Homogeneous Catalysis (PDF)

Over the last decade, the area of homogeneous catalysis with
transition metal has grown in great scientific interest and
technological promise, with research in this area earning three
Nobel Prizes and filing thousands of patents relating to
metallocene and non-metallocene single site catalysts, asymmetric
catalysis, carbon-carbon bond forming metathesis and cross coupling
reactions.

This text explains these new developments in a unified, cogent, and
comprehensible manner while also detailing earlier discoveries and
the fundamentals of homogeneous catalysis. Serving as a self-study
guide for students and all chemists seeking to gain entry into this
field, it can also be used by experienced researchers from both
academia and industry for referring to leading state of the art
review articles and patents, and also as a quick self-study manual
in an area that is outside their immediate expertise. The book
features:

* Topics including renewable feed stocks (biofuel,
glycerol), carbon dioxide based processes (polycarbonates),
fluorous solvents, ionic liquid, hydroformylation, polymerization,
oxidation, asymmetric catalysis, and more

* Basic principles of organometallic chemistry,
homogeneous catalysis, and relevant technological issues

* Problems and answers, industrial applications (case
studies), and examples from proven industrial processes with clear
discussions on environmental and techno-commercial issues

* Extensive references to cutting edge research with
application potential and leading patents

* Tables and illustrations to help explain difficult
concepts