Novel Catalysts for Fine and Industrial Chemicals

Thursday, June 18, 2015: 3:40 PM-5:20 PM
301-303 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Johannes Lercher, Technische Universität München, Germany and Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin, University of Toronto, Canada.
3:40 PM
The Role of CO2 in Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenation Reaction over a Mesoporous Ceria Catalyst
Li Zhang1, Zili Wu1, Steven H. Overbury1, Nicholas Nelson2, Aaron Sadow2 and Igor Slowing3, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, (2)Iowa State University, USA, (3)Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University, USA.
4:00 PM
Immobilized Grubbs Catalysts on Mesoporous Materials: New Insights into Support Characteristics and Their Impact on Catalytic Activity and Product Selectivity
Annelies Dewaele, Boris Van Berlo, Jan Dijkmans, Pierre A. Jacobs and Bert F. Sels, KU Leuven, Belgium.
4:20 PM
Structure-Performance Relationships of Hybrid Nanocatalysts for Three-Phase Continuous Hydrogenation
Gianvito Vilé1, Neyvis Almora-Barrios2, Núria López2 and Javier Pérez-Ramírez1, (1)ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (2)Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain.
4:40 PM
Rh-Based Multifunctional Catalyst Systems for Hydroformylation of Dicyclopentadiene to Produce Value Added Fine Chemicals
Tianfu Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and Brent H. Shanks, Iowa State University, USA.
5:00 PM
An Investigation on the Role of Re As a Promoter in Ag-Cs-Re/á-Al2O3 High-Selectivity, Ethylene Epoxidation Catalysts
Weijian Diao, Christopher D. DiGiulio, Melanie Schaal, Shuguo Ma and John M. Monnier, University of South Carolina, USA.