Organic reaction mechanisms on metal surfaces: forty years of trying to understand them; the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated aldehydes; precious metal synergism in catalytic hydrogenation; hydrogenation of nitroarenes - the effect of ring substituents on hydroxylamine accumulation; the mechanism for the selective hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes; the high yield partial autoxidation of 2-methoxy-6-ethylnaphthalene to precursors of d-2-(6-methoxy-2naphthyl) propionic acid (naproxen) using metal.bromide catalysts; new air oxidation route to ortho-nitroaromatic acids; ammoximation of ketones on titanium silicalite; multi-step and single-step gas-phase selective oxidation of isobutane to methacrylic acids an alternative process to the acetone cyanohydrin route; hydroformylation with extremely low levels of rhodium: experimental design optimization of a highly selective, high turnover process for the production of isovaleraldehyde; homogeneous, single-phase hydrofprmylation of higher olefins using ionic phosphines and novel catalyst/product separation; asymmetric hydrogenations; a technically useful catalyst for the homogenous enantioselective hydrogenation of N-aryl imines: a case study; (Rull-BINAP)-catalyzed isomerization-hydrogenation network: influence of competitive reactions on enantioselective excess; diastereoselective hydrogenation of N-(2-methylbenzoyl)-(S)-proline esters on rhodium metal particles; the enantioselective hydrogenation of 3-coumaranone over chiral centres generated on a Pt/silica catalyst; the activity and selectivity of alumina supported Pd, Pd-Ag, Pd-Au, and Pd-Pt catalysts for the semi-hydrogenation of phenyfacetylene to styrene; preparation and utilization of Raney copper and Raney copper-zinc catalysts; synthesis of R2NR' dissymmetric amines from nitriles and hexamethylenetetramine over nickel catalysis; enantioselective hydrogenation of methyl acetoacetate over a mixed nickel-cerium oxide; nonaqueous room-temperature ionic liquids: a new class of solvents for catalytic organic reactions; direct conversion of 2-methylglutaronitrile to 3-picoline and cyclic amines; sulfonated polysiloxanes as solid acids and as supports for precious metal catalysts - their advantageous use in organic reactions; use of PdL4, complexes in the selective 1,4 addition of nucleophiles to butadiene monoepoxide; reductive alkylation optimized by techniques of experimental design; alternatives to methyl vinyl ketone for the Heck reaction in synthesis of nabumetone. (Part contents).
