Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis Reactions Involved in Treatment of Water Contaminated with Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

The presentation will discuss the use of swellable organosilica materials as catalyst scaffolds for precious and transition metals and examine their use in water treatment strategies ranging from hydrodechlorination of chlorinated hydrocarbons to hydrogenation of BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) in water.