Fundamentals of Catalysis: Solvent Effects

Wednesday, June 5, 2013: 1:30 PM-3:10 PM
Segell (Galt House Hotel)
Andrew J. Gellman, National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA and Steven H. Overbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.
1:30 PM
1:50 PM
Density Functional Theory Study of HCO (formyl) and COH Surface Reaction Intermediates on Pt(111) and Effects of Water on the Intermediates
Líney Árnadóttir, Oregon State University, USA, Hannes Jónsson, Science Institute of the University of Iceland, Iceland and Eric M. Stuve, University of Washington, USA.
2:10 PM
Unusual Solvent Effects in Hydrogenation of Bio-oil Substrates
Haijun Wan1, Audrey Vitter2, Raghunath V. Chaudhari1 and Bala Subramaniam1, (1)University of Kansas, USA, (2)University of Notre Dame, USA.
2:30 PM
Active Acid Sites of Solid Catalysts in Aqueous Solutions
Aline Auroux1, Dusan Stosic1, Simona Bennici1 and Otman Otman1,2, (1)Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), France, (2)Sebha University, Libya.
2:50 PM
Reaction of Cyclohexanol on HBEA in Liquid Water
Aleksei Vjunov1, Mary Hu1, Ju Feng1, Donald M. Camaioni1, Chen Zhao2, Jian Zhi Hu1 and Johannes A. Lercher1,2, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, (2)Technical University of Munich, Germany.