CONTENTS
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Light Naphtha Isomerisation To Meet 21st Century Gasoline               7
Specifications
M. J. Hunter

Structural and Active Site Characterization of Sulfated                      23
Zirconia Catalysts for Light Alkane Isomerization
M. Standke, C. Breitkopf, H. Papp, S. Wrabetz, B. S. Klose, X. Yang,
R. E. Jentoft, F. C. Jentoft, X. Li, L. J. Simon, J. A. Lercher

Isomerisation of n-pentane over heteropolyacid catalysts:                  31
onomolecular versus bimolecular mechanism in relation
with the presence of platinum and hydrogen
N. Essayem, Y. B. Ta­rit, C. Fèche, P. Y. Gayraud, G. Sapaly,
C. Naccache

Recent Developments in Isobutane/Olefin Alkylation                          41
J. A. Lercher, A. Feller

Outlook and perspectives of non-phosgene DMC production              53
F. Rivetti

Alkanes as Substitutes for Alkenes in the Manufacture of                  61
Petrochemicals – A Continuing Challenge of the Presence
and the Future
M. Baerns, G. Grubert, E. V. Kondratenko, D. Linke, U. Rodemerck

Maleic Anhydride from Mixtures of n-Butane and n-Butenes             79
W. M. Brandstädter, P. Casaretto, B. Kraushaar-Czarnetzki

Gas phase oxidation of methyl aromatics to their                                 87
corresponding aldehydes
A. Martin, U. Bentrup, B. Lücke, G.-U. Wolf

Prins Condensation of Isobutylene and Formaldehyde over                 95
Isomorphously Substituted Zeolite MCM-22
E. Dumitriu, V. Hulea, A. Auroux, C. Guimon, I. Fechete

Ionic Liquids – A New Concept for Catalysis and                                 97
Separation Technology
P. Wasserscheid

Room Temperature Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Olefins                  107
Dimerization (Difasol process) and Hydroformylation
F. Favre, A. Forestière, F. Hugues, H. Olivier-Bourbigou,
J. A. Chodorge
 

MaxEne^TM process-based low capital petrochemical complex         115
V. Bhirud, T. Foley, P. Pujadó

Improving the Yield of Ethene in the Steamcracker by                     123
Recycling of Pyrolysis Gasoline Using Pd-, Pt-, Ir- or
Ga-doped Zeolites ZSM-5
A. Raichle, Y. Traa, F. Fuder, M. Rupp, J. Weitkamp

Catalytic Membrane Reactors: Where do we stand?                        131
R. Dittmeyer

Conversion of Aromatic Gasoline Blend Components                       147
into p-Xylene
K. Kretschmar, R. Kopetz

New Chances for Innovative Links between Refinery                      153
and Petrochemistry at an old Chemical Site
H.-J. Derdulla, W. de Veij

Novel Catalysts for the Isomerization of C₅ to C₇ Alkanes              161
for Octane-Boosting
M. Hartmann, S. P. Elangovan, M. Gerstner, T. Hecht, S. Ernst

Selective iso-Paraffin Synthesis form CO and H₂ over                     169
Co Catalysts
A. Krylova, A. Lapidus

Catalytic Distillation – a Powerful Tool for Process Integration      175
G. Kaibel, G. Kons, H. Schoenmakers, E. Schwab

Reactive Separation of Isobutene from C₄-fractions using               187
Coupled Reactive Distillation Columns
Z. Qi, K. Sundmacher, E. Stein, A. Kienle
 

POSTERSESSION

Improved Hydroisomerization Catalysts for Light Alkane               195
Isomerization
L. J. Simon, A. Kinage, J. A. Lercher

Isomerisation of Propadiene to Propyne – Catalyst Screening         203
and Kinetic Measurements
R. Dotzel, E. Klemm

Modification of Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts for n-hexane                               211
hydroisomerization
A. L. Lapidus, A. A. Dergachev, A. A. Silakova

In-Situ Spectroscopic Study of Isomerization of Light Alkanes        217
over Sulfated Zirconia Catalysts
X. Yang, R. Ahmad, J. Melsheimer, B. Klose, F. C. Jentoft

Copper-Promoted Pt-Catalysts for the Non-Oxidative Propane       225
Dehydrogenation
T. Donauer, R. Gläser, J. Weitkamp

Novel Catalysts for Oxidative Olefin Generation                              233
J. Find, S. Gaab, M. Machli, J. A. Lercher

Aromatics Synthesis from Propane over Zeolite-Containing             241
Catalysts
A. Lapidus, A. Dergachev, M. Krylova, I. Maslov, A. Krylova

Side-chain alkylation of toluene with 2-propanol catalyzed               247
by basic zeolites
V. Herzog, J. Münch, W. Schwieger

Zeolite-Catalyzed Methylation of Pyrazole with Dimethyl                255
Carbonate
S. Born, J. Weichert, M. Hartmann, S. Ernst

Structural Effects in MCM-41, Zeolite Y and Active Matrix              263
in Catalytic Cracking Composites
A. Taouli, H. Koch, W. Reschetilowski

Selective oxidation of hydrocarbons in microchannel reactors            271
S. Walter, M. A. Liauw

Partial Oxidation of Cyclohexane in Supercritical Carbon                  273
Dioxide
U. Armbruster, A. Martin

Direct Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol – Aspects of                    277
Catalyst development and reaction kinetics
A. Unger, U. Hiemer, A. Reitzmann, E. Klemm, W. Schwieger

In-situ study of methanol steam reforming on PdZn catalysts              285
F. Kiesslich, P. Prechtl, M. A. Liauw, G. Emig

In-situ Removal of H₂O during Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis –               287
a Modelling Study
D. Unruh, M. Rohde, G. Schaub

Removal of Residual Sulfur Compounds Using Fixed-Bed                    295
Adsorption
E. Aust, A. B. Bruccolini

High throughput methods for the identification of new catalysts         301
for hydroisomerization of light n-alkanes
O. M. Busch, St. J. Thomson, F. Schüth