Preliminary Program subject to change
20026 Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals II
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)

Chair

Christopher T. Williams
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina
Swearingen Engineering Center
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone Number: (803)777-0143
Fax Number: (803)777-8265
Email: willia84@engr.sc.edu

CoChair

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
Enantioselective Surface Chemistry of Chiral Alkyl Bromides on Naturally Chiral Copper Surfaces
David M. Rampulla and Andrew J. Gellman, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Zeolite and Metal Oxide Catalysts for the Production of Dimethyl Sulfide and Methanethiol
Craig P. Plaisance, Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, S. Stadium Rd., Rm 110, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and Kerry Dooley, BASF, Corporatio, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Lousiana State University, South Stadium Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Mechanistic Investigation of Higher Olefin Epoxidation: Styrene Oxide and 1-Epoxy-3-Butene
Michael C.N. Enever and Mark A. Barteau, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716
Synthesis of Fine Chemicals in Zeolite Membrane Microreactors
Wai Ngar Lau, Siu Ming Kwan and King Lun Yeung, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Hydrogentation of Alpha-Methylstyrene to Cumene Via an Electrochemical Route
Debalina Dasgupta1, Kanchan Mondal1, Gautham B. Jegadeesan2, Tomasz Wiltowski1 and Shashi Lalvani3, (1)Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, (2)Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, (3)Miami University, Paper and Chemical Engineering, Oxford, OH 45056-3629
Inserting Ethoxyl into Ethyl Acetate Catalyzed by Inorganic Al-Mg Oxides
Yun Fang, Yongan Shen, Yongmei Xia, Shirun Ji, Yiyou Wang and Bing Tan, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, China

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division