Fundamentals of Organometallic Catalysis

Preface
 
INTRODUCTION
The Beginnings of Catalytic Research
The Catalysis Definitions of Berzelius and Ostwald
 
PRINCIPLES OF ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSIS
Homogeneous versus Heterogeneous Catalysis
Catalytic Cycles
Activity and Productivity of Catalysts
Selectivity and Specificity of Catalysts
Determination of Catalytic Mechanisms
Glossary for Catalysis
The Development of Organometallic Catalysis
 
ELEMENTARY STEPS IN ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSIS
Cleavage and Coordination of Ligands
Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination
Oxidative Coupling and Reductive Cleavage
Olefin Insertion and Beta-Hydrogen Elimination
Alpha-Hydrogen Elimination and Carbene Insertion Reactions
Addition of Nucleophiles and Heterolytic Fragmentation
Insertion and Extrusion of CO
One-Electron Reduction and Oxidation
 
HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS
Introduction
The Wilkinson Catalyst
Enantioselective Hydrogenation
Dihydrogen Complexes and H2 Activation
Transfer Hydrogenation
 
HYDROFORMYLATION OF OLEFINS AND FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
Cobalt Catalysts
Phosphane-Modified Rhodium Catalysts
Enantioselective Hydroformylation
Significance of Hydroformylation and Outlook
The Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
 
CARBONYLATION OF METHANOL AND WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION
Principles
The Monsanto Process
Synthesis of Acetic Anhydride
The Cativa Process
Water-Gas Shift Reaction and Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenases
 
METATHESIS
Metathesis of Olefins
Metathesis of Alkynes
Enyne Metathesis
Delta-Bond Metathesis
Metathesis of Alanes
 
OLIGOMERIZATION OF OLEFINS
Ziegler Growth Reaction
Nickel Effect and Nickel-Catalyzed Dimerization of Ethene
Trimerization of Ethene
Shell Higher Olefin and Alpha-Sablin Processes
 
POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS
Introduction
Ethene Polymerization
Propene Polymerization
Metallocene Catalysts
Nonmetallocene Catalysts
Copolymerization of Olefins and CO
 
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Dirk Steinborn, born in Berlin, studied Chemistry at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 1974 from the Technische Hochschule Leuna-Merseburg with an organometallic thesis under the direction of Rudolf Taube. From 1981 to 1983 he worked in chemical industry. In 1984, he received his Dr. sc. nat. degree with work on nitrogen-functionalized alkylmetal compounds and the electronic influence of organo ligands. This was followed in 1985 by a Facultas docendi, after which he was in 1987 appointed to a Hochschuldozent of the Technische Hochschule Leuna-Merseburg. In the same year he was awarded the Friedrich-Wöhler-Prize. In 1992 he was appointed Full Professor for Inorganic Chemistry at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. His research intereses are in the area of organometallic chemistry, complex catalysis, and bioinorganic chemistry.

"It is a must-have for advanced students in chemistry and biochemistry, as well as for inorganic and organic chemists, for those working with organometallics, and for those specializing in catalysis." ( Chimie Nouvelle , 1 March 2013)

"It is a must-have for advanced students in chemistry and biochemistry, as well as for inorganic and organic chemists, for those working with organometallics, and for those specializing in catalysis." ( Chimie Nouvelle , 1 March 2013)