2011 Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Processing of Fossil and Biorenewable Feedstocks: Chemicals

Co-Chair

Aditya Bhan, University of Minnesota

Presentations

08:30 AM

(442a) Activity and Selectivity of Bimetallic Catalysts In Hydrogenolysis of Sugars and Sugar Alcohols
Bala Subramaniam

08:50 AM

(442b) Hydrodeoxygenation Pathways and Selectivity Descriptors for the Conversion of Propanoic Acid to Alkanes Over Pd(111) Catalysts
Andreas Heyden

09:10 AM

(442c) Kinetics and Mechanism of Acetic Acid Esterification with Ethanol On Zeolites
Aditya Bhan, Lanny Schmidt

09:30 AM

(442d) A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Selective Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Over Supported Metal Catalysts
Sara E. Davis, Bhushan N. Zope, Levi R. Houk, Erin C. Tamargo, Robert J. Davis, Abhaya Datye

09:50 AM

(442e) Production of Gamma-Valerolactone From Corn Stover by Selective Extraction and Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid
David Martin Alonso, Stephanie G. Wettstein, Jesse Q. Bond, James A. Dumesic

10:10 AM

(442f) Hydrogenolysis of Succinic Acid to GBL, Butanediol : Catalysis & Kinetic Studies
Xuchao Li

10:30 AM

(442g) Investigation of Liquid Phase 1,2-Propanediol Dehydration Using Zeolite Catalysts
Vladimiros Nikolakis, Tim Courtney, Stavros Caratzoulas, Jingguang G. Chen