2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Processing of Fossil and Biorenewable Feedstocks: Chemicals III

Catalysis can play a key role in environmentally benign production of biodegradable and/or renewable chemicals and materials. This season focuses on catalyst and catalytic process development for producing chemicals and materials from biomass, petroleum, and coal.

Chair

Carrie A. Farberow, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Co-Chair

Xianghong Qian, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville

Presentations

03:15 PM

(172a) Catalytic Dioxygenation of Catechol By Non-Heme Iron(III) Complexes As a Sustainable Route to Dimethyl Adipate
Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx, Robin Jastrzebski, Bert M. Weckhuysen, Emily van den Berg

03:35 PM

(172b) Greening Paints, Plastics, and Fibers: Renewable Phthalic Anhydride from Biomass-Derived Sugars
Eyas Mahmoud, Raul Lobo, Donald A. Watson

03:55 PM

(172c) Molybdenum Based Polyoxometalates As Efficient Catalysts for C-C Rearrangement in the Epimerization of Carbohydrates
Feifei Ju

04:15 PM

(172d) Surface-Level Investigations of Benzyl Alcohol Reaction on Thiolate-Covered Surfaces
Chih-Heng Lien, Will Medlin

04:35 PM

(172e) Pore Structure and Bifunctional Catalyst Activity of Overlayers Applied By Atomic Layer Deposition on Copper Nanoparticles
Ana C. Alba-Rubio, Brandon J. O'Neill, Fengyuan Shi, Cem Akatay, Christian Canlas, Tao Li, Randall Winans, Jeffrey W. Elam, Eric A. Stach, Paul M. Voyles, James A. Dumesic

04:55 PM

(172f) Stabilizing Supported Ru Particles for Levulinic Acid Hydrogenation in the Aqueous Phase
Omar A. Abdelrahman, Jesse Bond

05:15 PM

(172g) Chemicals from Bioethanol: Tailoring Copper Electronic Properties to Enhance Its Performance on the One-Pot Ethyl Acetate Synthesis
Jean Marcel R. Gallo, José Maria Corrêa Bueno, Isabel Cristina de Freitas, Clelia Mara Paula Marques