Sumários
C-C Coupling
4 dezembro 2018, 16:30 • Luísa Margarida Martins
C-C homo-coupling and cross-coupling. Catalytic cycles and application examples of Mizoroki- Heck, Suzuki-Miyaura, Stille, Hartwig-Buchwald, Negishi, Sonogashira and Henry C-C couplings. Descarboxylative C-C cross-coupling. Exercises.
Hydroformylation
29 novembro 2018, 16:00 • Luísa Margarida Martins
Hydroformylation of olefins. Alkenes and catalysts relative reactivity. Cobalt vs. rhodium catalysts: catalytic cycles. Regioselectivity and chemoselectivity. Ligands effects. Exxon, Shell, LPO process and Ruhchemie/Rhône-Poulen processes. Assymetric hydroformylation of alkenes. BASF process. Exercises.
Carbonylation
27 novembro 2018, 16:30 • Luísa Margarida Martins
Carbonylation of alcohols. Acetic acid industrial production: BASF, MONSANTO and CATIVA processes; catalytic cycles and operation conditions. Industrial production of acetic anhydride; catalytic cycle. Carbonylation of higher alcohols. Hydrocarboxylations and alcoxicarbonylations of alkenes. BASF and Lucite Alpha processes. Carbonyation of acetylene; catalytic cycle. Exercises.
Bonding and electronic structure. Reactivity
20 novembro 2018, 16:30 • Maria de Fátima Costa Guedes da Silva
Bonding and electronic structure.