Catalytic Activation and Functionalisation of Light Alkanes

Upgrading of C1 and C2 Hydrocarbons.- Transformation of Alkanes on Solid Acid and Bifunctional Catalysts.- Activation of Light Alkanes: Past and Present.- Superacid Catalysed Protolytic Activation, H/D Exchange and Oxidation of Small Alkanes.- New Processes for Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation Catalysed by Oxyde Supported Surface Organometallic Complexes.- Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes.- Theoretical Basis of the Activation of C-H Bond.- An Introduction to Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis.- Mono- and Binuclear Iron Complexes in Zeolites and Mesoporous Oxides as Biomimetic Alkan Oxidation Catalysts.- Biocatalytic, Biomimetic and Suprabiotic Oxidation of Alkanes.- High Yield, Low Temperature Oxidation of Methane to Methanol.- Functionalization of Light Alkanes Catalyzed by Heteropoly Compounds.- Alkane Activation by Pseudo-Metals.- Molecular Chemistry of Alkane Activation: Formation and Reaction of Chx Species on Metal Surfaces.- The Effect of Acid Sites in Skeletal Isomerization of n-Butenes over Ferrierites and CoA1PO-11.- Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane on Large-Pore Zeolites.- Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Sodium-Manganese Catalysts in the Presence of HCl.- Mono- and Binuclear Iron Complexes in Zeolites, Clays and Mesoporous Oxides as Biomimetic Catalysts.- Mixed M2O3.Zro2.SO42- (M=Ga, In, T1) Catalysts: Preparation, Characterisation and Catalytic Behaviour in Dehyroisomerisation of n-Hexane.- The Selective Oxidation of n-Butane to Maleic Anhydride; Development of Silica- and Titania Supported V-P-O Catalysts.- The Effect of Cobalt Doping on the Structural Transformation Sequences Occurring during the Activation of Vanadium Phosphorus Oxide Catalysts.- On the Active Sites for Selective Ammoxidation of Propane on Vanadium Containing Oxide Catalysts.- Theoretical Modelling of Propane Partial Oxidation over Titanium Silicalites.- Chlorinated Alumina Catalyst for Isobutane / 2-Butene Alkylation: Influence of Added Noble Metals.- Report of the Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities in Light Alkane Activation.- List of Participants.- Author Index.