Mechanisms in Homogeneous Catalysis: A Spectroscopic Approach

While chemists using spectroscopic methods need to learn from the specialists, they do not normally read the spectroscopists′ original papers. This book provides this very information—summarizing recent advances in the mechanistic understanding of homogeneous catalytic reactions.
Adopting a practice–oriented approach, the authors devote the two parts of the book to the most powerful and complementary spectroscopic techniques – NMR and IR spectroscopy – as well as focussing on important industrial applications with regard to the reaction discussed. The book illustrates how each of these techniques have been used to elucidate mechanisms of important industrial reactions.
The result is unique in its scope, allowing chemists from different fields to appreciate how these techniques can be applied to solve their specific catalytic problems.
The prizewinning editor, Professor Brian Heaton, has been a key player in the field for the last twenty years and has brought together a team of authors to cater for specialists and researchers in industry and academia.

Spis treści:
1. NMR Spectroscopy and Homogeneous Catalysis (E. Viviente, et al.).
2. High Pressure NMR Cells (G. Laurenczy & L. Helm).
3. The Use of  High Pressure Infrared Spectroscopy to Study Catalytic Mechanisms (A. Haynes).
4. Processing Spectroscopic Data (M. Garland).
5. Carbonylation of Methanol to Acetic Acid and Methyl Acetate to Acetic Anhydride (G. Morris).
6. Rhodium Catalyzed Hydroformylation (P. Kamer, et al.).
7. Alkene/CO Copolymerisation (C. Bianchini & A. Meli).
8. The Use of Spectroscopy in Metallocene–Based Polymerisation Catalysis (M. Bochmann).
Hydrogenation (R. Gienoth).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Brian Heaton was born in the Lake District (north west of England) from where many Inorganic Chemistry Professors originate. He was one of Professor Joe Chatt′ s first research students at the University of Sussex (1964–67) and then moved to the University of Kent at Canterbury where he developed his multinuclear NMR expertise. In 1985, he became Grant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Liverpool and has been one of the pioneers in the development of High Pressure NMR measurements to spectroscopically characterise intermediates in the catalytic cycle of homogeneous transition metal catalysed reactions; he has recently reported only the second example of the complete spectroscopic characterisation of all the intermediates in a catalytic cycle, viz the Pd–catalysed methoxycarbonylation of ethene.

Okładka tylna:
While chemists using spectroscopic methods need to learn from the specialists, they do not normally read the spectroscopists′ original papers. This book provides this very information—summarizing recent advances in the mechanistic understanding of homogeneous catalytic reactions.
Adopting a practice–oriented approach, the authors devote the two parts of the book to the most powerful and complementary spectroscopic techniques – NMR and IR spectroscopy – as well as focussing on important industrial applications with regard to the reaction discussed. The book illustrates how each of these techniques have been used to elucidate mechanisms of important industrial reactions.
The result is unique in its scope, allowing chemists from different fields to appreciate how these techniques can be applied to solve their specific catalytic problems.
The prizewinning editor, Professor Brian Heaton, has been a key player in the field for the last twenty years and has brought together a team of authors to cater for specialists and researchers in industry and academia.