Topics in Catalysis

Professor Jerzy Haber: A Tribute

Biographical notes on Professor Jerzy Haber

Thirty years in selective oxidation on oxides: what have we learned?

Barbara Grzybowska-Świerkosz

The role of protons in acid–base type reactions on heteropolyacid catalysts: gas-phase MTBE synthesis on H4SiW12O40

A. Bielański, A. Małecka-Lubańska, A. Micek-Ilnicka, J. Poźniczek

Solvation of protons and the strength of superacids

V.B. Kazansky

Influence of structural properties of catalysts at various stages of selective oxidation: from catalyst preparation to catalytic reactors

E. Bordes, P. Courtine

Hydrogen assisted oxygen desorption from the V2O5(010) surface

K. Hermann, M. Witko, R. Druzinic, R. Tokarz

A molecular mechanics study of the adsorption of ethane and propane on V2O5(001) surfaces with oxygen vacancies

A. Kämper, I. Hahndorf, M. Baerns

In situ IR, Raman, and UV-Vis DRS spectroscopy of supported vanadium oxide catalysts during methanol oxidation

Loyd J. Burcham, Goutam Deo, Xingtao Gao, Israel E. Wachs

Vanadium–molybdenum phosphates supported by TiO2 for ethane oxidation to acetic acid: a correlation between the local environment of vanadium and the reactivity

M. Roy, H. Ponceblanc, J.C. Volta

Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO by NH3 over TiO2-supported V2O5–WO3 and V2O5–MoO3 catalysts

Luca Lietti, Isabella Nova, Pio Forzatti

Analysis of oxidation states of vanadium in vanadia–titania catalysts by the IR spectra of adsorbed NO

Konstantin Hadjiivanov, Patricia Concepción, Helmut Knözinger

Evolution of Ti–Sn-rutile-supported V2O5–WO3 catalyst during its use in nitric oxide reduction by ammonia

M. Najbar, F. Mizukami, A. Białas, J. Camra, A. Wesełucha-Birczyńska, H. Izutsu, A. Góra

Infrared characterization of the surface intermediates in the oxidation of toluene on vanadyl pyrophosphate catalysts

Ursula Bentrup, Andreas Martin, Bernhard Lücke

Partial oxidation reactions on phosphate-based catalysts

Jacques C. Védrine

On the intrinsic activity of vanadium centres in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over V–Ca–O and V–Mg–O catalysts

R.X. Valenzuela, V. Cortés Corberán

On the chemistry of ammonia over oxide catalysts: Fourier transform infrared study of ammonia, hydrazine and hydroxylamine adsorption over iron–titania catalyst

G. Ramis, M.A. Larrubia, G. Busca

Solid-state reactivity of iron molybdate artificially contaminated by antimony ions and its relation with catalytic activity in the selective oxidation of isobutene to methacrolein

Yan Liang Xiong, Luis E. Cadus, Loreto Daza, Patrick Bertrand, Jean Ladrière, Patricio Ruiz, Bernard Delmon

The effects of sulfation on the activity of Fe2O3 catalysts for methane oxidation

A.S.C. Brown, J.S.J. Hargreaves, B. Rijniersce

Catalytic behavior of a novel SbRe2O6 compound in the selective oxidation of isobutylene: the key role of the cooperation between Sb4Re2O13 and Re2O7

Eric M. Gaigneaux, Haichao Liu, Hideo Imoto, Takafumi Shido, Yasuhiro Iwasawa

Synthesis of 3-fluorobenzaldehyde by gas-phase selective oxidation on Fe–Mo oxide/boralite catalysts

G. Centi, S. Perathoner, S. Tonini

Chloride-induced modifications of the properties of rhodia/ceria catalysts

J. Soria, A. Martínez-Arias, J.M. Coronado, J.C. Conesa

The reaction of oxygen with CO complexes on calcium oxide and magnesium oxide

Michael Bailes, Frank S. Stone

Iron antimony oxide selective oxidation catalysts – an inelastic neutron scattering study

P.C.H. Mitchell, M. Bowker, N. Price, S. Poulston, D. James, S.F. Parker

Methane oxidative coupling over SrCoO3-based perovskites in periodic regime

Yu.I. Pyatnitsky, N.I. Ilchenko, L.Yu. Dolgikh, N.V. Pavlenko

Hydroisomerization of n-hexane and n-heptane over platinum-promoted Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40 (Cs2.5) studied in comparison with several other solid acids

Yanyong Liu, Gaku Koyano, Makoto Misono

Transformation of propane, n-butane and n-hexane over H3PW12O40 and cesium salts. Comparison to sulfated zirconia and mordenite catalysts

M. Guisnet, Ph. Bichon, N.S. Gnep, N. Essayem

Synthesis and physicochemical properties of vanadium-doped zirconia-pillared montmorillonites in relation to oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

K. Bahranowski, R. Grabowski, B. Grzybowska, A. Kielski, E.M. Serwicka, K. Wcisło, E. Wisła-Walsh, K. Wodnicka

On the mechanism of the selective catalytic reduction of NO to N2 by H2 over Ru/MgO and Ru/Al2O3 catalysts

A. Hornung, M. Muhler, G. Ertl

The adsorption and activation properties of precious metal clusters toward NO: a density functional study

Akira Endou, Nobumoto Ohashi, Seiichi Takami, Momoji Kubo, Akira Miyamoto, Ewa Broclawik

Nickel–magnesia catalysts for the steam reforming of light hydrocarbons

O. Sidjabat, D.L. Trimm

Study of supported Pt–Pd catalysts by hydrogen chemisorption and proton NMR of sorbed species. Evidence for an alloying effect

Tatjana Rades, Michèle Polisset-Thfoin, Jacques Fraissard

Formation of long chain ketones over an iron catalyst

H. Grabowska, R. Klimkiewicz, L. Syper, J. Wrzyszcz

Interaction of carbon monoxide with Cu–Pd and Cu–Ni bimetallic clusters

C.P. Vinod, K.R. Harikumar, G.U. Kulkarni, C.N.R. Rao

Structural aspects of chemisorption at Cu(110) revealed at the atomic level

A.F. Carley, P.R. Davies, R.V. Jones, K.R. Harikumar, G.U. Kulkarni, M.W. Roberts

Catalytic reactivity and surface chemistry of polyaniline(EB)–Pd–H2O systems

J.W. Sobczak, A. Kosiński, A. Jablonski, W. Palczewska

On the deactivation of Fe, K/active carbon catalysts in the course of oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene with carbon dioxide

R. Dziembaj, P. Kustrowski, T. Badstube, H. Papp

Mechanism of the hydrodenitrogenation of o-toluidine and methylcyclohexylamine over NiMo/γ-Al2O3

F. Rota, R. Prins

The interaction of CO, N2 and NO with Cu cations in ZSM-5: quantum chemical description and IR study

E. Broclawik, J. Datka, B. Gil, W. Piskorz, P. Kozyra

Effect of sulfur dioxide on nitric oxide adsorption and decomposition on Cu-containing micro- and mesoporous molecular sieves

M. Ziółek, I. Sobczak, I. Nowak, M. Daturi, J.C. Lavalley

Enantioselective hydrogenation of pyruvate esters in the mesoporous environment of Pt-MCM-41

T.J. Hall, J.E. Halder, G.J. Hutchings, R.L. Jenkins, P. Johnston, P. McMorn, P.B. Wells, R.P.K. Wells

The structural basis for the enhanced oxygenase activity of copper acetate dimers encapsulated in zeolites

Suhas Chavan, D. Srinivas, Paul Ratnasamy

Hydrophobic titania–silica aerogels: epoxidation of cyclic compounds

C.A. Müller, R. Deck, T. Mallat, A. Baiker

Effect of calcination/rehydration treatments on the environment of V in β zeolite

Stanislaw Dzwigaj, El Mekki El Malki, Marie-Jeanne Peltre, Pascale Massiani, Anne Davidson, Michel Che

Heterogenization of 12-tungstophosphoric acid on stabilized zeolite Y

Z. Olejniczak, B. Sulikowski, A. Kubacka, M. Gąsior

Electrochemical characterization of two different framework Ti(IV) species in Ti/Beta zeolites in contact with solvents

Antonio Doménech, Avelino Corma, Hermenegildo García, Susana Valencia

Syntheses of 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]pteridines. Potential substrates for xanthine oxidase

Władysław Kraus, Henk C. van der Plas

Phenols oxidizing enzymes in water-restricted media

J. Rodakiewicz-Nowak

Particle monolayers formed under irreversible conditions: jamming coverages and structure

Zbigniew Adamczyk, Paweł Weroński, Barbara Siwek, Maria Zembala

2-azaallylic rearrangement in homogeneous systems

Agnieszka Rogman, Roman Gancarz, Beata W. Domagalska, Kazimiera A. Wilk

The new organometallic rhodium–iron homogeneous catalytic system for hydroformylation

Anna M. Trzeciak, Ewa Mieczyńska, Józef J. Ziółkowski

Manifestations of the maximum complementarity principle for matching atomic softnesses in model chemisorption systems

Roman F. Nalewajski