Catalysis of organic reactions: 22nd Conference on the catalysis of organic reactions, Richmond, Virginia, 2008 / ed. by M.L.Prunier. - Boca Raton; London; New York: CRC Press, 2009. - xxvi, 549 p.: ill. - (Chemical industries; 123). - Ind.: p.537-549. - ISBN 978-1-4200-7076-7  Место хранения:   031 | Институт катализа им. Г.К.Борескова CO РАН | Новосибирск

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Board of Editors .............................................. xxi Chronology of Organic Reactions Catalysis Society Conferences ................................................. xxiii Preface ....................................................... xxv 1 New Chemistry, Including Pulp Bleaching Processes, of the Golden-Aged, Water-Soluble Compound, Tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine ................................. 1 Brian R. James Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6T1Z1 2 Design and Serendipity in the Discovery and Development of Homogeneous Catalysts for Organic Synthesis .............. 15 John F. Hartwig Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 600 South Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 3 Asymmetric Hydrogenation of an Amino Acid Intermediate in the Synthesis of Complex Drug Targets: From Kinetic Modeling to Process Development ............................. 23 Daniel S. Hsieh, Dong Lin, Steve S.Y. Wang, Reginald O. Cann, Justin B. Sausker and San Kiang Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 4 Process Intensification. Continuous Two-Phase Catalytic Reactions in a Table-Top Centrifugal Contact Separator ...... 39 Gerard N. Kraai1, Boelo Schuur1, Floris van Zwol1, Robert M. Haak2, Adriaan J. Minnaard2, Ben L. Feringa2, Hero J. Heeres1 and Johannes G. de Vries2,3 1Dept. of Chemical Engineering and 2Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands 3DSM Pharmaceutical Products-Advanced Synthesis, Catalysis & Development, P.O. Box 18, 6160 MD, the Netherlands 5 Application of Scavengers for the Removal of Palladium in Small Lot Manufacturing .................................. 51 Alan M. Allgeier, Emilio E. Bunel, Tiffany Correll, Mina Dilmeghani, Margaret Faul, Jacqueline Milne, Jerry Murry, Joseph F. Payack, Christopher Scardino, Bradley J. Shaw and Xiang Wang Amgen Inc., 1 Amgen Ctr Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 6 Large-Scale Synthesis of Thienobenzazepine Derivatives Using Two Efficient Metal Catalyzed Processes Telescoped: Nitro Reduction and Intramolecular Aminocarbonylation ....... 61 William G. Holloway1,Kumiko Takeuchi1, Michael L. Prunier1 and Antonio Navarro2 1Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285 2Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Technology Center, Indianapolis, IN 46360 7 Manufacture and Application of Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalysts ................................................... 69 Lee T. Boulton1, Christopher J. Cobley, Ian C. Lennon, Graham A. Meek, Paul H. Moran, Céline Praquin2 and James A. Ramsden Dowpharma, Chirotech Technology Limited, 162 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 OGH, United Kingdom 1Chemical Development, GSK Research and Development Limited, Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SGI 2NY, United Kingdom 2Pfizer Ltd, IPC 533, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT 13 9NJ, United Kingdom 8 Hydrogenation of Nitro-Substituted Acetophenones ............ 79 S. David Jackson, Rebecca McEwan and Ron R. Spence WestCHEM, Dept. of Chemistry, The University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK 9 Tuning Selectivity through the Support in the Hydrogenation of Citral over Copper Catalysts ............... 87 I.V. Deliy1,1.G. Danilova1, I.L. Simakova1, F. Zaccheria2, Nicoletta Ravasio2 and R. Psaro2 1Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 5, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia 2CNR-ISTM and Dip. CIMA, University of Milano, via G.Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy 10 Improved Activity of Catalysts for the Production of Hydroxylamine ............................................... 93 Jaime R. Blanton1, Takuma Hara2, Konrad Moebus3 and Baoshu Chen3 1Evonik Degussa Corporation, 5150 Gilbertsville Highway, Calvert City, KY 42029 2Evonik Degussa Japan Co., Ltd., Tsukuba Minami Daiichi Kogyo Danchi, 21 Kasuminosato Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan 300-0315 3Evonik Degussa GmBH, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, Hanau (Wolfgang), Germany 63457 11 A "Trans-Effect" in Carbon Double-Bond Hydrogenation ........ 99 Arran S. Canning, S. David Jackson, Andrew Monaghan, Ron R. Spence and Tristan Wright WestCHEM, Dept. of Chemistry, The University, Glasgow Gl 2 8QQ, Scotland, UK 12 Detailed Kinetic Analysis Reveals the True Reaction Path: Catalytic Hydrogenation, Hydrolysis and Isomerization of Lactose ................................... 103 Tapio Salmi, Jyrki Kuusisto, Johan Wärnå and Jyri-Pekka Mikkola Åbo Akademi, Process Chemistry Centre, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, FI-20500 Åbo/Turku, Finland 13 Hydrogenation of α, β,-Unsaturated Aldehydes over Ir Catalysts Supported on Monolayers of Ti-Si and Nb-Si ....... 117 J.J. Martínez1, H. Rojas1, G. Borda1 and P. Reyes2 1Grupo de Catálisis (GC-UPTC) Universidad Pedagógica у Tecnológica de Colombia, Escuela de Química, Facultad de Ciencias. Av. Norte - Tunja, Colombia 2Facultad de Química, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile 14 4,6-Diamino Resorcinol by Hydrogenation, a Case Study ...... 127 Antal Tungier1, Zeno Trocsanyi2 and Laszlo Vida1 1Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering Budapest, 1111 Hungary, Budafoki ut 81 2Repét Company, Petfurdo, Hungary 8105 15 Novel Hydrogenolysis Route to Perfluoroalkyl Ethane Thiols ..................................................... 135 Stephen E. Jacobson1, Lloyd Abrams1, Glover Jones1, Lei Zhang1 and James F. White2 1DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE 19880, Contribution #8847 2Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352 16 New Insight into the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Model Unsaturated Organic Compounds ........................ 149 Jean Lessard1, Maja Obradović2 and Gregory Jerkiewicz2 1Laboratoire de chimie et électrochimie organiques, Département de chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1 2Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6 17 Catalytic Reductive Alkylation of Aromatic and Alkyl Amines and Diamines over Sulfided and Unsulfided Platinum Group Metals ............................................... 159 Venu Amnaiatesan1, Jaime L. Morrow1 and Baoshu Chen2 1Evonik Degussa Corporation, 5150 Gilbertsville Hwy, Calvert City, KY 42029 2Evonik Degussa GmbH, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 63457 Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany 18 Catalytic Synthesis of N,N-Dialkylglucamines ............... 167 I.K. Meier, Mike E. Ford and R.J. Goddard Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195 19 Simple Catalytic Synthesis of N,N'-Dialkyl-N,N'-di (l-deoxyglucityl) ethylenediamines, Sugar-Based Gemini Surfactants ................................................ 171 Mike E. Ford, C.P. Kretz, К.R. Lassila, R.P. Underwood and I.K. Meier Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195 20 Anchored Wilkinson's Catalyst: Comparison with the Homogeneous Catalyst and Supported Rhodium with Respect to Reaction Selectivity .................................... 175 Setrak K. Tanielyan, Robert L. Augustine. Norman Marin and Gabriela Alvez Center for Applied Catalysis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079 21 Synthesis of New Ligands for the Preparation of Combined Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts .................... 185 Catherine Pinel, Sébastien Noël, Ke Pan, Ciahong Luo and Laurent Djakovitch IRCELYON, Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon, UMR 5256 - CNRS - Université de Lyon Bioresources upgrading and green chemistry, 2 avenue Albert Einstein 69626 Villeurbanne Cedex, France 22 Assessing Catalyst Homogeneity/Heterogeneity via Application of Insoluble Metal Scavengers: Application to Heck and Suzuki Reactions .................................. 193 Christopher W. Jones and John M. Richardson School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332 23 Unusual Isolated Pre-Catalyst Systems Using TaniaPhos/ MandyPhos Ligands .......................................... 203 Oliver Briel2, Angelino Doppiu1, Ralf Karch1, Christophe Le Ret2, Roland Winde1 and Andreas Rivas Nass1 1Umicore AG & Co. KG, Strategic Research & Development, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, D-63403 Hanau, Germany 2Umicore AG & Co. KG, Precious Metals Chemistry, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, D-63403 Hanau, Germany 24 New Developments in the Synthesis and Application of Chiral Phospholane Ligands ................................. 211 Renat Kadvrov1 and John Tarabocchia2 1EvonikDegussa GmbH, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 63457Hanau- Wolfgang, Germany 2Evonik Degussa Corp., 379 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, NJ 07054 25 New Concepts in Designing Ruthenium-Based Second Generation Olefin Metathesis Catalysts and Their Application ................................................ 217 Renat Kadvrov1, Anna Rosiak1, John Tarabocchia2, Anna Szadkowska3, Michał Bieniek3 and Karol Grela3 1EvonikDegussa GmbH, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 63457Hanau- Wolfgang, Germany 2Evonik Degussa Corp., 379 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, NJ 07054 3Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland 26 Kinetic Implications Derived from Competitive Reactions: Buchwald-Hartwig Amination ................................. 223 Antonio C. Ferretti1, Jinu S. Mathew2, Colin Brennan3 and Donna G. Blackmond11,2 1Department of Chemical Engineering and 2Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, 3Process Studies Group, Syngenta, Huddersfield HD2 IFF, United Kingdom 27 A Highly Active and Reusable Catalyst for Suzuki Couplings: BaCe1-xPdxO3-x (0 < x ≤ 0.1) .................... 233 Xiaoying Ouyang1, Jun Li2,3, Ram Seshadri1,2,3 and Susannah L. Scott1,4 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2Materials Department, 3Materials Research Laboratory, and 4Department of Chemical Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 28 Biphasic Hydroformylation of Higher Olefins ................ 243 Steven D. Pietz, Claire M. Ohman, Trudy A. Scholten, Steven Gebhard and Girish Srinivas TDA Research, Inc., 12345 W. 52nd Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 29 Hydroformylation of 1-Butene on Rh Catalyst ................ 253 Andreas Bernas1, Johan Ahlkvist1, Johan Wärnå1, Päivi Mäki-Arvela1, Juha Lehtonen2, Tapio Salmi1 and Dmitry Yu Murzin1 1Åbo Akademi, Process Chemistry Centre, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, FI-20500 Åbo/Turku, Finland 2Perstorp Oy, Technology Centre, P.O. Box 350, Fl-0610 1 Borgå/Porvoo, Finland 30 Innovative One-Pot Oxidation Method for the Synthesis of Bioproducts from Renewables ............................. 263 Pierre Gallezot and Alexander B. Sorokin Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon 2, avenue Albert Einstein, 69626 Villeurbanne, France 31 A Process for the Production of Biodiesel from Non- Conventional Sources ....................................... 271 Paolo Bondioli1, Laura Delia Bella1, Nicoletta Ravasio2 and Federica Zaccheria2 1Stazione Sperimentale OH e Grassi, via G. Colombo79, 20133 Milano, Italy 2CNR-ISTM and Dip. CIMA, University of Milano, via G. Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy 32 Heterogeneous Catalyst and Process for the Production of Biodiesel from High Free-Fatty Acid-Containing Feedstocks ................................................. 279 Rajiv Banavali1, Robert T. Hanlon1, Karel Jerabek2 and Alfred K. Schultz11 1Rohm and Haas Company, LLC, Spring House, PA 19477 2Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojova 135, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic 33 Sustainable Biodiesel Production by Catalytic Reactive Distillation ............................................... 291 Anton A. Kiss and Gadi Rothenberg van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam, the Netherlands 34 New Catalysts for the Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol and Sugar Alcohols ............................................. 303 Johnathan E. Holladav1, James F. White1, Thomas H. Peterson1,2, John G. Frye1, Aaron A. Oberg1, Lars Peerboom3, Dennis J. Miller3 and Alan H. Zacher1 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352 2The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674 3Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 35 Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol ....................... 313 Michèle Besson, Laurent Djakovitch, Pierre Gallezot, Catherine Pinel, Alain Salameh and Matevz Vospernik Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon, UMR 5256 - CNRS - Université de Lyon, 2 avenue Albert Einstein, 69626 Villeurbanne Cedex, France 36 Development of Commercially Viable Thermomorphic Catalysts for Controlled Free Radical Polymerization ....... 319 Christina M. Older1. Soley Kristjansdottir1, Joachim C. Ritter1, Wilson Tam1 and Michael C. Grady2 1DuPont Central Research & Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19880 1DuPont Performance Coatings, Marshall Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA 19146 37 Rhodium Catalyzed Carbonylation of Ethylene and Methanol in the Absence of Alkyl Halides Using Ionic Liquids ........ 329 Joseph R. Zoeller, Mary K. Moore, Andrew J. Vetter, Ashley Quillen and Theresa Barnette Eastman Chemical Company, Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 1972, Kingsport, TN 37660 38 Preparation and Characterization of Supported Amine Catalysts .................................................. 339 Brittni A. Scruggs1, Suzanna L. Kilgore1, Sarah L. Hruby2, Brent H. Shanks2 and Bert D. Chandler1 1Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 39 One-Pot Gas Phase Synthesis of 1,2- Methylenedioxybenzene ...................................... 345 Dario F. Impalà1, Oreste Piccolo2 and Angelo Vaccari1 1Dip. di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 BOLOGNA BO, Italy 2Studio di consulenza scientifica (www.scsop.it) Via Bornò 5, 23896 SIRTORILC, Italy 40 The Gas-Phase Ammoxidation of n-Нехапе to Unsaturated C6 Dinitriles, Intermediates for Hexamethylenediamine Synthesis .................................................. 357 Nicola Ballarini1, Andrea Battisti1, Alessandro Castelli1, Fabrizio Cavani1, Carlo Lucarelli1, Philippe Marion2, Paolo Righi3 and Cristian Spadoni1 1Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. INSTM, Research Unit of Bologna: a Partner of NoE Idecat, FP6 of the EU 2Rhodia Operations, Centre de Recherches et Technologies, 85, Rue des Frères Perret 69190 Saint Fons, France: a Partner of NoE Idecat, FP6 of the EU 3Dipartimento di Chimica Organica A. Mangini, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy 41 TUD-1: A Generalized Mesoporous Catalyst Family for Industrial Applications .................................... 367 Philip J. Angevine1, Anne M. Gaffney1, Zhiping Shan2, Jan H. Koegler1 and Chuen Y. Yeh1 1Lummus Technology, 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 2Huntsman Chemical, 8600 Gosling Road, The Woodlands, Houston, TX 77381 42 Bifunctional Catalysis of Alkene Isomerization and Its Applications ............................................... 379 Douglas B. Grotiahn, Casey Larsen, Gulin Erdogan, Jeffery Gustafson, Abhinandini Sharma and Reji Nair Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1030 43 Investigation of Deactivation of Co-Salen Catalysts in the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epichlorohydrin ....... 389 Surbhi Jain1, Xiaolai Zheng2, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah3, Christopher W. Jones3, Marcus Week4 and Robert J. Davis1 1Chemical Engineering Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 2School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 3School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 4Molecular Design Institute and Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003 44 A Comparison of the Reaction Mechanism for the Gas-Phase Methylation of Phenol with Methanol Catalyzed by Acid and by Basic Catalysts ......................................... 399 Nicola Ballarini, Fabrizio Cavani, Stefania Guidetti, Luca Maselli, Ambra Montaletti, Sauro Passeri and Sara Rovinetti Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. INSTM, Research Unit of Bologna 45 In Situ ATR Study of Photocatalytic Dehydrogenation of Alcohols on Au and Pd Catalysts ............................ 405 Duane D. Miller and Steven S.C. Chuang Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3906 46 Novel Hydride Transfer Catalysis for Carbohydrate Conversions ................................................ 411 Johnathan E. Holladay, Heather M. Brown, Aaron M. Appel and Z. Conrad Zhang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352 47 A Reasonable Parallel Screening System for Catalytic Multiphase Processes ....................................... 419 T. Salmi, D. Murzin, Kari Eränen, P. Mäki-Arvela, J. Wärnå, N. Kumar, J. Villegas and K. Arve Åbo Akademi, Process Chemistry Centre, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, FI-20500 Åbo/Тurku, Finland 48 "Green" Acylation of Aromatic Sulfonamides in Heterogeneous Catalysis .................................... 425 Simona M. Coman1, Cristina Stere1, Jamal El Haskouri2, Danie1 Beitrán2, Pedro Amorós2 and Vasile I. Parvulescu1 1University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Technology and Catalysis, Bdul Regina Elisabeta 4-12, 030016 Bucharest, Romania 2Institut de Ciencia dels Material, Universitàt de Valencia, Valencia E46071, Spain 49 Synthesis of α, β-Unsaturated Ketones ...................... 435 Lina M. Gonzalez1, Aida L. Villa2, Consuelo Montes de С.1 and Alexander B. Sorokin1 1Environmental Catalysis Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia-CENIVAM, AA 1226, Colombia 2IRCELYON-CNRS, 69626 Villeurbanne-Cedex, France 50 Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis: A Powerful Methodology for Streamlining Mechanistic Analysis of Complex Organic Reactions .................................. 445 Natalia Zotova2, Fernando Valera2 and Donna G. Blackmond1,2 1Department of Chemistry 2Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ United Kingdom 51 Dinuclear Copper(II) Complexes for Regioselective Glycoside Oxidation ........................................ 455 Susanne Striegler Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, 179 Chemistry Building, Auburn, AL 36849 52 Photocatalytic Oxidation of Alcohols on Pt/TiO2 and Nafion-Coated ТiO2 ......................................... 463 Felipe Guzman, Zhiqiang Yu and Steven S.C. Chuang Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, 200 E Buchtel Commons, Akron, OH 44325 53 Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation Activity of a Dinuclear Catalyst Using Water as a Co-Solvent ....................... 473 Moses G. Gichinga and Susanne Striegler Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, 179 Chemistry Building, Auburn, AL 36849 54 Effect of the Oxidizing Agent and Catalyst Chirality on the Diastereoselective Epoxidation of R-(+)-Limonene ....... 479 Jairo A. Cubillos, Juliana Reyes, Aída L. Villa and Consuelo Montes de С Environmental Catalysis Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia-CENIVAM, AA 1226, Medellin, Colombia 55 The Dynamic Nature of Vanadyl Pyrophosphate, Catalyst for the Selective Oxidation of n-Butane to Maleic Anhydride .... 485 Nicola Ballarini1, Fabrizio Cavani1, Elisa Degli Esposti1, Davide De Santi1, Silvia Luciani1, Ferruccio Trifirò1, Carlotta Cortelli2, Roberto Leanza2, Gianluca Mazzoni2, Angelika Brückner3 and Elisabeth Bordes- Richard4 1Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. INSTM, Research Unit of Bologna: a Partner of NoE Idecat, FP6 of the EU 2Polynt SpA, Via E. Fermi 51, 24020 Scanzorosciate (BG), Italy 3Leibniz-lnstitut für Katalyse an der Universität Rostock е. V, Branch Berlin, P.O. Box 96 11 56, D-12474 Berlin, Germany: a Partner of NoE Idecat, FP6 of EU 4Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, UMR CNRS 8181, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France: a Partner of NoE Idecat, FP6 of the EU 56 A Five-Week Teaching Laboratory at Wabash College Introduces Students to Independent, Original Research in the Field of Asymmetric Organocatalysis .................... 491 Paul R. LePlae, Andrew C. Oehler and Colin M. Ridenour Department of Chemistry, Wabash College, 301 W. Wabash Avenue, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 57 2008 Murray Raney Award Lecture: The Scientific Design of Activated Nickel Catalysts for the Chemical Industry .... 497 Daniel J. Ostgard Evonik Industries GmbH, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 63457 Hanau, Germany Author Index .................................................. 537 Keyword Index ................................................. 543 Note: The underlined authors signify those who were presenters at the conference.