The development of catalysis : a history of key processes and personas in catalytic science and technology / Adriano Zecchina, Salvatore Califano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zecchina, Adriano, 1936- author.

Califano, S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catalysis--History.

Catalysis.

Photocatalysis--History.

Photocatalysis.

Biocatalysis--History.

Biocatalysis.

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical--History.

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2017.

Summary:

This book gradually brings the reader, through illustrations of the most crucial discoveries, into the modern world of chemical catalysis. Readers and experts will better understand the enormous influence that catalysis has given to the development of modern societies. * Highlights the field's onset up to its modern days, covering the life and achievements of luminaries of the catalytic era * Appeals to general audience in interpretation and analysis, but preserves the precision and clarity of a scientific approach * Fills the gap in publications that cover the history of specific catalytic processes

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 From the Onset to the First Large-Scale Industrial Processes

1.1 Origin of the Catalytic Era

1.2 Berzelius and the Affinity Theory of Catalysis

1.3 Discovery of the Occurrence of Catalytic Processes in Living Systems in the Nineteenth Century

1.4 Kinetic Interpretation of Catalytic Processes in Solutions: The Birth of Homogeneous Catalysis

1.5 Onset of Heterogeneous Catalysis

1.6 First Large-Scale Industrial Processes Based on Heterogeneous Catalysts

1.6.1 Sulfuric Acid Synthesis

1.6.2 Ammonia Problem

1.6.3 Ammonia Oxidation Process

1.6.4 Ammonia Synthesis

1.7 Fischer-Tropsch Catalytic Process

1.8 Methanol Synthesis

1.9 Acetylene Production and Utilization

1.10 Anthraquinone Process for Hydrogen Peroxide Production

References

Chapter 2 Historical Development of Theories of Catalysis

2.1 Heterogeneous Catalysis

2.2 Chemical Kinetics and the Mechanisms of Catalysis

2.3 Electronic Theory of Catalysis: Active Sites

Chapter 3 Catalytic Processes Associated with Hydrocarbons and the Petroleum Industry

3.1 Petroleum and Polymer Eras

3.2 Catalytic Cracking, Isomerization, and Alkylation of Petroleum Fractions

3.3 Reforming Catalysts

3.4 Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) Processes

3.5 Hydrocarbon Hydrogenation Reactions with Heterogeneous Catalysts

3.6 Olefin Polymerization: Ziegler-Natta, Metallocenes, and Phillips Catalysts

3.7 Selective Oxidation Reactions

3.7.1 Alkane Oxidation

3.7.2 Olefin Oxidation

3.7.3 Aromatic Compounds Oxidation

3.8 Ammoximation and Oxychlorination of Olefins

3.9 Ethylbenzene and Styrene Catalytic Synthesis

3.10 Heterogeneous Metathesis

3.11 Catalytic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene from Hydrocarbon Feedstocks

References.

Chapter 4 Surface Science Methods in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

4.1 Real Dispersed Catalysts versus Single Crystals: A Decreasing Gap

4.2 Physical Methods for the Study of Dispersed Systems and Real Catalysts

4.3 Surface Science of Single-Crystal Faces and of Well-defined Systems

Chapter 5 Development of Homogeneous Catalysis and Organocatalysis

5.1 Introductory Remarks

5.2 Homogeneous Acid and Bases as Catalysts: G. Olah Contribution

5.3 Organometallic Catalysts

5.4 Asymmetric Epoxidation Catalysts

5.5 Olefin Oligomerization Catalysts

5.6 Organometallic Metathesis

5.7 Cross-Coupling Reactions

5.8 Pd(II)-Based Complexes and Oxidation of Methane to Methanol

5.9 Non-transition Metal Catalysis, Organocatalysis, and Organo-Organometallic Catalysis Combination

5.9.1 Metal-Free Hydrogen Activation and Hydrogenation

5.9.2 Amino Catalysis

5.10 Bio-inspired Homogeneous Catalysts

Chapter 6 Material Science and Catalysis Design

6.1 Metallic Catalysts

6.2 Oxides and Mixed Oxides

6.2.1 SiO2 and SiO2-Based Catalysts and Processes

6.2.2 Al2O3 and Al2O3-Based Catalysts and Processes

6.2.3 SiO2-Al2O3- and SiO2-Al2O3-Based Catalysts and Processes

6.2.4 MgO- and MgO-Based Catalysts and Processes

6.2.5 ZrO2 and ZrO2-Based Catalysts and Processes

6.3 Design of Catalysts with Shape and Transition-State Selectivity

6.4 Zeolites and Zeolitic Materials: Historical Details

6.5 Zeolites and Zeolitic Materials Structure

6.6 Shape-Selective Reactions Catalyzed by Zeolites and Zeolitic Materials

6.6.1 Alkanes- and Alkene-Cracking and Isomerization

6.6.2 Aromatic Ring Positional Isomerizations

6.6.3 Synthesis of Ethyl Benzene, Cumene, and Alkylation of Aromatic Molecules

6.6.4 Friedel-Crafts Acylation of Aromatic Molecules.

6.6.5 Toluene Alkylation with Methanol

6.6.6 Asaki Process for Cyclohexanol Synthesis

6.6.7 Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) Process

6.6.8 Nitto Process

6.6.9 Butylamine Synthesis

6.6.10 Beckman Rearrangements on Silicalite Catalyst

6.6.11 Partial Oxidation Reactions Using Titanium Silicalite

6.6.12 Nylon-6 Synthesis: The Role of Zeolitic Catalysts

6.6.13 Pharmaceutical Product Synthesis

6.7 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Zeolitic Materials and Inorganic Microporous Solids

6.7.1 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Zeolitic Materials

6.7.2 ETS-10: A Microporous Material Containing Monodimensional TiO2 Chains

6.7.3 Hydrotalcites: Microporous Solids with Exchangeable Anions

6.8 Microporous Polymers and Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

6.8.1 Microporous Polymers

6.8.2 Metal-organic Frameworks

Chapter 7 Photocatalysis

7.1 Photochemistry and Photocatalysis: Interwoven Branches of Science

7.2 Photochemistry Onset

7.3 Physical Methods in Photochemistry

7.4 Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Photocatalysis

7.5 Natural Photosynthesis as Model of Photocatalysis

7.6 Water Splitting, CO2 Reduction, and Pollutant Degradation: The Most Investigated Artificial Photocatalytic Processes

7.6.1 Water Splitting

7.6.2 CO2 Photoreduction

7.6.3 Photocatalysis in Environmental Protection

Chapter 8 Enzymatic Catalysis

8.1 Early History of Enzymes

8.2 Proteins and Their Role in Enzymatic Catalysis

8.3 Enzymes/Coenzymes Structure and Catalytic Activity

8.4 Mechanism of Enzyme Catalysis

8.5 Biocatalysis

Chapter 9 Miscellanea

9.1 Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis in Prebiotic Chemistry

9.2 Opportunities for Catalysis in the Twenty-First Century and the Green Chemistry

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-18128-3

OCLC:

974267130