529-0502-00L Catalysis
Semester | Spring Semester 2016 |
Lecturers | J. A. van Bokhoven, M. Ranocchiari |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Abstract | Fundamental principles of adsorption and catalysis, physics and chemistry of solid-state surfaces and methods for determining their structure and composition. Homogeneous catalysis with transition-metal complexes. |
Objective | Basic knowledge of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis |
Content | Fundamental principles of adsorption and catalysis, physics and chemistry of solid-state surfaces and methods for determining their structure and composition, thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis (physisorption, chemisorption, kinetic modelling, selectivity, activity, stability), catalyst development and manufacture, homogeneous catalysis with transition-metal complexes; catalytic reaction cycles and types. |
Lecture notes | A script is available |
Literature | J.M. Thomas and W.J. Thomas, Heterogeneous Catalysis, VCH, 1997 Homogeneous Catalysis Basics: R. H. Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Wiley, 2009 Industrial Processes: G. P. Chiusoli, P. M. Maitlis, Metal-catalysis in Industrial Organic Processes, RSC Publishing, 2008 Online: Catalysis - An Integrated Approach to Homogeneous, Heterogeneous and Industrial Catalysis Edited by: J.A. Moulijn, P.W.N.M. van Leeuwen and R.A. van Santen Basic Coordination Chemistry: J. Huheey, E. Keiter, R. Keiter, Anorganische Chemie - Prinzipien von Struktur und Reaktivität, de Gruyter |