Uncovering Elementary Steps in Catalysis:
From the Isolated Molecule to the Bulk
Symposium in Honour of Rudolf Zahradnik
President Emeritus of the
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Organized by
Joachim Sauer and Helmut Schwarz
on Behalf of
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
and the
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Location:
Magnus-Haus Berlin, Am Kupfergraben 7, 10117 Berlin,
opposite to the entrance of the Pergamon Museum
Date:
Friday, 21 November 2003, 8:45 - 19:30 h
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Acknowledgement for financial support:
Collegium pro Academia - Förderverein der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften e. V.
Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Frankfurt/Main
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sonderforschungs-bereich SFB 546)
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PROGRAMME
08:45 Welcome Address:
DIETER SIMON, President
09:00 - 13:00 Morning Session, chaired by HELMUT SCHWARZ and KAROLA RÜCK-BRAUN
09:00 - 9:30 SIEGFRIED BLECHERT, Berlin
"Olefin Metathesis - Big Deal Reaction"
09:30 - 10:00 DIETHARD K. BÖHME, Toronto
"Gas-phase Reduction of Oxides of Nitrogen with CO Catalysed by Atomic Metal Cations"
10:00 - 10:30 GERHARD ERTL, Berlin
"Elementary Steps in the Surface Chemistry of Hydrogen"
10:30 - 11:00 HANS-JOACHIM FREUND, Berlin
"Clusters, Facets and Edges: Site Dependent Selective Chemistry on Model Catalysts"
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 BÄRBEL FRIEDRICH, Berlin
"Biological Hydrogen Activation: A Highly Sophisticated Catalytic Process"
12:00 - 12:30 CHRISTIAN LIMBERG, Berlin
"Oxidation mechanisms on bismuthmolybdates as a stimulus for the synthesis of molecular metal compounds
12:30 - 13:00 PETR NACHTIGALL, Praha
"Interaction of Small Molecules with Active Sites in Transition-metal Ion/Zeolite Systems"
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Buffet
14:00 - 18:00 Afternoon Session, chaired by PETR ČÁRSKY and CHRISTOPH VAN WÜLLEN
14:00 - 14:30 JOACHIM SAUER, Berlin
"Reactivity of Transition-metal Oxides: From the Gas Phase to Supported Oxides"
14:30 - 15:00 DETLEF SCHRÖDER, Berlin
"From Redox Ladders to the Oxidation of Methane"
15:00 - 15:30 PER SIEGBAHN, Stockholm
"Elementary Steps of Mechanisms for Redox-active Enzymes"
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30 ZDENĚK SOBALÍK, Praha
"Approach to Analysis of Active Sites and their Functioning in Heterogeneous Catalysis"
16:30 - 17:00 BLANKA WICHTERLOVÁ, Praha
"Metallo-sites of Zeolites in Redox Catalysis"
17:00 - 17:30 MALGORZATA WITKO, Krakow
"Oxygen Sites at Vanadia and Molybdena Surfaces"
17:30 Concluding Remarks
HELENA ILLNEROVÁ, President
RUDOLF ZAHRADNIK
18:00 Buffet Reception