Preliminary Program subject to change
20009 Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals I
OverviewInvestigations of heterogeneous, homogeneous and biocatalysis in the preparation and production of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals or pharmaceutical intermediates.
Primary SponsorCatalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)
Co-Sponsor(s)Pharmaceuticals (15b)

Chair

Christopher W. Jones
Assistant Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
311 Ferst Dr
Atlanta, Ga 30332-0100
Phone Number: 404-385-1683
Fax Number: 404-894-2866
Email: cjones@che.gatech.edu

CoChair

Christopher T. Williams
Assistant Professor
University of South Carolina
Department of Chemical Egnineering
Swearingen Engineering Center
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone Number: (803)777-0143
Fax Number: (803)777-8265
Email: willia84@engr.sc.edu
Templated Organic-Inorganic Active Sites for Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalysis
Alexander Katz, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462, John D. Bass, UC Berkeley, MC-1462, Berkeley, CA 94702 and John Daniels, Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley, MC-1462, Berkeley, CA 94702
Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Imines Using a Chiral Ansa-Titanocene Catalyst: Mechanistic Studies and Reaction Kinetics
Heidrun Woelfler, Graz University of Technology, Institute for Chemical Apparatus Design, Particle Technology and Combustion, Inffeldgasse 25/B, Graz, A-8010, Austria, Anthony Panarello, Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854, Harald Raupenstrauch, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 25, Graz, 8010, Austria and Johannes Khinast, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854
Immobilised Enzyme to Perform Enantiomerically Pure Reductive Aminations in Presence of Organic Solvents
Francesca Paradisi1, Andrea Gualandi2, Paola Galletti2, Daria Giacomini2, Gianfranco Cainelli2 and Paul C. Engel1, (1)Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, Belfield Campus, Dublin, 4, Ireland, (2)Chemistry, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, Bologna, 40126, Italy
Investigation of Transition Metal Leaching from Supported Pd Catalysts during the Heck Reaction
Surbhi Jain, University of Virginia, 102 Engineers Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904, Yaying Ji, Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineers Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904 and Robert J. Davis, University of Virginia, Uva, Chemical Engineering department, 102 Engineers Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Hydrogenation of Amino Acid by Asymmetric Homogeneous Catalyst
Daniel Hsieh, Steve S.Y. Wang, Lin Dong, Xuebao Wang, Christopher Wood, Brent Nielsen and San Kiang, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb Drive, New Brunswick, NJ NJ/08903
Solvent Tolerant Enzyme and Microbial Systems for Biocatalytic Processes
Kehinde S. Bankole and Michael Gyamerah, Chemical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Preston & Obanion Street, Austin. E. Greaux Building, Prairie View, TX 77446
Polymer-Immobilized Co-Salen Catalysts for the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Epoxides
Xiaolai Zheng1, Michael Holbach2, Marcus Weck2 and Christopher W. Jones1, (1)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, GA 30332, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, GA 30332

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division