Sumários

Alkane Oxidation

28 novembro 2019, 16:00 • Luísa Margarida Martins

Alkane Oxidation (lecture delivered by  Professor Armando Pombeiro).

C-C Coupling

26 novembro 2019, 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

21 novembro 2019, 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

19 novembro 2019, 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. Carbonylation of acetylene; catalytic cycle. Exercises.

Introduction to Catalysis. Hydrocyanation.

14 novembro 2019, 16:00 • Maria de Fátima Costa Guedes da Silva

Introduction to Catalysis. Hydrocyanation (Du Pont process)