Homogeneous Catalysis

1. Chemical Industry and Homogeneous Catalysis

1.1 Feed Stocks, Fuels and Catalysts

1.2 Crude Oil to Gasoline and Basic Building Blocks by Heterogeneous catalysts

1.3 Basic Building Blocks to Downstream Products by Homogeneous Catalysis

1.4 Comparison among Different Types of Catalysis

1.5 Catalyst Recovery

1.6 Environmental Issues

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2. Basic Chemical Concepts

2.1 Ligands

2.2 Metals

2.3 Important Reaction Types

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3. Methods of Investigation

3.1 Catalytic cycle and intermediates

3.2 Spectroscopic Studies

3.3 Kinetic Studies

3.4 Model Compounds

3.5 Computational Techniques (Theoretical Calculation)

3.6 Asymmetric Catalysis

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4. Carbonylation and Related Reactions

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Carbonylation and Manufacture of Acetic Acid

4.3 Carbonylation of Other Alcohols

4.4 Carbonylation of Methyl Acetate

4.5 Carbonylation of Alkynes

4.6 Other carbonylation and hydrocarboxylation reactions

4.7 C₁-Chemistry

4.8 Engineering Aspects

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5. Hydrogenation and Other Hydrogen Based Catalytic Reactions

5.1 Hydrogenation

5.2 Hydroformylation

5.3 Other Hydroformylation reactions

5.4 Asymmetric Hydroformylation

5.5 Hydrosilylation

5.6 Hydrocyanation

5.7 Hydroamination

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6. Polymerization and Selective Oligomerization of Alkenes

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Early Catalysts for Polyethylene and Polypropylene

6.3 Modern Ziegler-Natta Catalyst

6.4 Mechanistic Studies

6.5 Single Site Catalysts

6.6 Ethylene Polymerization with Polar comonomers

6.7 Polymers of Other Alkenes

6.8 Oligomerization of Ethylene

6.9 Engineering Aspects

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7. Selective C-C Bond Forming Reactions With Alkenes

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Di-, Tri-, Tetramerization and Codimerization reactions

7.3 Metathesis Reactions

7.4 Pd-Catalyzed Cross Coupling Reactions

7.5 Metal catalyzed Cyclopropanation and Cycloaddition

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8. Oxidation

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Wacker Oxidation

8.3 Metal-Catalyzed Liquid-Phase Autoxidation

8.4 Polymers from Autoxidation Products

8.5 Selective Oxidations

8.6 Engineering and Safety Considerations

Problems

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