Front Cover; Advances in Catalysis, Volume 29; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Giulio Natta (1903-1979); Chapter 1. Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism on Metal Single Crystal Surfaces; I. Introduction; II. The Tools of Surface Reactivity; III. The Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Related Reactions; IV. The Reactions of Alcohols; V. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Surface Chemistry; I. Introduction; II. X-Ray and UV Photoelectron Spectroscopy; III. Calculation of Surface Concentrations from Photoelectron Intensity Data; IV. Experimental Strategy.

V. Chemisorption of Diatomic MoleculesVI. Chemisorption of More Complex Molecules; VII. Metal Oxides; VIII. Alloys and Surface Segregation; IX. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Site Density and Entropy Criteria in Identifying Rate-Determining Steps in Solid-Catalyzed Reactions; I. Introduction; II. Theory; III. Analysis of Reactions; Symbols; References; Chapter 4. Organic Substituent Effects as Probes for the Mechanism of Surface Catalysis; I. Introduction; II. Structure Effects on Rates and Equilibria in Catalysis; III. Quantitative Treatment of Structure Effects.

IV. Heterogeneous Acid-Base CatalysisV. Heterogeneous Redox Catalysis; VI. Structure Influence on Adsorptivity; VII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Enzyme-like Synthetic Catalysts (Synzymes); I. Introduction; II. Cycloamyloses; III. Other Macrocycles; IV. Linear Polymers; V. Catalyst Based on Polyethyleneimine: A Branched Synthetic Polymer; VI. Immobilized Catalysts; VII. Semisynthetic Enzymes; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Hydrogenolytic Behaviors of Asymmetric Diarylmethanes; I. Introduction; II. Preparation of Asymmetric Diarylmethanes.

III. Catalyst for Hydrogenolysis of DiarylmethanesIV. Kinetics of Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Diphenylmethane; V. Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Asymmetric Diarylmethanes; VI. Active Species of MoO3-Al2O3 Catalyst for Hydrogenolysis of Diarylmethanes; VII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Metal-Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions of Hydrocarbons; I. Introduction; II. "Simple" Cyclization Reactions; III. Cyclization with Skeletal Rearrangement; IV. Cyclization over Dual Function Catalysts and Oxides; V. Interpretation of Metal Activity in Catalytic Cyclization; References; Author Index.