The 4th FineCat Symposium was held at the palazzo Steri on 8th-9th April 2015 with lectures given by Irina Beletskaya, Manfred Reetz and Oliver Kappe.
In partnership with Catalysis Science and Technology, three poster prizes were awarded. The first prize went to Francesco Parrino, a post-doc research fellow at the “Schiavello-Grillone” research Group of the University of Palermo, for his poster concerning the catalytic photoisomerization of trans-caffeic acid to cis-caffeic acid.
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On 2nd March 2015, Catalysis Science and Technology Associate Editor, Professor Paul Kamer, hosted the SuBiCat II symposium at the University of St. Andrews. SuBiCat is an international training network that aims to provide expertise and drive changes that will allow chemicals to be produced with minimal chemical waste in all-catalytic, low energy, multi-step production methods exclusively from renewable resources.
Catalysis Science and Technology was pleased to sponsor this excellent event which was well attended by the catalysis community, including a number of members of the board. Editor-in-Chief, Professor Piet van Leeuwen, gave the opening talk on “Ligand effects in nanoparticle catalysis”, this was followed by contributions from Associate Editors Professor Ding Ma and Professor Javier Perez-Ramirez and Editorial Board members David Jackson and Christian Bruneau.
Pictured: Professor Paul Kamer opening the symposium, Professor Christian Bruneau and Professor Piet van Leeuwen.
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To ensure that Communications articles published in Catalysis Science and Technology are succinctly communicating the most novel and urgent research, we have recently altered the criteria for publishing Communications. As of 21st April 2015, two additional criteria must be satisfied upon submission:
1) Manuscript submissions should be a maximum of four printed journal pages and must be submitted using the template available on our website.
2) Submissions must be accompanied by a statement that outlines:
Please click for further details on these changes or to access a Communication template.
The following HOT articles have been highlighted by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or significant pieces of research. These are all free to access until 31/03/2015. The order they appear in the list has no meaning or ranking.
Reversibility of asymmetric catalyzed C–C bond formation by benzoylformate decarboxylase
Marco Berheide, Selin Kara and Andreas Liese
DOI: 10.1039/C4CY00171K, Paper
Sailing into uncharted waters: recent advances in the in situ monitoring of catalytic processes in aqueous environments
Hui Shi, Johannes A. Lercher and Xiao-Ying Yu
10.1039/C4CY01720J
The following HOT articles have been highlighted by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or significant pieces of research. These are all free to access until 28th February 2015. The order they appear in the list has no meaning or ranking.
Written by Christopher Hinde. Christopher obtained his Masters in Chemistry (MChem) from the University of Southampton, UK in 2011. He is currently doing research towards a Ph.D. in the area of materials chemistry and catalysis under the supervision of both Dr Robert Raja at the University of Southampton and Prof. T. S. Andy Hor at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a research institute in Singapore’s Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR).
The latest themed issue from Catalysis Science and Technology, “Catalysis on Chiral Surfaces: From Fundamental Aspects to Application”, contains a plethora of articles reporting on the latest heterogeneous catalysts with significant stereospecific properties for asymmetric or chiral transformations.
In an article from the group of Dr Raja at the University of Southampton, UK, S. Newland et al. demonstrate the importance of anchoring organocatalysts to the inner walls of mesoporous silica to attain highly active and selective catalysts. Traditionally, organocatalysts are used in a homogeneous fashion, however this often leads to labour and energy intensive recollection for recycling of the catalyst. The covalent anchoring of cinchonine to the inner walls of mesoporous silicas not only gains the facile recycle benefits of a heterogeneous catalyst, but can increase the activity 6-fold for Michael addition reactions compared with the homogeneous analogue. And this is all achieved without sacrificing the enantioselectivity of the catalyst!
The anchoring methods were applied to DABCO, another molecule used as a chemoselective organocatalyst to show that the method could be applied to a variety of different catalysts with equally impressive results. It is easy to envisage these anchoring methods being significantly useful to any researchers working in the area of chiral organocatalysis.
Want to find out more on the synthesis and origin of these catalytic properties? Read the full article now!
Highly effective design strategy for the heterogenisation of chemo- and enantioselective organocatalysts
Stephanie H. Newland, David J. Xuereb, Enrica Gianotti, Leonardo Marchese, Ramon Rios and Robert Raja
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2015,5, 660-665, DOI: 10.1039/C4CY00895B,
Catalysis Science and Technology is delighted to announce that the journal is organising a one day Symposium on the subject of Sustainable Catalytic Conversions of Renewable Substrates (SuBiCat II) on 2nd March 2015, at St Andrews, UK.
The symposium is free of charge, but you are requested to register before 15th February 2015 at http://www.subicat.org/events/index.php.
There is an excellent list of speakers already confirmed, including:
Visit the website for further information and to register now.
The following HOT articles have been highlighted by the reviewers of the articles as being particularly interesting or significant pieces of research. These are all free to access until 31st January 2015. The order they appear in the list has no meaning or ranking.
Selectivity and kinetics of methyl crotonate hydrogenation over Pt/Al2O3
Chaoquan Hu, Derek Creaser, Henrik Grönbeck, Houman Ojagh and Magnus Skoglundh
DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01470G, Paper
Structuring catalyst and reactor – an inviting avenue to process intensification
J. Gascon, J. R. van Ommen, J. A. Moulijn and F. Kapteijn
DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01406E, Perspective
Take a look at the selection which are free to read for a short time:
Synergistic catalysis-induced ring-opening reactions of 2-substituted 3,4-dihydropyrans with α-oxoketene dithioacetals
Changhui Liu, Amir Taheri, Bingbing Lai and Yanlong Gu
DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01212G, Paper
Photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water reduction using orchestrated photosensitizers
Shu-Cheng Yang, Gang Chang, Guan-Jun Yang, Yan-Jie Wang and Baizeng Fang
DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01112K, Paper
CoCuAl layered double hydroxides – efficient solid catalysts for the preparation of industrially important fatty epoxides
Sivashunmugam Sankaranarayanan, Ankita Sharma and Kannan Srinivasan
DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01138D, Paper
Washcoating of cordierite honeycomb with vanadia–tungsta–titania mixed oxides for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3
Bo Liu, Jun Du, Xiaowei Lv, Yue Qiu and Changyuan Tao
DOI: 10.1039/C4CY01179A, Paper
The 4th FineCat Symposium will be taking place from 8th–9th April 2015 in Palermo, Palazzo Steri. The event is jointly organised by the Institute of Nanostructured Materials of Italy’s Research Council (CNR) and by Palermo’s University DEIM Department and aims to provide an opportunity for contact between academic and industrial researchers, manufacturers and users of solid catalysts for the efficient and selective production of fine chemicals.
Confirmed plenary speakers include:
The deadline for abstracts in 31st December 2014. For further information and to register, visit the website now!
