102 Reaction Engineering in Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals


Description:
This session will involve contributions which detail the application of innovative reaction engineering to impact processes for manufacturing low volume, high value chemicals typically seen in the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industry. Submissions on multiphase reaction engineering, reaction engineering of heat and mass transport limited systems, reaction kinetics of complex systems, novel reactor designs, flow chemistry, green synthetic methodologies, and scale-up aspects are encouraged.

Sponsor:
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (15), Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Forum (26), Pharmaceuticals (15B)


Chair:
Anuj A. Verma
Senior Scientist II - Engineering
AbbVie Inc.
Center for Reaction Engineering, Process R&D
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago, IL
60064-1802
Email: anuj.verma@abbvie.com

Co-chairs:
Gaurav Giri
Assistant Professor
University of Virginia
Chemical Engineering
Charlottesville, VA
Email: gg3qd@virginia.edu

Marimuthu Andiappan
Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
School of Chemical Engineering
Stillwater, OK
Email: mari.andiappan@okstate.edu

Ali Rownaghi
Assistant Professor
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Rolla, MO
971 87
Email: rownaghia@mst.edu


Papers:
In-Flow Production of Levoglucosenone from the Catalytic Dehydration or Cellulose Using Homogeneous Brønsted Acid Catalysts in γ-Valerolactone
Alexa M. González-Rosario, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez; Oscar Oyola-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
Cyclooctene Cooxidation-Facilitated Co-ZSM-5-Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Ethylbenzene with Molecular O2
Anyang Peng, Northwestern University; Matthew Ross, Northwestern University; Linping Qian, Fudan University; Mayfair C. Kung, Northwestern University; Brian Hoffman, Northwestern University; Harold H. Kung, Northwestern University
Dirhodium Immobilized Hollow Fiber Flow Reactor for Scalable and Sustainable C–H Functionalization in Continuous Flow
Chun-Jae Yoo, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel Rackl, Emory University; Wenbin Liu, Emory University; Caroline Hoyt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian R. Pimentel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ryan P. Lively, Georgia Institute of Technology; Huw M. L. Davies, Emory University; Christopher W. Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology
Catalytic Dehydration of Levoglucosan and Cellulose to Levoglucosenone Using Brønsted Solid Acid Catalysts in Tetrahydrofuran
Oscar Oyola-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez; Jiayue He, University of Wisconsin-Madison; George W. Huber, University of Wisconsin-Madison; James A. Dumesic, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
Composite Hollow Fiber Microfluidic Catalytic Reactors for Direct Conversion of Glucose to 5‑HMF
Yingxin He, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Fateme Rezaei, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ali Rownaghi, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Regioselective Epoxide Ring Opening with Alcohols Using Heterogeneous Lewis Acid Catalysts
Nitish Deshpande, The Ohio State University; Nicholas Brunelli, The Ohio State University; Aamena Parulkar, The Ohio State University; Rutuja Joshi, The Ohio State University; Alexander Spanos, The Ohio State University
Abstract Submissions Closed
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