Catalysis of Organic Reactions

". . .the works published in this book. . .give a good overview of the state-of-the-art in catalysis of organic reactions. The information and the abundant practical examples given, make this book a well-suited reference source. "---Applied Catalysis"This volume contains a large number of contributions by experts in various fields of catalysis and as such provides a wealth of information on a wide range of aspects of catalysis. . .it is a useful addition to the bookshelf for those involved in catalysis. "---Platinum Metals Review

• The Process of Catalyst Selection; Influence of Catalyst Preparation Methodology on the Selectivity of Supported Transition Metal Catalysts; The Effect of Reaction Conditions on Catalyst Selectivity; Selectivity: What it Means to the Fats and Oil Processor; Surfaces of Raney Catalysts; Catalyst Filtration: What's Right for Me?; Precious Metal Recovery and the Precious Metal Loop; Heterogeneous Catalysis in Organic Synthesis; Selective Organic Synthesis - How Can Solids Help?; Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Halides and Aryl Triflates to Itaconate Diesters: A Convenient Preparation of E-Benzylidenesuccinate Diesters; A Novel Fixed Bed Catalyst for the Direct Combination of H2, and O2 to H2O2; Primary Amine Syntheses from Olefins, Syngas, and Ammonia; Asymmetric Synthesis by Ru-BINAP; The Reductions of 2-Methyl-2-alkenoic Acids with Ruthenium (BINAP) Catalysts; Multinuclear NMR Observation of a Ru (II)-BINAP Catalyst and Possible Intermediates in the Reduction of Ketoesters; Homogeneous Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Imines; Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Imines Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes; On the Role of Modifier-Substrate Interactions in Different Heterogeneous Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions; New-Asymmetric Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions; Organometallic Chemistry in Industrial Vitamin A and Vitamin E Synthesis; New Methods of Designing Drug Delivery Systems by Catalytic Reactions on Template Polymers; Highly Chemoselective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Polar Unsaturation Using Cu(1); Complexes and H2; Some Catalytic Problems in Reductive Amination of Ketones; Reductive Alkylation of Acetophenone with Aniline; Synthesis of R2NR Dissymetric Amines over Copper or Nickel Based Catalysts. (Part Contents).