Catalysis is essential to modern life and the global economy, as evidenced by the observations that approximately 90% commercial chemical products involve catalysis in their production and that the economical impact of catalysis has been estimated to be over 10 trillion dollars per year worldwide. Naturally, catalysis plays a vital role in the current large worldwide efforts to promote sustainability. This talk will present an inorganic perspective on chemistry of sustainability by focusing on metal catalysts, especially those based on earth-abundant elements, for selective conversion of naturally occurring or biomass-derived renewable feedstocks to polymeric materials, platform chemicals, as well as diesel and alkane biofuels, through environmentally friendly reactions and processes (i.e., catalytic, �green� routes).

Metal catalysis for sustainable materials, fine chemicals, and biofuels: INOR perspective

248th National Meeting (2014)

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