Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Andrea Gutiérrez Name of the doctoral dissertation Noble Metal Catalysts in the Production of Biofuels Publisher School of Chemical Technology Unit Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 140/2013 Field of research Industrial Chemistry Manuscript sub...

Functional imidazolium ionic liquids have been developed as a new class of versatile catalysts. C(2)-symmetric imidazolium-tagged bis(oxazoline) ligands were prepared, and the anions of the ligands were altered. The catalysts based on the new ligands and Cu(OAc)(2)·H(2)O were applied in asymmetric Henry reactions between various aldehydes 3 and CH(3)NO(2)4. The catalysts achieved a high level o...

Gold-titania based catalysts for the direct epoxidation of propene provide a clean and simple route for future propene oxide producing processes. These catalysts, producing propene oxide in a single step, have a moderate activity and a very high selectivity towards propene oxide. However, the hydrogen, which is used as a co-reactant, is used less efficient. To be able to improve the hydrogen ef...

A series of new CO tolerant anode catalysts for reformate type polymer electrolyte fuel cells are proposed that are superior to state-of-the-art Pt-Ru metal alloy catalysts. Composite catalysts based on platinum and metal complex were fabricated by a new procedure where carbon supported platinum precursor and nitrogen containing organic metal complex were heat-treated in Ar atmosphere at temper...

1,5-benzodiazepines are regarded as one of the most important classes of heterocyclic compounds as privileged structures and have vast range of applications in the field of medicine and chemistry. they are therefore attractive synthetic targets for organic and medicinal chemist. the current review article mainly covers the multicomponent green chemistry approaches for the synthesis of 1,5-benzo...

SiO2/V2O5/TiO2 catalysts were synthesized for removing elemental mercury (Hg0) from simulated coal-combustion flue gas. Experiments were carried out in fixed-bed reactors using both pellet and powder catalysts. In contrast to the SiO2-TiO2 composites developed in previous studies, the V2O5 based catalysts do not need ultraviolet light activation and have higher Hg0 oxidation efficiencies. For H...

Background Catalysts improve the rate or selectivity of chemical reactions without being consumed in the chemical reaction. “Supported heterogeneous catalysts” consist of catalytic active sites carried on the surfaces of porous solids, known as “supports”. Such catalytic materials are especially important for chemical manufacturing because they minimize the loss of valuable catalytic materials ...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Emma Sairanen Name of the doctoral dissertation Modification of carbon materials for catalyst applications Publisher School of Chemical Technology Unit Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 21/2015 Field of research Chemical Technology Manuscript s...