Catalysis brief history

Catalytic Formation of Enamines 2.1 A Brief History of Enamine Catalysis... 

H. Heinemann A brief history of industrial catalysis, in John R. Anderson and Michel Boudart (editors) Catalysis. Science and technology. Volume 1. Springer (1981). 

D. Mansuy, A brief history of the contribution of metalloporphyrin models to cytochrome P450 chemistry and oxidation catalysis. Comp. Rend. Chimie 10 (2007) 392. 

Gottesfeld, S. Electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction in polymer electrolyte fuel-cells A brief history and a critical examination of present theory and diagnostics. Chapter 1 in M. Koper (ed) Fuel-cell catalysis, a surface science approach. Wiley, NJ, 2009, pp. 1-30. 

The introductory section (Chapter 1) presents a brief survey of the history of industrial heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. The survey shows that the availability of the feedstocks has had a decisive influence on the catalysts that have been developed. In some instances the chemical leads for new catalysts have lain dormant in the literature for a number years before they were developed into industrial processes. Subsequently (Chapter 2) a very limited selection of current industrial catalytic processes is described. These include the... 

The brief historical survey given in Table 1-1 shows just how the closely ftie development of catalysis is linked to the history of industrial chemistry [4]. 

Armor (2011) has given a brief but excellent account of the history of modem catalysis. The following major stages/product lines in which catalysts play an... 

Metal alkoxides have a well-established role in catalytic reactions. In Chapter 7, a brief review on the history, characteristics and synthetic routes for preparing metal alkoxides are illustrated. The catalytic processes performed by these catalysts include polymerization of different olefin oxides and cyclic esters, asymmetric reduction of aldehydes and ketones, oxidation of sulfides and olefins, and a variety of asymmetric reactions. The remainder of the chapter discusses characteristics of these catalytic systems. Other challenges separate from the metal alkoxide catalysis involve development of catalytic protocols in solvent-free or in green solvent conditions, viz., H O or liquid CO. The second challenge is recovery of catalyst without loss of its activity. Supporting metal alkoxide onto inorganic solids, especially magnetic ones, may effectively solve the later problem. 

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