Zeolites and Porous Materials in Fundamentals of Catalysis

Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 3:40 PM-5:20 PM
301-303 (Lawrence Convention Center)
David Flaherty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and Stacey Zones, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
3:40 PM
Ketene As a Reaction Intermediate in the Carbonylation of Dimethyl Ether to Methyl Acetate on Mordenite
Dominik Bjørn Rasmussen1, Jakob Christensen1, Burcin Temel2, Felix Studt3, Poul Georg Moses2, Jan Rossmeisl1, Anders Riisager1 and Anker D. Jensen1, (1)Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, (2)Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark, (3)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA.
4:00 PM
Single-Site Catalysts: The Role of Ligands in Iridium Complexes Supported on Dealuminated Zeolite HY
Bruce C. Gates1, Claudia Martinez-Macias2, Pinghong Xu2, Jing Lu2, Cong-Yan Chen3 and Nigel Browning4, (1)University of California, Davis, USA, (2)University of California Davis, USA, (3)Chevron Energy Technology Company, USA, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.
4:20 PM
Production of Acetic Acid from Methane Via Tandem Oxidation and Carbonylation on Copper Exchanged Mordenite Zeolites
Karthik Narsimhan, Vladimir Michaelis, Guinevere Mathies, William Gunther, Robert Griffin and Yuriy Roman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
4:40 PM
Elementary Steps of Olefin Cracking
Stefan Schallmoser1, Maria Cruz Sanchez-Sanchez1 and Johannes A. Lercher1,2, (1)Technical University of Munich, Germany, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.
5:00 PM
Effects of Metal Distribution on Activity and Selectivity of PtRe Catalysts for Biomass Conversion
Fred G. Sollberger1, Paul J. Dietrich1, M. Cem Akatay1, W. Nicholas Delgass1, Jeffrey T. Miller2 and Fabio H. Ribeiro1, (1)Purdue University, USA, (2)Argonne National Laboratory, USA.