Designer catalysts

In many cases, however, well-designed catalysts provide intrinsically different reaction paths, and the specific nature of the catalyst surface can be quite important. This is clearly the case with unimolecular reactions for which the surface concentration effect is not applicable. 

Many, but not all, reactor configurations are discussed. Process design, catalyst manufacture, thermodynamics, design of experiments (qv), and process economics, as well as separations, the technologies of which often are appHcable to reactor technology, are discussed elsewhere in the Eniyclopedia (see Catalysis Separation Thermodynamics). 

H. -J. Freund, Metal-supported ultrathin oxide film systems as designable catalysts and catalyst supports, Surf. Sci., 2007, 601, 1438. 

The introduction of electronic asymmetry into this class of bis(diaryl)phosphinites has been used to design catalysts that can afford both enantiomers of naproxen nitrile. If the carbohydrate scaffold is based on methyl o-D-fructol uranosidc (29), (i )-naproxen nitrile is produced. In a similar manner to the results above, electron-donating aryl substituents on phosphorus afford... 

In this contribution, the steady-state isotopic transient kinetic analysis-diffuse reflectance Fourier transform spectroscopy (SSITKA-DRIFTS) method provides further support to the conclusion that not only are infrared active formates likely intermediates in the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction, in agreement with the mechanism proposed by Shido and Iwasawa for Rh/ceria, but designing catalysts based on formate C-H bond weakening can lead to significantly higher... 

The production of olefin block copolymers has been an aspiration of academic researchers and polymer manufacturers alike. Tremendous progress toward this end has been achieved in recent years with the discovery of several designer catalysts capable of living olefin polymerization. However, the stoichiometric nature of the living process, coupled with related process limitations of low polymerization temperatures and slow batch processes, have precluded these approaches from widespread application. 

Over the years, there has also been considerable confusion regarding the interaction mechanisms of compounds that appear to catalyze the POCL reaction. The complexity of the reaction and its apparent dependency upon a significant number of parameters has resulted in slow progress in the understanding of the role of these catalysts. Recent work in this area [151-157] has considerably extended our knowledge of the catalyst reaction mechanisms in the POCL reaction, widening the possibilities for development of new and more carefully designed catalysts. 

Arnold, E.H. and Volkov, A.A., Directed evolution of biocatalysts. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 1999, 3, 54-59. Thomas, J.M. and Raja, R., Designing catalysts for clean technology, green chemistry, and sustainable development. Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 2005, 35, 315-350. Kaur, J. and Sharma, R., Directed evolution an approach to engineer enzymes. Crit. Rev. Biotechnol., 2006, 26, 165-199. 

The first designed catalyst where there was some understanding of the relationship between structure and function was oxaldie 1, a 14-residue peptide that folds in solution to form helical bundles [11] (Fig. 12). Oxaldie 1 was designed to catalyze the decarboxylation of oxaloacetate, the a-keto acid of aspartic acid, via a mechanism where a primary amine reacts with the ketone carbonyl group to form a carbinolamine that is decarboxylated to form pyruvate. The reaction is piCj dependent and proceeds faster the lower the piC of the primary amine if the reaction is carried out at a pH that is lower than the piCj, of the reactive amine. The sequence contains five lysine residues that in the folded state form... 

The effects of heavy oils on cracking can be met by process modifications, feed pretreatment or by the use of specially designed catalysts. 

There are many examples showing the possibilities for designing catalysts specifically for sustained recyclability in ionic liquids. A recent example is the synthesis of an alkene ring-closing metathesis (RCM) catalyst for the RCM of dienes (Scheme 21) 188). 

The discovery that some bismuth salts could be used as Lewis acids in aqueous conditions finally opened the door to designing catalysts and to broadening the concept of hydrocompatible Lewis acids, which has since been applied to various reaction types. 

Beach JV, Shea KJ. Designed catalysts. A synthetic network pol3mier that catalyzes the dehy-drofluorination of 4-fluoro-(p-nitrophenyl)butan-2-one. J Am Chem Soc 1994 116 379-380. 

In gas phase reactions the size of catalyst libraries can be over couple of thousands. For instance, in the synthesis of aniline by direct amination of benzene around 25000 samples were screened in about a year [15], however, the optimization method used was not discussed. In contrast, in liquid phase reactions taking place at elevated pressure and temperature, due to technical difficulties the rational approach does not allow testing libraries containing more than 200 250 catalysts. Consequently, the informatic platform and the strategy used to design catalyst libraries for high-pressure liquid phase reactions should have very unique optimization tools. 

Finally, the application of computational methods to the study of catalysis continues to increase dramatically. C.G.M. Hermse and A.P.J. Jensen (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands) present a review of the kinetics of surface reactions with lateral interactions. These methods can be used in predicting catalytic reaction mechanisms. In particular, the authors discuss the role of lateral interactions in adsorbed layers at equilibrium and the determination of lateral interactions from experiments—using the simulations to interpret experimental results. This chapter illustrates the increasing use of computational methods to understand and to design catalysts. 

With a basic mechanism at hand, a rational approach for designing catalysts with desired properties becomes possible. However, despite progress in the direct observation of surface intermediates using high pressure, realistic in situ spectroscopic methods and deeper insight into basic reaction processes, the capability of rationally designing an electrocatalytic surface with a set of desired properties has not yet fully been achieved. 

J. Haggin, Shape selectivity key to designed catalysts. Chem. Eng. News, December 13, 9-15 (1982). 

Recovered catalysts should maintain catalytic activity or at least possess regenerate sites for repeated use. Of prime importance, catalysts in the first stage of liquefaction can inhibit coke formation. Coke once produced on the catalyst is difficult to remove without burning, which inevitably converts iron sulfides to oxides and/or sulfates. In designing catalysts, low acidity or polarity may be appropriate so as not to strongly adsorb heavy, polar, or ba-... 

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Waldrop. M.M. The Reign ofTrial and Error Draws to a Cktse Designing Catalysts at the Molecular 1 rvrl " Scierue. 28 (January 5. 19901. 

Since we believe that the relationships in Scheme 1 are useful for the design of catalysts (75), we place stress in this chapter on these relationships at atomic/ molecular levels of heteropoly compounds. In our opinion, sufficient care must be taken on the structure and stoichiometry in order to design catalysts taking advantage of the molecular nature of heteropoly compounds. 

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