Heterogeneous Catalysts for Clean Technology

INTRODUCTION TO CLEAN TECHNOLOGY AND CATALYSIS
Green Chemistry and Clean Technology
Green Chemistry Metrics
Alternative Solvents
Heterogeneous or Homogeneous
Alternative Energy Reactors for Green Chemistry
Concluding Remarks

MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF ALCOHOL SELECTIVE OXIDATION
Introduction
Metal-Catalyzed Alcohol Selox
Oxide, Sulfide, and Vanadate Catalysts
Solvent Selection
In Situ and Operando X-Ray Studies of Selox Catalysts
Conclusions

REACTION MONITORING IN MULTIPHASE SYSTEMS: APPLICATION OF COUPLED IN SITU SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS
Introduction
Method Coupling
Spectroscopic Reactors and Practical Aspects
Selected Examples of Use
Conclusion and Outlook

IN SITU STUDIES ON PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS, SURFACE INTERMEDIATES, AND REACTION MECHANISM
Introduction
In Situ Investigations
Concluding Remarks

ENANTIOSELECTIVE HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
Introduction
Strategies for the Creation of Enantioselective Heterogeneous Catalysts
Concluding Remarks - A Comparison of the Various Approaches to Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts

MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF SOLID ACIDS AND BASE-CATALYZED CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction
New Catalytic Systems
Biomass Conversions
Summary

SITE-ISOLATED HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS
Introduction
Assembled Monolayers of Metal Complexes on Single-Crystal Surfaces
Reaction-Induced and Photoinduced Formation of Unsaturated Ru Complexes Supported on SiO2 Surfaces
Manganese Triazacyclononane Catalysts Grafted under Reaction Conditions
Well-Defined Silica-Supported Mo-Imido Alkylidene Complexes for Metathesis
Double Catalytic Activation Using a Bifunctional Catalyst with both Acid and Base on Solid Surfaces
Summary

DESIGNING POROUS INORGANIC ARCHITECTURES
Introduction
Templated Methods for the Preparation of Ordered Porous Materials
Hierarchical Porous Materials
Concluding Remarks

TAILORED NANOPARTICLES FOR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY - ACHIEVING SIZE AND SHAPE CONTROL
Introduction
Size Effects-Setting the Scene
Size Effects Illustrated by Way of Examples of Selected Industrially Important Reactions
Shape Effects
Conclusion

APPLICATIO OF METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS IN FINE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
Metal-Organic Frameworks as Heterogeneous Catalysts
Applications in Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
Applications in Oxidation, Carbon-Oxygen, and Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Formation
Applications in Asymmetric Synthesis
Concluding Remarks

PROCESS INTENSIFICATION FOR CLEAN CATALYTIC TECHNOLOGY
Introduction
Effect of Transport Phenomena on Heterogeneous Catalysis
Conclusion

RECENT TRENDS IN OPERANDO AND IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION: TECHNIQUES FOR RATIONAL DESIGN OF CATALYSTS
Introduction
Catalyst Nascence
Synthesis of Silicalite-1 Molecular Sieves
Preparation of Supported Metal Catalysts
Catalyst Life
Elucidating the Reaction Mechanism of Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol
Determination of the Active Sites in Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol
Catalyst Death
Methanol to Hydrocarbons
Propane Dehydrogenation
Summary and Conclusions

APPLICATION OF NMR IN ONLINE MONITORING OF CATALYST PERFORMANCE
Online Monitoring with NMR Spectroscopy
Quantitative NMR Spectroscopy in Technical Samples
Flow and High-Pressure NR Spectroscopy for Reaction Monitoring
Selected Applications of NMR in Online Monitoring of Catalyst Performance
Conclusions

AMBIENT-PRESSURE X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
Introduction
Technical Aspects
Applications of APXPS
Outlook