Catalysis of Organic Reactions, Vol. 53 Book

	Preface
	Contributors
1	Kinetic Approach to the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Nitroaliphatic Compounds	1
2	New Route to m-Aminophenol	25
3	A New and Improved Synthesis of N-Butyl-1-Deoxynojirimycin	41
4	Homogeneous Asymmetric Catalysis as an Important Tool for the Production of Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Products	49
5	The Use of a Fischer-Porter Apparatus for Chiral Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation	69
6	Application of Asymmetric Catalysis to the Synthesis of Peptide Mimics	81
7	Catalytic Amination of Alcohols and Its Potential for the Synthesis of Amines	91
8	High Selectivities in Hydrogenation of Halogenonitrobenzenes on Pd, Pt, or Raney Nickel as Catalysts	103
9	Solid-Acid-Catalyzed o-Tolidine Alkylation: Scope, Limitations, and Product Utility	111
10	Comparative Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions of Aliphatic Dinitriles over Raney Nickel Catalysts	127
11	Hydrogenation of Nitrosobenzene over Palladium Catalysts	137
12	Past, Present, and Future of Catalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons	151
13	Oxidation of Glucose on Palladium Catalysts: Particle Size and Support Effects	169
14	A Method for the Preparation of Pyromellitic Acid from Durene via Liquid Phase Oxidation	181
15	Surface Chemistry and Engineering of HCN Synthesis	195
16	New Technology for Olefin Oxidation to Carbonyls Using a Palladium and Polyoxoanion Catalyst System	213
17	Side Reactions in Reductive Alkylation of Aromatic Amines with Aldehydes and with Ketones	265
18	A Frontier Molecular Orbital Determination of the Active Sites on Dispersed Metal Catalysts	279
19	Hydrogenations and Other Reactions on Titanium Mixed Metal Oxides	293
20	Methacrylate Esters via the Homogeneous Carbonylation of 2-Bromopropene	305
21	Production of Phenols from Haloaromatics in the Presence of Copper-Exchanged Zeolites: Synthesis of the Catalyst and Mechanistic Study	327
22	Polymer-Bound Dialkylaminopyridine Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications	339
23	Metal Incorporation into Copper Aluminum Borates: Catalyst Structure and Catalytic Role in Dehydrogenation and Dehydrocyclization	351
24	Amidation of Methyl Esters with Formamides in the Presence of KCN as the Catalyst	377
25	New Titanium Silicate Molecular Sieves: Properties and Catalysis	383
26	Transvinylation Catalysts for the Production of Higher Vinylic Esters of Vinyl Acetate	397
27	Protecting the Ozone Layer: Catalytic Synthesis of CFC Alternatives	411
28	The Tertiary Organometallic Reagent Promoted Reductive Coupling of Aryl Halides	419
29	Catalysis of Organic Reactions by Inorganic Solids	429
30	Preparation of Pharmaceutical Intermediates Using Zeolite Catalysis: Preparation of 4-Methylthiazole with ZSM-5	445
31	Hydrocarbon Fragmentation Patterns on Rhodium Surfaces	461
32	Catalytic Cracking of Organic Amides: A Key Step in the Production of a New Specialty Polymer	469
33	Production of Low-Cost Aliphatic Isocyanates	473
34	Catalytic Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols	479
35	Synthesis of Bisaniline A and Derivatives with Perfluorinated Sulfonic Acid Resins	487
36	Effect of Water on the Oxidation of 2-Butanone over V[subscript 2]O[subscript 5]	491
37	H[subscript 2]-Hydrogenation of Nitriles Catalyzed by Ruthenium Ditertiaryphosphine Complexes	497
38	Enhancement of CO Hydrogenation Activity of Pt Catalysts by CeO[subscript 2] and TiO[subscript 2] Supports	503
39	Hydrocarbon Conversion Reactions over the Pt-Re Bimetallic Catalysts Modified by Sulfur	511
40	Activation of Esters for Hydrogenolysis on Copper Titanias	515
41	The Direct Conversion of Vinyl to Ethylidyne	521
42	Hydrocarbon Probes for the Study of Acidity on Oxide Surfaces	529
43	Synthesis of (+)-Apopinene by Decarbonylation of (+)-Myrtenal: Application of the Mechanisms of Hydrogenation and Decarbonylation	537
44	New Hydrogenation Apparatus	547
45	A Pd-Sn Catalyst for Toluene Acetoxylation	553
46	Characterization of Sulfided Platinum and Palladium Catalysts	561
47	Selective Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Aldehydes over Silica- and Zeolite-Supported Metals	569
	Index	575