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Catalysis Society of Japan Awards
At the Spring Annual Meeting of the Catalysis Society of Japan, held in Tokyo on 2 and 3 April 1994, the Catalysis Society of Japan Award was given to Professor H. Arai of Kyushu University for his research on the development and application of high-temperature catalytic solid materials and to Professor T. Uchijima of Tsukuba University for his research on the metalmetal oxide interaction of supported metal catalysts. The Society Award for Young Researchers was given to Dr. T. Baba of Tokyo Institute of Technology for his research on the reversible accelerating effect of hydrogen in solid acid catalysis and to Dr. A. Fukuoka of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology for his research on the structure and reactivity of supported catalysts of clusters of two different metals. The Catalysis Society of Japan Award for Technological Achievements was awarded to Drs. Y. Hiraki, K. Takeuchi and T. Tamura of ldemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for their development of an a-alkene manufacturing catalyst and to Drs. A. Nishino, K. Kimura and K. Ono of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. for their development and practical use of environment cleaning catalysts. The Society Contribution Award was given to Professor M. En’yo of Hokkaido University for his fundamental research on reactions with electrode catalysts and for his contribution to the Society’s activities and to Dr. Y. Nishimuraof Catalysts and Chemicals Industries Co., Ltd. for the industrialization of petroleum refining catalysts and denitrogenation catalysts and for his contribution to the Society’s activities. The Society Honorary Award was given to Professor T. lmanaka of Osaka University for his many applied catalysis A: General
years’ contribution to the progress of fundamental and applied catalytic chemistry. The Catalyst Preparation Chemistry prize, established in 1989 by the Association for the Promotion of Catalyst Preparation Chemistry, was awarded to Dr. K. Kuroda of Waseda University and Dr. S. lnagaki of Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. for their research on a new preparation method for a porous material having homogeneous meso-pores.
Recent Progress in the Direct Synthesis of Phenol
Phenol is a very important raw material for the manufacture of phenoiic resin, polycarbonate epoxy resin, aniline and so forth. It is now produced by two processes, the major one being the cumene process and the other the toluen&benzoic acid process. in the former case there is a problem due to the formation of the stoichiometritally produced acetone: if there is not enough demand for acetone, the cost of phenol becomes high. A new technology to recycle acetone was therefore recently developed (SRI report No. 22C, 2-2). In the latter process, although toluene itself is a cheap raw material, the process suffers from low phenol seiectivii. Under these circumstances, the direct synthesis of phenol from benzene has been explored. For example, the oxygenation of benzene at high temperature has been examined over mixed metal oxides such as ZnO-Ag20-P205 (JP-Kokai 5687627) Atthough a rather high one-pass phenol yield was obtained, the selectivity was still low. On the other hand, low-temperature oxygenation using oxygen and a reducing agent system has also been investigated. for example, Fujiwara et al. Volume 114 No. 1 - 7 July 1994
Catalysis Society of Japan Awards
At the Spring Annual Meeting of the Catalysis Society of Japan, held in Tokyo on 2 and 3 April 1994, the Catalysis Society of Japan Award was given to Professor H. Arai of Kyushu University for his research on the development and application of high-temperature catalytic solid materials and to Professor T. Uchijima of Tsukuba University for his research on the metalmetal oxide interaction of supported metal catalysts. The Society Award for Young Researchers was given to Dr. T. Baba of Tokyo Institute of Technology for his research on the reversible accelerating effect of hydrogen in solid acid catalysis and to Dr. A. Fukuoka of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology for his research on the structure and reactivity of supported catalysts of clusters of two different metals. The Catalysis Society of Japan Award for Technological Achievements was awarded to Drs. Y. Hiraki, K. Takeuchi and T. Tamura of ldemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for their development of an a-alkene manufacturing catalyst and to Drs. A. Nishino, K. Kimura and K. Ono of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. for their development and practical use of environment cleaning catalysts. The Society Contribution Award was given to Professor M. En’yo of Hokkaido University for his fundamental research on reactions with electrode catalysts and for his contribution to the Society’s activities and to Dr. Y. Nishimuraof Catalysts and Chemicals Industries Co., Ltd. for the industrialization of petroleum refining catalysts and denitrogenation catalysts and for his contribution to the Society’s activities. The Society Honorary Award was given to Professor T. lmanaka of Osaka University for his many applied catalysis A: General
years’ contribution to the progress of fundamental and applied catalytic chemistry. The Catalyst Preparation Chemistry prize, established in 1989 by the Association for the Promotion of Catalyst Preparation Chemistry, was awarded to Dr. K. Kuroda of Waseda University and Dr. S. lnagaki of Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. for their research on a new preparation method for a porous material having homogeneous meso-pores.
Recent Progress in the Direct Synthesis of Phenol
Phenol is a very important raw material for the manufacture of phenoiic resin, polycarbonate epoxy resin, aniline and so forth. It is now produced by two processes, the major one being the cumene process and the other the toluen&benzoic acid process. in the former case there is a problem due to the formation of the stoichiometritally produced acetone: if there is not enough demand for acetone, the cost of phenol becomes high. A new technology to recycle acetone was therefore recently developed (SRI report No. 22C, 2-2). In the latter process, although toluene itself is a cheap raw material, the process suffers from low phenol seiectivii. Under these circumstances, the direct synthesis of phenol from benzene has been explored. For example, the oxygenation of benzene at high temperature has been examined over mixed metal oxides such as ZnO-Ag20-P205 (JP-Kokai 5687627) Atthough a rather high one-pass phenol yield was obtained, the selectivity was still low. On the other hand, low-temperature oxygenation using oxygen and a reducing agent system has also been investigated. for example, Fujiwara et al. Volume 114 No. 1 - 7 July 1994