The workshop organized by the international centre for science and technology provided an occasion for researchers active both in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis to meet and look for common interpretations and a common language.
The use of spectroscopy, models, and labels to detect intermediates, elucidate mechanisms and compare reactivities in metal catalyzed carbonylation, P.M. Maitlis, et al; design of catalysts for oxidations using dioxygen, B.R. James; rhodium versus ruthenium catalysis - from carbene transfer to olefin metathesis, A.F. Noels, et al; a kinetic and theoretical investigation of the mechanism of the homogeneous hydrogenation of benzothiophene catalyzed by (Rh(COD)(PPh3)2)PF6, R.A. Sanchez-Delgado; heteropolymetalates in acid-base and oxidation heterogeneous catalysis, K. Bruckman, J. Haber; amorphous metal alloys in catalysis, A. Baiker; right or left - that is the question - enantioselective catalysis with transition metal compounds, H. Brunner; molecular solid-gas organometallic chemistry of tripodal (polyphosphine) metal complexes - catalytic hydrogenation of ethylene at iridium, C. Bianchini, F. Vizza; iridium carbonyl clusters as models for chemisorbed surfaces, M.D. Vargas; molecular recognition in montmorillonite, B.M. Choudary, et al; design of FCC catalysts using modified zeolites, T.S.R. Prasada Rao; the role of MgCl2 as a "Support" for the new generation of olefin polymerization catalysts, P. Sobota; investigations of Cu-Ni/SiO2, Ni-Fe/SiO2 and Ru-Fe/siO2, bimetallic catalysts by employing EXAFS, mossbauer and infrared spectroscopies, C.U. Kulkarni, et al. (Part contents).
