Acid-base catalysis, proceedings of the international symposium on acid-base catalysis, Sapporo, November 28–December 1, 1988,

Acid-base catalysis, proceedings of the international symposium on acid-base catalysis, Sapporo, November 28–December 1, 1988,

N12 2-6 Sept. 1991 Zeolite Prague, Czechoslovakia Chemistry and Catalysis Contact: Dr. B. Wichterlovi, The J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Ch...

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2-6

Sept. 1991

Zeolite

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Chemistry and Catalysis

Contact: Dr. B. Wichterlovi, The J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dolejskova 3, CS-182 23 Prague 8, Czechoslovakia (Appl. Catal.,50(1989)N37)

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Book Review Acid-Base Catalysis, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Acid-Base Catalysis, Sapporo, November 284ecember 7, 1988, edited by K. Tanabe, H. Hattori, T. Yamaguchi and T. Tanaka, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, F.R.G., 1989, 532 i xx pp., DM 196.00, ISBN 3-527-27883-4 The symposium

on acid-base

catalysis held in 1988 in Hokkaido

series, the first having been held in 1984 in Villeurbanne, twenty-eight included

poster papers were presented

in the proceedings.

entitled: organic lytic features. zation applied

synthesis,

The various characterization,

Due to the diversity

into the above CatalVSiS

-

chapters

in this

France. Twenty invited papers and

at the symposium contributions

was the second

and all of them have been

are organized

design and preparation

into four chapters

of catalysts

and cata-

of the topics dealt with in the many papers the categoriappears

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in some

cases

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rather arbitrary.

However,

the

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individual

contributions

excellent overview

are of good quality and together

of the development

they provide

a well-balanced

of research in the most important

and

areas of acid-base

catalysis.

1 (Organic Synthesis)

Chapter

topics such as the application Nafion-H+,

magnesium

oxides activated

but relatively

recommended Important covered

broad

developments

characterization

insight

metal cations, and Lewis acids such

in the state of the art of these fields

in the characterization

presented

in Chapter

of the acid-base

2, which

with suitable probe molecules

but limited

use of model

reactions.

properties

A quantum

of information

concerning

character.

deals with the design materials

chemical

in the preparation

acids

magnesium

oxide

catalysts.

Several

of the important

mixed metal oxides,

This chapter provides

valuable

bifunctional

catalysis presented

of Hokkaido

The organizers

behaviour

Doubtless

have to be complemented

Although

Some metal

hydroxyl

groups

on

of acid-base

Professor KozoTanabe

University.

the book

to everybody

past years and particularly

effort and progress

impressively

catalysis this tradition

groups (Sapporo

made in this field of

the high standard

has been particularly

In this light the place of the symposium

is worth reading

interested

on having brought together

most of them stem from Japanese

they also demonstrate

in Japan. In acid-base

In summary,

acid-base

catalysis

of catalysis cultivated

for

was not accidental.

and worth its price. Purchase

in the progress

can be recom-

has made over the

it should be on the shelf of all libraries dealing with catalysis.

Zurich Accepted,

chapters.

compounds,

for the visualization

by the chairman of the symposium,

of the symposium

decades at Hokkaido mended

of surface

graphics

is not easy to reach!), they do reflect the worldwide research

phase of heteropoly

content. Most

University.

very interesting contributions. catalysis.

solid

informa-

of such materials.

catalytic

and the use of computer

some

viewpoint.

have been accommodated in the preceding

as solid acid catalysts,

offer a

and bases,

presented at the symposium,

clay minerals,

topics dealt with are: catalysis in the pseudo-liquid phosphates

for the

is also discussed.

The final chapter, entitled “Catalytic Features”, has a rather heterogeneous of the papers could probably

and the

approach

from an interesting

of acid-base (Zeolites,

super acids and bases, resins, etc.) are presented. tion for all those interested

of solid

most of the papers (seventeen) catalysis

including

spectroscopy

while others are very specific. This

the characterization

and preparation

used in acid-base

a thorough

In any case, the contributions

aspects are new, others are classical but considered which comprises

of solids are

are discussed,

using vibrational

in this chapter are review-like,

gives the chapter a rather heterogeneous

Chapter3,

and is highly

reflects how complex

of the local structure of super acid sites in aluminosilicates

Some of the contributions wealth

interesting

in organic chemistry. The chapter offers

of such materials is. Several different approaches

the characterization elucidation

by transition

covering

clays, solid superacidic

for reading.

by the papers

powerful,

review type contributions

pillared and non-pillared

reagents for catalyticsynthesis

as organoaluminium a short,

includes

of zeolites,

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