Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis

  1. Homogeneous Catalysis
    1. Mechanisms in Gas Phase
      1. Acid-Base Catalysis in Gases
        1. Organometallic Gas-Phase Catalysis
          1. Radical Chain Catalysis
          2. Mechanisms in Liquid Phase
            1. Acid-Base Catalysis
              1. Specific Acid-Base Catalysis
                1. Role of Hydronium Ions
                  1. Role of Hydroxide Ions
                    1. pH Rate Profiles
                    2. General Acid-Base Catalysis
                      1. Buffer Effects
                        1. Brønsted Catalysis Law
                          1. Concerted Mechanisms
                        2. Organometallic Catalysis
                          1. The Catalytic Cycle
                            1. Catalyst Activation
                              1. Substrate Coordination
                                1. Elementary Steps
                                  1. Oxidative Addition
                                    1. Reductive Elimination
                                      1. Insertion Reactions
                                        1. β-Hydride Elimination
                                          1. Ligand Exchange
                                            1. Migratory Insertion
                                          2. Catalyst Deactivation Pathways
                                            1. Ligand Effects
                                              1. Metal Center Effects
                                              2. Nucleophilic Catalysis
                                                1. Electrophilic Catalysis
                                                  1. Radical Catalysis
                                                  2. Industrial Examples
                                                    1. Hydroformylation
                                                      1. Mechanism and Catalysts
                                                        1. Industrial Significance
                                                          1. Regioselectivity Issues
                                                          2. Acetic Acid Synthesis
                                                            1. Monsanto Process
                                                              1. Cativa Process
                                                                1. Process Comparison
                                                                2. Olefin Metathesis
                                                                  1. Mechanism
                                                                    1. Catalyst Development
                                                                    2. Hydrogenation Reactions
                                                                      1. Wilkinson's Catalyst
                                                                        1. Asymmetric Hydrogenation
                                                                        2. Carbonylation Reactions
                                                                          1. Polymerization Catalysis
                                                                            1. Ziegler-Natta Catalysts
                                                                              1. Metallocene Catalysts

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                                                                          8. Heterogeneous Catalysis