2 Introduction 3 Results and Discussion 17 A Chromium Diphosphine System for Selective and Catalytic Ethylene Oligomerization 17 Synthesis of PNP Ligands with Ether Groups Tethered to Nitrogen 17 Preparation and Characterization of PNP Chromium Complexes 18 Catalytic Runs at 1 atm of Ethylene Using Precatalysts 21-24 24 Catalytic Runs at Higher Pressures of Ethylene 28 Role of the Ether Tether ...

The relative rates of the aldol reaction catalyzed by supported primary and secondary amines can be inverted by 2 orders of magnitude, depending on the use of hexane or water as a solvent. Our analyses suggest that this dramatic shift in the catalytic behavior of the supported amines does not involve differences in reaction mechanism, but is caused by activation of imine to enamine equilibria a...

Realistic molecular models of one and two-centre catalytic active sites originating from the cleavage of a precursor material known to give rise to an active double metal cyanide catalyst are described. Via periodic density functional calculations the structure of the proposed catalytic sites are shown to be dependent on electrostatic and structural relaxation processes occurring at the surface...

High purity single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were synthesized from ethanol by catalytic CVD method. The yield of SWNTs was determined based on TGA complemented by Raman and TEM analyses. The effects of CVD reaction time and pre-reduction of catalytic metal on the yield and quality of synthesized SWNTs were investigated. The SWNT yield of more than 40% was achieved over the weight of zeoli...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-supported Pt nanoparticles were prepared with selective deposition of Pt nanoparticles inside and outside CNTs (Pt–in/CNTs and Pt–out/CNTs). The effects of Pt loading and reaction solvents on phenol hydrogenation were investigated. The Pt nanoparticles in Pt–in/CNTs versus Pt–out/CNTs are smaller and better dispersed. The catalytic activity and reuse stability toward phe...

Burning municipal solid waste (MSW) increases CO2, CH4, and SO2 emissions, leading to an increase in global warming, encouraging governments researchers search for alternatives. The pyrolysis process converts MSW oil, gas, char. This study investigated catalytic noncatalytic of produce oil using MgO-based catalysts. reaction temperature, catalyst loading, support were evaluated. Magnesium oxide...

A solvent deuterium isotope effect on the catalytic affinity (km) and catalytic constant (kcat) of tyrosinase in its action on different monophenols and o-diphenols was observed. The catalytic constant decreased in all substrates as the molar fraction of deuterated water in the medium increased, while the catalytic affinity only decreased for the o-diphenols with an R group in C-1 [-H, -CH3 and...