Poster Session: Chemicals I

P-M-Wil-1

UV-Visible Spectroscopy as a Powerful Tool for Gold Nanoparticles Characterization
Atik Smahi, University of Tlemcen, Algeria.

P-M-Wil-2

Metathesis/Hydrogenation of Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Latex using Grubbs Type Catalysts
Yin Liu, Qinmin Pan and Garry L. Rempel, University of Waterloo, Canada.

P-M-Wil-3

Green Catalytic Conversion of Non-Edible Source Oleic Acid to Bioactive Azelaic and Pelargonic Acids using Molecular Oxygen
Nasima Chorfa, Safia Hamoudi and Khaled Belkacemi, Université Laval, Canada.

P-M-Wil-4

Polymer Hydrogenation for the Production of High Value-Added Materials
Man-Yin Lo, Ying-Chieh Chen and Nai-Chia Cheng, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan.

P-M-Wil-5

Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus in Racemization of Secondary Alcohols
Musa Musa, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

P-M-Wil-6

Catalytic Oxidation of 2-methylnaphthalene and 2-methyl-1-naphthol with 1%Au over Hyper Crosslinked Polystyrene Catalyst
Elena Shimanskaya, V.Yu. Doluda and Esther Sulman, Tver State Technical University, Russia.

P-M-Wil-7

Sponge^TM Metal Catalysts in Specialty Chemicals Production: The Perfect Combination for Selective Catalytic Reactions
Norman Marin-Astorga, Jason Ownby, Bruce Lacey and Steven McMahon, Johnson Matthey Inc., USA.

P-M-Wil-8

Direct Conversion of Cellulose into Polyols over Ni/W/SiO₂
Su Jin You, In Gu Baek and Eun Duck Park, Ajou University, South Korea.

P-M-Wil-9

Influence of Aromatics on the Catalytic Cracking
Yuanyuan Ji, Jianzhun Jiang and Mingsen Zhang, Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, SINOPEC, China.

P-M-Wil-10

Gold Catalysts Supported on Mesoporous Silica Synthesized in the Presence of Thioether Functional Groups: Characterization and Lactose Oxidation Activity
Luis-Felipe Gutiérrez, Safia Hamoudi and Khaled Belkacemi, Université Laval, Canada.

P-M-Wil-11

Mechanistic Investigations of 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Disproportionation over LaNa-Y Zeolite
Seung Hyeok Cha, Hyung-Ki Min and Suk Bong Hong, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea.

P-M-Wil-12

Decarboxylation of Glycerol Carbonate to Glycidol Using Zinc Oxide Catalysts
Jae Hyung Choi¹, Yong Beom Park¹, Sang Deuk Lee², Min Kyung Song¹ and Hee Chul Woo¹, (1)Pukyong National University, South Korea, (2)Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea.

P-M-Wil-13

Shape-selective Isopropylation of Naphthalene for Production of 2, 6-NDC on Modified Large Pore Zeolite
Young Hye Lee, Marimuthu Banu and Jae Sung Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea.

P-M-Wil-14

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Chelated Metal Complexes as Polymerization Catalysts
Amer El-Batta, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia and Robert Grubbs, California Institute of Technology, USA.

P-M-Wil-15

Oligomerization of Propylene over Ni-Exchanged CIT-6
Mark Deimund, Yashodhan Bhawe, Jay A. Labinger and Mark E. Davis, California Institute of Technology, USA.

P-M-Wil-16

Amorphous ZrO₂ Modified CuO-ZnO Catalyst for Low Temperature Removal of Carbon Monoxide
Yu Wang, SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, China.

P-M-Wil-17

Novel Boron Nitride Catalyst Supports
Michael Beachy¹, Christopher Holt¹, Hima Kumar Lingam², Sheldon Shore² and Paul Matter¹, (1)pH Matter, LLC, USA, (2)The Ohio State University, USA.

P-M-Wil-18

Understanding Promoter Effects on the Selective Propylene Epoxidation of Silver-based Monolith Catalysts
Jacob L. Weiner¹, Adriana Aristizabal¹, Raul F. Lobo¹ and Mark A. Barteau^1,2, (1)University of Delaware, USA, (2)University of Michigan, USA.

P-M-Wil-19

Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Behavior of Titanium-amine Materials for Cooperative Catalysis
Pria D. Young and Justin M. Notestein, Northwestern University, USA.

P-M-Wil-20

Effect of Iridium on Au/TiO₂ Catalysts in the Hydrogenation of Citral
Hugo Rojas¹, José J. Martínez Sr.¹, Antonio Gómez-Cortés², Gabriela Díaz² and Jesus Valencia³, (1)Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia, (2)Instituto de Física, UNAM, Mexico, (3)Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.

P-M-Wil-21

Butane Dehydrogenation and Oxidative Dehydrogenation over Vanadia/Alumina: A Comparative Study
S. David Jackson and Sreekala Rugmini, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.

P-M-Wil-22

Effect of Potassium Hydroxide on the Liquid Phase Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde Using Pd/C Catalysts
Lindsey A. Welch and Daniella Mendez, Cedar Crest College, USA.

P-M-Wil-23

Application of UZM-14 for Improved Aromatic Transalkylation
David Lafyatis, Michael Gatter, Robert Broach, Naiyl Rashid, Raymond Shih and Edwin Boldingh, UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company, USA.