CATL

CATALYSIS & SURFACE SCIENCE SECRETARIAT

L. S. Boffa, Secretary General
OTHER SYMPOSIA OF INTEREST:
Fundamental Research in Colloid and Surface Chemistry Poster Session (see Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry, Mon, page xx)
Surface Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Partial and Complete Oxidation Reactions (see Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, page xx)
Catalysis in Fuel Processing for Fuel Cell Applications (see Division of Fuel Chemistry, Tue, Wed, Thu, page xx)
Catalysis (see Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Tue, Wed, page xx)
Catalytic Applications of Novel Silica Structures (see Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Mon, page xx)
Progress in Solid Acid Catalysis of Alkylation and Isomerization (see Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Tue, Wed, page xx)
Metal-Mediated Reactions and Syntheses (see Division of Organic Chemistry, Thu, page xx)

SUNDAY MORNING

McCormick Place Lakeside Center
Room E351, Level 3

Homogeneous Catalysis in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

Tutorial Sessions

Cosponsored with Division of Inorganic Chemistry and Division of Petroleum Chemistry

C. P. Mehnert, J. F. Hartwig, Organizers
C. P. Mehnert, Presiding

9:00—1. Tutorial: An overview of olefin polymerization. G. A. Vaughan

9:45—2. Homogeneous and phase-separable catalysis in alternative reaction media. B. Tumas

10:30—3. Catalytic olefin hydroformylation. G. T. Whiteker

11:15—4. Tutorial on alkane activation and functionalization. R. Crabtree

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

McCormick Place Lakeside Center
Room E351, Level 3

Homogeneous Catalysis in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

Polymerization Catalysis

Cosponsored with Division of Inorganic Chemistry and Division of Petroleum Chemistry

J. F. Hartwig, C. P. Mehnert, Organizers
J. F. Hartwig, Presiding

1:00—5. Advances in the search for highly active molecular polymerization catalysts. V. C. Gibson

1:30—6. Initiation, propagation, and termination rate laws in metallocene-catalyzed polymerizations of alkenes. Z. Liu, C. B. White, C. R. Landis

2:00—7. Tandem synthesis of branched polyolefins by coordination of homogeneous nickel and titanium catalysts. G. C. Bazan, B. Y. Lee, Z. J. A. Komon

2:30—8. Mechanistic investigations related to nickel(II)-catalyzed copolymerization of olefins and carbon monoxide. M. Brookhart, C. S. Shultz, J. M. DeSimone

3:00—9. Aluminum-based olefin polymerization catalyst: Can we understand their activity? R. J. Meier, E. Koglin

3:30—10. Alkylidene-bridged Cp/amido and Cp/phosphido titanium and zirconium complexes: Syntheses and applications of new "constrained geometry" Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems. G. Erker, K. Kunz, S. Döring, R. Fröhlich, G. Kehr

4:00—11. Catalysts for the living polymerization of ordinary olefins. R. R. Schrock, P. Mehrkhodavandi, P. J. Bonitatebus Jr., J. Goodman, Y. Schrodi, K. Ruhland

4:30—12. High-throughput techniques for the discovery of new olefin polymerization catalysts. V. Murphy

MONDAY MORNING

McCormick Place Lakeside Center
Room E351, Level 3

Homogeneous Catalysis in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

Carbonylation Catalysis

Cosponsored with Division of Inorganic Chemistry and Division of Petroleum Chemistry

C. P. Mehnert, J. F. Hartwig, Organizers
K. H. Theopold, Presiding

8:30—13. Bidentate phosphine ligands in rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation. P. W. N. M. van Leeuwen

9:00—14. Homogeneous hydrogenation of nitriles with ruthenium complexes. B. Driessen-Hoelscher, S. Steines, M. Nobis

9:30—15. Chemical and physical aspects of the copolymerization of olefins and carbon monoxide. W. P. Mul, E. Drent

10:00—16. New hydrogenation catalysts for polar molecules that simultaneously deliver hydride from a metal and a proton from an electronegative atom. C. P. Casey, S. W. Singer, T. E. Vos, X. Jiao

10:30—17. Hydroformylation of ethylene oxide and the development of a process route to 1,3-propanediol. P. R. Weider, J. B. Powell, K. D. Allen, J. F. Knifton

11:00—18. Smart solvents for carbon dioxide-based dimethyl carbonate synthesis. S. Csihony, K. Barta, A. Csámpai, I. T. Horváth

11:30—19. Carbonylation catalysis investigated by in situ spectroscopy techniques. C. P. Mehnert, R. A. Cook, P. de Rege, J. J. Chludzinski

MONDAY AFTERNOON

McCormick Place Lakeside Center
Room E351, Level 3

Homogeneous Catalysis in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

C–H Bond Activation

Cosponsored with Division of Inorganic Chemistry and Division of Petroleum Chemistry

C. P. Mehnert, J. F. Hartwig, Organizers
K. I. Goldberg, Presiding

1:00—20. Arene C–H bond activation by cationic platinum(II) complexes: Diimine ligand electronic and steric effects. J. E. Bercaw, J. A. Labinger, H. A. Zhong

1:30—21. Carbon-hydrogen bond activation at Pt(II) centers. K. I. Goldberg

2:00—22. Hydrocarbon activation and conversion by electrophilic rhodium porphyrin complexes. S. G. DiMagno, H. Sun, A. P. Nelson

2:30—23. Understanding hydrogen atom abstraction by metal complexes. J. M. Mayer, J. P. Roth, J. R. Bryant, J. C. Yoder, T. J. Won

3:00—24. Alkane complexes as intermediates in C–H bond activation reactions. W. D. Jones, T. O. Northcutt, D. D. Wick, A. J. Vetter

3:30—25. Rearrangements of {(tacn)Rh(D)(alkyl)(L)]}+: Clues to mechanisms of site-to-site metal migrations within metal-alkane complexes. T. C. Flood, K. E. Janak

4:00—26. Activation of C–H bonds in organic molecules using cationic iridium alkyl and hydride complexes: Are they really electrophilic? R. G. Bergman, D. M. Tellers, J. T. Golden, S. R. Klei, C. M. Yung, B. T. King, T. D. Tilley, R. A. Andersen

4:30—27. Transition-metal-catalyzed regiospecific functionalization of alkanes. J. F. Hartwig

TUESDAY MORNING

McCormick Place Lakeside Center
Room E351, Level 3

Homogeneous Catalysis in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

Oxidation and Catalysis

Cosponsored with Division of Inorganic Chemistry and Division of Petroleum Chemistry

C. P. Mehnert, J. F. Hartwig, Organizers
W. D. Jones, Presiding

8:30—28. Late metal zwitterions for catalytic and stoichiometric transformations. J. C. Peters

9:00—29. LiCB11Me12: A catalyst for pericyclic rearrangements. J. Michl, B. T. King, S. Moss, A. de Meijere, P. E. Eaton

9:30—30. Chromium catalysts for oxidations with O2. K. H. Theopold, B. A. Salisbury, S. Leelasubcharoen, A. L. Rheingold

10:00—31. Modeling aspects of hydrodesulfurization at molybdenum: Carbon-sulfur bond cleavage of thiophenes by ansa-molybdenocene complexes. G. Parkin, D. G. Churchill, B. M. Bridgewater

10:30—32. Alkane dehydrogenation by pincer-ligated iridium complexes. A. S. Goldman, K. B. Renkema, Y. Kissin, M. Czerw, K. Krogh-Jespersen

11:00—33. Dioxygen activation using iridium oxo complexes. S. N. Brown

11:30—34. Aerobic palladium oxidation catalysis: Insights and applications. S. S. Stahl

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

McCormick Place Lakeside Center
Room E351, Level 3

Homogeneous Catalysis in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

Catalysis

Cosponsored with Division of Inorganic Chemistry and Division of Petroleum Chemistry

C. P. Mehnert, J. F. Hartwig, Organizers
W. Tumas, Presiding

1:00—35. Mechanistic studies on bis(imino)pyridine cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts. M. J. Humphries, G. K. B. Clentsmith, V. C. Gibson, K. P. Tellmann

1:20—36. New ethylene polymerization catalysts based on phosphorus ligands. D. F. Wass

1:40—37. Divergent pathways in C–H bond activation in reactions of titanium-phosphinimide complexes and trimethylaluminum. D. W. Stephan, J. E. Kickham, F. Guerin

2:00—38. Homogeneous catalysts for the partial oxygenation of saturated hydrocarbons with hydrogen peroxide. M. A. Gonzalez

2:20—39. ONIOM studies of Zn(II)-catalyzed alternating copolymerization of carbon dioxide with epoxide. M. Torrent, Z. Liu, K. Morokuma

2:40—40. Spectroscopic studies on iron-based ethylene polymerization catalysts. G. J. P. Britovsek, G. K. B. Clentsmith, V. C. Gibson, D. M. L. Goodgame, Q. Pankhurst, S. J. McTavish

3:00—41. Oxidation of cyclohexane with air catalyzed by a sterically hindered iron(II) complex. M. A. Gonzalez, T. Becker

3:20—42. In situ spectroscopic characterization and kinetic studies of homogeneously catalyzed reactions. N. Molina Perez, J. A. Iggo

3:40—43. Polyolefin dispersions by aqueous catalytic polymerization. S. Mecking, F. M. Bauers

4:00—44. Acetic acid via methanol carbonylation: Ruthenium promotion of the iridium-catalyzed CATIVA process. A. P. Wright

4:20—45. CO oxidation and selective hydrogenation of acetylene on gold-based catalysts. T. V. Choudhary, S. Chinta, C. C. Chusuei, A. K. Datye, D. W. Goodman