Mechanisms in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Epoxidation Catalysis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780444531889)

The catalytic epoxidation of olefins plays an important role in the industrial production of several commodity compounds, as well as in the synthesis of many intermediates, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The scale of production ranges from millions of tons per year to a few grams per year. The diversity of catalysts is large and encompasses all the known categories of catalyst type: homogeneous, heterogeneous, and biological. This book summarizes the current status in these fields concentrating on rates, kinetics, and reaction mechanisms, but also covers broad topics including modeling, computational simulation, process concepts, spectroscopy and new catalyst development. The similarities and distinctions between the different reaction systems are compared, and the latest advances are described.

Author: S. Ted Oyama
ISBN-10: 0444531882
ISBN-13: 9780444531889
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 1.10d