Advances in Catalysis

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Contributors

Preface

Designing Molecular Catalysts with Enhanced Lewis Acidity

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1. Introduction

2. Conceptual Background: Generating a More Lewis Acidic Catalytic Center

3. Attachment of the Oxygen Center Around the Active Metal: Development of Molecular Catalysts Based on the MOM1 Motif

4. Organometallic Fluorides of Group-4 Metals as Efficient Catalysts for Polymerization

5. Summary and Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Modern Strategies in Supramolecular Catalysis

List of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols

1. Introduction

2. Supramolecular Assemblies as Models of Specific Enzyme Functions

3. Synthesis Strategies for Supramolecular Catalysts

4. Immobilization of Catalysts on Solid Supports Via Supramolecular Interactions

5. Conclusions and Outlook

Acknowledgments

Mechanistic Issues in Fischer–Tropsch Catalysis

List of abbreviations, symbols, and variables

1. Introduction

2. Microkinetics Expressions

3. Physical Chemistry of Elementary Surface Reaction Steps

4. The Chemistry of the Chain-Growth Reaction Via “C1” Species

5. Catalyst Deactivation

6. Summary of Discussion of Fischer–Tropsch Mechanism

Appendix A. Microkinetics Expressions for Methanation

Appendix B. Microkinetics Expressions for the Fischer–Tropsch Reaction

Appendix C. Lack of dependence of total surface coverage with growing chains θg on α

Vanadium Phosphate Materials as Selective Oxidation Catalysts

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1. Introduction

2. Mechanism of n-Butane Oxidation

3. Vanadium Phosphate Catalysts

4. The Active Catalyst

5. In situ and Theoretical Analysis of Vanadium Phosphate Materials

6. Influence of Metal Dopants

7. Reactor Technology for n-Butane Oxidation

8. Wider Application of Vanadium Phosphate Catalysts

9. Conclusions and Perspectives

Monolithic Catalysts and Reactors

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1. Introduction

2. Structured Catalysts and Reactors

3. Monoliths

4. Decoupling Diffusion Length and Interparticle Length

5. Multiphase Operation

6. Reactors and Reactor Configurations

7. Preparation

8. Practical Applications

9. Concluding Remarks