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Concepts and Techniques in Catalysis

This document outlines the objectives and outcomes of the course CHZ 662 Concepts and Techniques in Catalysis. The objectives are to impart concepts of catalytic processes, learn preparation methods of catalysts, develop knowledge of characterization techniques, and evaluate different catalysts for organic reactions. By completing the course, students will have thorough knowledge of catalysts, preparation methods, characterization techniques, and the role of catalysts in chemical reactions. The course modules cover topics such as acid-base catalysis, heterogeneous catalyst synthesis, catalyst characterization methods, and catalytic reactions.

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Concepts and Techniques in Catalysis

This document outlines the objectives and outcomes of the course CHZ 662 Concepts and Techniques in Catalysis. The objectives are to impart concepts of catalytic processes, learn preparation methods of catalysts, develop knowledge of characterization techniques, and evaluate different catalysts for organic reactions. By completing the course, students will have thorough knowledge of catalysts, preparation methods, characterization techniques, and the role of catalysts in chemical reactions. The course modules cover topics such as acid-base catalysis, heterogeneous catalyst synthesis, catalyst characterization methods, and catalytic reactions.

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CHZ 662

CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES IN CATALYSIS

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Objectives: The objectives of this course is to impart the basic concepts involved in catalytic processes. Learn the different preparation methods of catalysts such as by precipitation, impregnation, mixing method, ion-exchange, etc. develop a knowledge in the physic-chemical and spectral characterization methods for catalytic materials. Evaluate the catalysts using different catalytic reactors use different types catalysts for various organic reactions in detail.

Outcome: By the conclusion of this course, each student will have thorough knowledge about the catalysts and their preparation methods about the characterization techniques and the role of catalysts in different chemical reaction. to work with catalysts. Catalysis fundamentals 9

Module I

acid-base catalysis catalysis by transition metal ions and their complexes supported transition metal complexes as catalysts catalysis by enzymes phase transfer catalysis - photocatalysis adsorption chemisorption on metals, metal oxides and semiconductors - kinetics of unimolecular and bimolecular surface reactions - Contact time - WHSV - time on stream - Catalyst deactivation and regeneration Module II Heterogeneous Catalysts and their synthesis 9 Metals, metal oxides, mixed metal oxides, supported metals, spinels, perovskites, super acids, hydrotalcites, zeolites and zeotypes (small, medium, large), shape selective catalysts, mesoporous materials (SBA, MCM, KIT, AlPOs) Hydrothermal synthesis, sol-gel process, impregnation method, ion-exchange method - Unit operations in catalyst manufacture - drying, calcination, spray drying Module III Catalysts characterization 9 X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) Surface Area Analysis, Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) Pore Size and Volume Analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFT), UV-Visible, Diffuse Reflectance UV-Visible Spectroscopy (DRSUV), Thermo gravimetric/ Differential Thermal Analyzer

(TG/DTA), Temperature-programmed Desorption/ Reduction/ Oxidation/ Sulfidation (TPD / TPR / TPO / TPS), Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (MAS NMR) (29Si, 27Al, 31P), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM/EDAX), Electron Probe Micro-Analyzer (EPMA), Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy (EXAFS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy (ESR) Module IV Catalytic reactors 9 Integral and fixed bed reactors - differential reactors - stirred flow reactors microcatalytic reactors of pulse type - static reactors high pressure reactors reaction monitoring by GC and GC-MS Module V Catalytic reactions 9 Catalytic asymmetric synthesis - C-C, C-H bond formation, oxidation - acid catalysed isomerisation heterogeneous hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, cyclo dehydrogenation, oxidation - Homogeneous catalysis by transition metal complexes metathesis of olefins - synthetic fuels LC: 45 REFERENCES: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. J. Rajaram and J.C. Kuriacose, Kinetics and Mechanisms of Chemical Transformations, Macmillan Publishers India Limited, 2000. John Meurig Thomas and W. John Thomas, Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Wiley, 1997. Herman Pines, The Chemistry of Catalytic Hydrocarbon Conversions, Academic Press, 1981. J.W. Niemantsverdriet, Spectroscopy in Catalysis, 2 nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2008. Gadi Rothenberg, Catalysis: Concepts and Green Applications, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2008. B. Viswanathan, S. Sivasanker and A.V. Ramaswamy (Editors), Catalysis: Principles and Applications, Narosa Publishing House, 2002. Julian R.H. Ross, Heterogeneous Catalysis: Fundamentals and Applications, Elsevier, 2011. Gerhard Ertl, Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2 nd Edition, Volume 6, Wiley-VCH-Verlag, 2008. Charles N. Satterfield, Heterogeneous Catalysis in Practice, McGraw-Hill, 1980. Jens Hagen, Industrial Catalysis: A Practical Approach, 2 nd Edition, Wiley, 2006. Jens Weitkamp, Lothar Puppe (Editors), Fundamentals and Applications, Springer, 1999. Catalysis and Zeolites:

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R.A. Sheldon and Herman van Bekkum (Editors), Fine Chemicals through Heterogeneous Catalysis, John Wiley and Sons, 2008. Michel Che and Jacques C. Vdrine (Editors), Characterization of Solid Materials and Heterogeneous Catalysts: From Structure to Surface Reactivity, John Wiley and Sons, 2012.

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