MAP-405 Industrial Catalysis Syllabus M.Sc.(APPLIED CHEMISTRY) 4th-IV Sem Syllabus for DAVV Indore

DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, DAVV INDORE Syllabus

M.Sc. (APPLIED CHEMISTRY) Fourth-4th-IV Semester Curriculum/ Syllabus

MAP-405: Industrial Catalysis Syllabus

Unit I : Catalysis in solutions

Introduction, Acid-base catalysis, catalysis by electron transfer, Organometallic catalysis, Catalysis by macromolecules, Phase transfer catalysis, Catalysis by micelles

Unit II : Catalysis by enzymes

Composition and structure of enzymes, Reactions catalyzed by enzymes, Nature of catalytic sites: the Uniqueness of enzymes as catalysts, Examples of enzyme structure and catalysis, Supported Enzymes,

Unit III : Catalysis by polymers:

Nature of Polymers, Attachment of Catalytic Groups to Polymer Supports, Catalysis in Polymer Gels, Adsorption and Kinetics of Polymer-Catalyzed Reactions, Interactions of Catalytic Groups: the Role of the Support, Bifunctional and Multifunctional Catalysis, Porous Polymers and Surface Catalysis, Intraparticle Transport Influence, Applications of Polymer Catalysts.

Unit IV : Catalysis by Nanomaterials 

Structures of Crystalline Solids, important preparative techniques for Nanomaterials, Catalysis by nanometerials and nano metal oxides, Structures of Zeolites (Crystalline Alluminosilicates), Families of Zeolites, Adsorption and Diffusion in Zeolites, The Solvent like Nature of Zeolite Pores, Catalysis by Zeolites, Nonzeolite Molecular Sieves, Clays and Other Layered Materials

Unit V : Catalysis on Surfaces

Nature of surfaces, Charcaterization of surfaces, important surface characterization techniques such as LEED, XPS, BET surface area measurements, XRD Kinetics of few important surface reactions like epoxidation , ammoximation and alkylation.

Book:

Catalytic Chemistry, Bruce-gates, John Wiley & Sons