6 sample documents related to ETD 04252008

• 
  ELM-04-Chapter4.pdf

  Caltech ETD 04252008
  

  72 Chapter 4 THE SYNTHESIS OF MESOPOROUS SILICA FUNCTIONALIZED WITH SULFONIC ACID/PRIMARY AMINE PAIRS Abstract Mesoporous silica catalysts functionalized with both sulfonic acid and amine groups have been recently shown to be good catalysts for the
   
• 
  ELM-02-Chapter2.pdf

  Caltech ETD 04252008
  

  13 Chapter 2 THIOL/ALKYLSULFONIC ACID-PAIRED CATALYSTS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BISPHENOL A Abstract The synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts containing surfaces functionalized with discrete pairs of sulfonic acid and thiol groups
   
• 
  ELM-07-Future_Considerations.pdf

  Caltech ETD 04252008
  

  123 Chapter 7 FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS The work I have described in the preceding chapters is only one step in the design of cooperative heterogeneous catalysts. The synthetic methodologies developed are versatile and should allow for the synthesis o
   
• 
  ELM-06-Summary.pdf

  Caltech ETD 04252008
  

  121 Chapter 6 SUMMARY My work has demonstrated several new ways of functionalizing mesoporous silica with discrete pairs of disparate organic functional groups. In Chapter 2, the ringopening of surface-bound sultones was used to generate alkylsulfo
   
• 
  ELM-05-Chapter5.pdf

  Caltech ETD 04252008
  

  88 Chapter 5 COOPERATIVE CATALYSIS BY PRIMARY AMINES AND CARBOXYLIC ACIDS IN THE DIRECT ALDOL REACTION Abstract Amines and weak acids have been shown to exhibit cooperative catalysis for the direct aldol reaction. The nature of this cooperative cat
   
• 
  Knoblock_fd_1939.pdf

  Caltech ETD 04252008