Monday (3/31/08)

8:00

Brian James –

2007 Rylander Award Winner

University of British Columbia

New Chemistry, Including Pulp Bleaching Processes, of the Golden-Aged, Water-soluble Compound, Tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine

8:45

S. David Jackson

University of Glasgow

Hydrogenation of Nitro-substituted Acetophenones

9:15

Venu Arunajatesan

Evonik Degussa

Catalytic Reductive Alkylation of Aromatic and Alkyl Amines and Diamines over Sulfided and Unsulfided Platinum Group Metals

9:45

Antal Tungler

Budapest University

4,6-Diamino Resorcinol by Hydrogenation, A Case Study

10:15

BREAK

10:45

Robert Augustine

Center for Applied Catalysis

Anchored Wilkinson's Catalyst: Comparison with the Homogeneous Catalyst and Supported Rhodium with Respect to Reaction Selectivity

11:15

Jean Lessard

Universite de Sherbrooke

New Insight into the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Model Unsaturated Organic Compounds

11:45

Stephen Jacobson

DuPont Co

Novel Hydrogenolysis Route to Perfluoroalkyl Ethyl Thiols

12:15

LUNCH

1:45

Pierre Gallezot

IRCELyon

New Value Chains for the Synthesis of Bioproducts from Biomass

2:15

Federica Zaccheria

Universita de Milano

A Process for the Production of Biodiesel from Non Conventional Sources

2:45

Rajiv Banavali

Rohm and Haas

Heterogeneous Catalyst and Process for the Production of Biodiesel from High Free Fatty Acid-Containing

3:15

BREAK

3:45

Anton Kiss

Akzo Nobel Chemicals

Sustainable Biodiesel Production by Catalytic Reactive Distillation

4:15

Christina Older

DuPont Central Research

The Development of Commercially Viable Thermomorphic Catalysts for Controlled Free Radical Polymerization

4:45

Joseph Zoeller

Eastman Chemical Co.

Carboxylation of Methanol and Olefins to Carboxylic Acids without Alkyl Halides

6:00 – 9:00

AWARDS RECEPTION & DINNER

Tuesday (4/1/08)

8:00

Daniel Ostgard –

2008 Raney Award Winner

Evonik Degussa

The Scientific Design of Activated Nickel Catalysts for Chemical Industry

8:45

Graham Meek

Dowpharma

Manufacture and Application of Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalysts

9:15

George Wu

Schering-Plough Research

Two Novel and Practical Chemoselective Reduction Methods and their Application to the Synthesis of an Anticancer Agent

9:45

Daniel Hsieh

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Asymmetric Hydrogenation of an Amino Acid Intermediate in the Synthesis of Complex Drug Targets: From Kinetic Modeling to Process Development

10:15

BREAK

10:45

Johannes de Vries

DSM Pharmaceutical Products

Process Intensification. Two-Phase Catalytic Reactions in a Table-Top Centrifugal Contact Separator

11:15

Alan Allgeier

Amgen

Application of Scavengers for the Removal of Palladium in Small Lot Manufacturing.

11:45

Christopher Jones

Georgia Tech

Assessing Catalyst Homogeneity/Heterogeneity via Application of Insoluble Metal Scavengers: Application to Heck and Suzuki Reactions

12:15

Bert Chandler

Trinity University

Preparation and Characterization of Supported Amine Catalysts

12:45

BOX LUNCH

1:00

POSTER

SESSION

Wednesday (4/2/08)

8:00

John Hartwig –

2008 Rylander Award Winner

University of Illinois

Catalytic Organometallic Chemistry of Metal-Heteroatom Bonds

8:45

Antonio Ferretti

Imperial College

Kinetic Implications Derived from Competitive Reactions: Buchwald-Hartwig amination

9:15

Xiaoying Ouyang

University of California , Santa Barbara

BaCe 1-x Pd x O 3- d (0 = x = 0.1): A highly Active and Reusable Catalytic System for Suzuki Couplings

9:45

Renat Kadyrov

Evonik Degussa

New Concepts in Designing Ruthenium Based Second Generation Olefin Metathesis Ruthenium Catalysts and their Application

10:15

BREAK

10:45

Dario Impalà

Universita di Bologna

Vapour Phase Synthesis of 1,3-Benzodioxole

11:15

Aida Villa

Universidad de Antioquia

Synthesis of a , b -Unsaturated Ketones

11:45

Fabrizio Cavani

Univeresita di Bologna

The Gas-phase Ammoxidation of n-Hexane to Unsaturated C 6 Dinitriles, Precursors for Hexanethylene Diamine Synthesis

12:15

LUNCH

1:45

Johnathan Holladay

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

New Catalysts for the Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol and Sugar Alcohols

2:15

Vasile Parvulescu

University of Bucharest

"Green" Acylation of Aromatic Sulfonamides in Heterogeneous Catalysis

2:45

Andreas Rivas Nass

Umicore

Uncommon Isolated Pre-Catalyst Systems with Taniaphos and Mandyphos Ligands

3:15

BREAK

3:45

Tapio Salmi

Abo Akademi

Detailed Kinetic Analysis Reveals the True Reaction Path: Hydrogenation, Hydrolysis and Isomerization of Lactose

4:15

Catherine Pinel

IRCELyon

Synthesis of New Ligands for the Preparation of Combined Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts.

4:45

Chuen Yeh

Lummus Technology

TUD-1: A Generalized Mesoporous Catalyst Family for Industrial Applications

Thursday (4/3/08)

8:00

Susanne Striegler

Auburn University

Dinuclear Copper (II) Complexes for Regioselective Glycoside Oxidation

8:30

Linda Nikoshvili

Tver Technical University

Novel Pd and Ru Based Nanocatalysts in Direct D-Glucose Oxidation

9:00

Christopher Marshall

Argonne National Laboratory

Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over a Nonostructured Membrane Catalyst

9:30

Felipe Guzman

University of Akron

Photocatalytic Oxidation of Alcohols on TiO 2 Pt-TiO 2 , Nafion Coated TiO 2

10:00

BREAK

10:30

Steven Dietz

TDA Research Inc.

Biphasic Hydroformylation of Higher Olefins

11:00

Natalia Zotova

Imperial College

Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis: The Effect of Additives on the Rate of Aldol and a -Aminoxylation Reactions Catalysed by Proline.

11:30

Douglas Grotjahn

San Diego State University

Bifunctional Catalysis of Alkene Isomerization and Deuteration

12:00

Surbhi Jain

University of Virginia

Investigation of Deactivation of Co-Salen Catalyst in the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epichlorohydrin