Front Cover; Advances in Catalysis; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Catalytic Methanol Carbonylation; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Historical Context; 1.2. Process Considerations; 2. Rhodium-Complex-Catalyzed Carbonylation; 2.1. Catalytic Reaction Mechanism; 2.2. Promotion by Iodide Salts; 2.3. Promotion by Phosphine Ligands and Derivatives; 2.4. Supported Rhodium Catalysts; 3. Iridium-Complex-Catalyzed Carbonylation; 3.1. Early Investigations; 3.2. Commercialization: The BP CativaTM Process; 3.3. Catalytic Reaction Mechanism; 4. Computational Investigations

5. Alternative Approaches6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Microstructured Catalytic Reactors; 1. Introduction; 2. General Criteria for the Choice and Design of MSRs; 3. Design of MSRs for Catalytic Reactions with Gas-Phase Reactants; 3.1. Micropacked-Bed Reactors; 3.2. Catalytic Wall Microreactors; 4. Design of MSRs for Multiphase Reactions; 4.1. Continuous Phase MSRs; 4.2. Dispersed Phase MSRs; 4.3. Microstructured Catalysts; 5. Preparation of Catalytically Active Surface Layers in MSRs; 5.1. Surface Treatment of the Wall Material or a Structured Packing

5.2. Surface Coating by Deposition from the Liquid Phase5.3. Surface Coating by Deposition from the Gas Phase; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: A Review of the Phillips Supported Chromium Catalyst and Its Commercial Use for Ethylene Polymerization; 1. Introduction; 2. Commercial Polyethylene; 2.1. Polyethylene Markets; 2.2. Comparison with Other Catalysts; 2.3. Origins of Polyethylene; 3. Dispersion and Stabilization of Cr(VI); 3.1. Calcination; 3.2. Chromate Versus Dichromate; 3.3. Spectroscopy; 3.4. Silanol Group Replacement Measurements; 3.5. Adsorption and Desorption of CrO2Cl2

3.6. Saturation Cr(VI) Coverage3.7. Cr(VI) Mobility; 3.8. Bis(triphenylsilyl) Chromate; 4. Reduced Cr/Silica; 4.1. Valence of the Active Chromium Species; 4.2. Chromium(V) Oxide; 4.3. Chromium(III) Oxide; 4.4. Chromium(II) Oxide; 4.5. Chemistry of Cr(II)/Silica Catalyst; 4.6. Chromium(0) and Chromium(I); 4.7. Chromium(IV); 4.8. Conclusions; 5. Polymer Formation; 5.1. Overview; 5.2. Reduction; 5.3. Site Initiation Versus Chain Initiation; 5.4. Initiation Mechanisms; 5.5. Chain Transfer; 5.6. Role of Surface Acidity; 5.7. General Comparisons; 6. Site Diversity, Influence of the Carrier

6.1. Bonding of Individual Cr Atoms6.2. MW Distribution; 6.3. MW Dependence on Polymerization Time; 6.4. Site Discrimination via CO Titration; 6.5. Surface Dehydroxylation and Annealing; 6.6. Other Thermal Treatments; 6.7. Number of Active Sites; 6.8. Coverage by Chromium; 6.9. Titration by Addition of Poisons; 6.10. Radioactive Labeling; 7. Copolymerization of a-Olefins; 7.1. Polymer Density; 7.2. Insertion Mechanism; 7.3. Reactivity of Comonomers; 7.4. Molecular Weight Suppression; 7.5. Other Mechanisms of MW Suppression; 7.6. Branch Distribution; 7.7. Bimodal Polymers; 7.8. Blocking