2017 Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Processing of Fossil and Biorenewable Feedstocks III: Alcohols and Polyols

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 fuels from biomass, petroleum, and coal.

Chair

Ana C. Alba-Rubio, University of Toledo

Co-Chair

Thomas Schwartz, University of Maine

Presentations

03:15 PM

(211a) Catalytic Ethanol Conversion to 1,3-Butadiene on MgO/SiO2: Reactive Catalyst Surface Structure and Reaction Mechanisms
Jonas Baltrusaitis, William Taifan, George Xu Yan, Tomas Bucko

03:35 PM

(211b) Characterization of the Active Site and Mechanism for 1,6-Hexanediol Production from Tetrahydrofuran-Dimethanol over Pt-Based Catalysts
Samuel P. Burt, Jiayue He, James A. Dumesic, George Huber, Ive Hermans

03:55 PM

(211c) Mechanism and Kinetics of 1-Dodecanol Etherification and Dehydration over Tungstated Zirconia
Julie Rorrer, Dean Toste, Alexis T. Bell

04:15 PM

(211d) A Three-Step Catalytic Pathway for the Scalable Production of 1,5-Pentanediol from Biomass-Derived Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol
George Huber, Kevin J. Barnett, James A. Dumesic, Zachary Brentzel, Christos Maravelias, Kefeng Huang, Ling Li, Guozhu Liu

04:35 PM

(211e) Continuous Condensed Phase Conversion of Ethanol to Higher Alcohols over Bimetallic Catalysts
Iman Nezam, Dennis J. Miller

04:55 PM

(211f) The Effects of Metal-Acid Site Proximity on Bifunctional Isomerization of Alkanes and Deoxygenation of Alcohols
Gina Noh, Yongchun Hong, Weiting Yu, Enrique Iglesia

05:15 PM

(211g) The Influence of Solvent on Acid Catalyzed Dehydration of Model Polyols
Matthew Neurock, Chotitath Sanpitakseree, Max A. Mellmer, Peng Bai, James A. Dumesic, Kaiwen Ma, Benginur Demir