Metal-catalysis in Industrial Organic Processes
Gian Paolo Chiusoli editor Peter M Maitlis editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
Published:30th May '08
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Catalysis underpins most modern industrial organic processes. It has become an essential tool in creating a 'greener' chemical industry by replacing more traditional stoichiometric reactions, which have high energy consumption and high waste production, with mild processes which increasingly resemble Nature's enzymes. Metal-Catalysis in Industrial Organic Processes considers the major areas of the field and discusses the logic of using catalysis in industrial processes. The book provides information on oxidation, hydrogenation, carbonylation, C-C bond formation, metathesis and polymerization processes, as well as on the mechanisms involved. In addition two appendices offer a concise treatment of homogeneous and heterogenous catalysis. Numerous exercises referring to problems of catalytic processes, and research perspectives complete the book. This definitive reference source, written by practising experts in the field, provides detailed and up-to-date information on key aspects of metal catalysis.
It is a textbook that presents its material in concise form together with general analyses of tendencies and principles.I can recommend the book as an interesting introduction into the field of metal-catalyzed industrial processes for readers with a basic back-ground in organic chemistry. The book will also be helpful for the preparation of lectures on industrial chemistry and as a source of application examples for lectures on organometallic, synthetic, and catalytic chemistry.
* Synthesis, 2007, No.13, pp 2064 (Lukas Hintermann) *"Metal-catalysis in Industrial Organic Processes" fills the gap in the market between text-books on homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysis and treatises on particular processes....excellent textbook....an accessible work that describes many of the more important processes in sufficient depth.I wholeheartedly recommend this excellent textbook to anybody with an interest in catalysis, either from an industrial or academic perspective.
* Platinum Metals Review, 2007, 51 (4), 187-188 (Robin B Bedford) *Is relatively compact and handy, but nevertheless covers broad areas of the subject.An interesting survey of metal catalysis as applied in industry. It is didactically well constructed and easy to read, and can be recommended for both students and teachers of organometallic chemistry as a valuable addition to the existing range of standard textbooks.
* Angewandte Chemie International Ed., 2007, 46, 3791-3792 (Lukas J. GooBen) *The essence is expertly and successfully distilled in such a way as to more than adequately cover the main points and each topic is presented in a manner that will stimulate further forays into the detailed scientific literature....be invaluable to postgraduate students, postdoctoral workers and their supervisors....appeal strongly to those working in industrial labs.It is a thoroughly good read and you may gather that I recommend it very highly.
* Chemistry World, February 2007, p67 (Phil BarneISBN: 9780854041503
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 977g
312 pages