as catalysts for new chemical transformations that rapidly assemble several classes of complex heterocyles.

Filling a gap in the catalysis and nano literature, this monograph is unique in focusing on both nanostructured heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of plasma catalysis, regarded as a promising alternative to thermal processes for energy and environmental applications.

This brief discusses the formation of modern "e;green chemistry"e; as a contribution to sustainability and the historic paths that lead to the key concepts of this discipline.

Juan I.

A much-needed overview of the synthesis of chiral Br nsted acids and their applications in various organic transformations.

In the past 12 years since its publication, Concepts of Modern Catalysis and Kinetics has become a standard textbook for graduate students at universities worldwide.

This book systematically reviews recent advances in the synthetic methods and applications of helicenes.

Metal-free carbons have recently shown great efficiency in several catalytic processes, including oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of ethylbenzene and alkenes, hydrogen evolution, liquid Bronsted and Lewis acid catalysis and electrochemical reactions.

Irina Geibel zeigt eine innovative Anwendungsmöglichkeit des preiswerten und ökologisch unbedenklichen Seltenerdmetallsalzes CeCl3 · 7 H2O bei der Knüpfung von C-C-Bindungen mit Luftsauerstoff als Oxidationsmittel auf.