Chem - Session 1a

Monday, June 8, 2009: 9:40 AM-12:00 PM
Seacliff Room (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)
Chairs:
Eric E. Stangland and Bala Subramaniam
9:40 AM
Higher Alcohols and Cyclic Acetals from Glycerol
Aiguo Liu, Sud-Chemie Inc; Chris Luckett, Sud-Chemie Inc; Faye Li, Sud-Chemie Inc; Todd Cole, Sud-Chemie Inc; Wayne Turbeville, Sud-Chemie Inc
10:00 AM
Furanics:  Versatile Molecules for Biofuels and Bulk Chemicals Applications
Pieter Imhof, Avanatium Technologies; Ana S. Dias, Avantium Technologies; Ed de Jong, Avantium Technologies; Gert-Jan Gruter, Avantium Technologies
10:20 AM
Bifunctional Catalyst for the One-step Continuous Synthesis of Exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene from Dicyclopentadiene
Wei Wang, Shaanxi Normal University; Zhong-Wen Liu, Shaanxi Normal University; Jian Lu, Shaanxi Normal University; Zhao-Tie Liu, Shaanxi Normal University
10:40 AM
Pd-Promoted Selective Gas-phase Hydrogenation of Butadiene over Alumina-supported Au Catalysts
Antoine Hugon, Université Pierre et Marie Curie UPMC; Laurent Delannoy, Université Pierre et Marie Curie UPMC; Catherine Louis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie UPMC
11:00 AM
Mechanistic Factors Influencing Recyclability of Co-Salen Catalysts in the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epichlorohydrin
Surbhi Jain, University of Virginia; Robert J. Davis, University of Virginia; Christopher W. Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marcus Weck, New York University
11:20 AM
 Keynote 
Tunable Cooperative Effects in Multi-Center Catalysis for the Synthesis of New Materials. Binuclear Phenoxyiminato Polymerization Catalysts
Mike R. Salata, Northwestern University; Brandon A. Rodriguez, Northwestern University; Massimilano Delferro, Northwestern University; Tobin J. Marks, Northwestern University