Front Cover; Advances in Catalysis, Volume 25; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Application of Molecular Orbital Theory to Catalysis; I. Introduction; II. Calculational Procedures; III. Metal Clusters; IV. Chemisorption; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. The Stereochemistry of Hydrogenation of a, ß-Unsaturated Ketones; I. Introduction; II. Mechanistic Proposals; III. Effect of Variables on the Hydrogenation of ß-Octalone and Related Compounds; IV. Hydrogenation of Other Ring Systems; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Asymmetric Homogeneous Hydrogenation.

I. IntroductionII. Homogeneous Rhodium-Chiral Phosphine Catalyst Systems; III. Chiral Amide-Rhodium Complexes as Catalysts; IV. Chiral Cobalt Catalysts; V. Chiral Ruthenium Catalysts; VI. Concluding Remarks; Note Added in Proof; References; Chapter 4. Stereochemical Approaches to Mechanisms of Hydrocarbon Reactions on Metal Catalysts; I. Introduction; II. The Horiuti-Polanyi Mechanism; III. Reactions of Olefins; IV. Skeletal Rearrangement of Alkanes in Platinum and Other Noble Metals; V. Recent Experimental Approaches to Skeletal Rearrangements; VI. Influence of Carbonaceous Deposits.

VII. ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 5. Specific Poisoning and Characterization of Catalytically Active Oxide Surfaces; I. Introduction; II. General Scope and Definitions; III. Experimental Methods; IV. Interaction of Specific Poisons with Oxide Surfaces; V. Specific Poisoning on Alumina Surfaces; VI. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Metal-Catalyzed Oxidations of Organic Compounds in the Liquid Phase: A Mechanistic Approach; I. Introduction; II. Homolytic Mechanisms; III. Heterolytic Mechanisms; IV. Heterogeneous Catalysis of Liquid Phase Oxidations; V. Biochemical Oxidations.

VI. Summary-Directions for Future DevelopmentReferences; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Previous Volumes.