Chem - Session 1a

Monday, June 8, 2009: 9:40 AM-12:00 PM
Seacliff Room (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)

Chairs:

Eric E. Stangland, Dow Chemical Company and Bala Subramaniam, University of Kansas

9:40 AM

Placeholder for replacement oral

10:00 AM

OA02

Furanics:  Versatile Molecules for Biofuels and Bulk Chemicals Applications

Pieter Imhof, Avanatium Technologies; Ana S. Dias, Avantium Technologies; Ed de Jong, Avantium Technologies; Gert-Jan Gruter, Avantium Technologies

10:20 AM

OA03

Bifunctional Catalyst for the One-step Continuous Synthesis of Exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene from Dicyclopentadiene

Wei Wang, Shaanxi Normal University; Zhong-Wen Liu, Shaanxi Normal University; Jian Lu, Shaanxi Normal University; Zhao-Tie Liu, Shaanxi Normal University

10:40 AM

OA04

Lipase-Catalyzed Diacylclycerol Production Under Sonochemical Irradiation

Rodrigo Octavio M. A. de Souza Sr., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Ivelize Babicz, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Selma G. F. Leite, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

11:00 AM

OA05

Mechanistic Factors Influencing Recyclability of Co-Salen Catalysts in the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epichlorohydrin

Surbhi Jain, University of Virginia; Robert J. Davis, University of Virginia; Christopher W. Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marcus Weck, New York University

11:20 AM
 Keynote 

KA01

Tunable Cooperative Effects in Multi-Center Catalysis for the Synthesis of New Materials. Binuclear Phenoxyiminato Polymerization Catalysts

Mike R. Salata, Northwestern University; Brandon A. Rodriguez, Northwestern University; Massimilano Delferro, Northwestern University; Tobin J. Marks, Northwestern University