Homogeneous Catalysis with Renewables

This volume gives a detailed account into how renewables can be transformed into value-added products via homogeneous catalysis, especially via transiton metal homogeneous catalysis. The most important catalytic reactions of oleochemicals, isoprenoids, carbohydrates, lignin, proteins and carbon dioxide are described. Special emphasis is placed on carbon-carbon linkage reactions (hydroformylations, dimerisations, telomerisations, metathesis, polymerisations etc.), hydrogenations, oxidations and other important homogeneous reactions (such as isomerisations, hydrosilylations etc.). Also, tandem reactions including isomerising hydroformylations are presented. Wherever possible, the authors have included mechanistic, kinetic, and technical aspects. The reader is therefore given a total overview of the status quo of homogeneous catalysis directed to the most important renewables.

Prof. Behr: Leader of the Chair of Technical Chemistry at TU Dortmund.
Publications:
- U. Onken, A. Behr, Chemische Prozesskunde, Lehrbuch der Technischen Chemie Band 3, Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart/New York, 1996 
- M. Baerns, A. Behr, A. Brehm, J. Gmehling, H. Hofmann, U. Onken, A. Renken, Technische Chemie, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1. Ed. 2006
- A. Behr, Angewandte homogene Katalyse, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008
- A. Behr, D. W. Agar, J. Jörissen, Einführung in die Technische Chemie, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2010
- A. Behr, P. Neubert, Applied Homogeneous Catalysis, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012
- M. Baerns, A. Behr, A. Brehm, J. Gmehling, O. Hinrichsen, U. Onken, R. Palkovits, A. Renken, Technische Chemie, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2. Ed. 2013 
- A. Behr, Einführung in die Chemie nachwachsender Rohstoffe, Spektrum Akademi-scher Verlag, Heidelberg, (in preparation)
Dr. Vorholt: Ass. Prof. on the Chair of Technical Chemistry at TU Dortmund.
Publications:
- Contribution 'Hydroformylation and Related Reactions of Renewable Resources' (A. Behr and A. J. Vorholt) in: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Eds.: M. A. R. Meier. B. M. Weckhuysen, P. C. A. Bruijnincx, Springer / Heidelberg, Vol. 39 (2012), 103-128
- Contribution 'Oleochemistry' (A. Behr, A. J. Vorholt), in: Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds, Eds.: B. Cornils, W. A. Herrmann, M. Beller, R. Paciello, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2013 (in print)