The remarkable development in homogeneous enantioselective catalysis reflected by the
Nobel prizes in 2001 awarded to Sharpless, Noyori, and Knowles has further spurred the …

The state of the art for the enantioselective hydrogenation applying chirally modified
heterogeneous catalysts is reviewed with emphasis on new developments between 1997 …

The application range of solid catalysts can be greatly extended by reaction or
processmodifiers, that is by simple addition of an inorganic or organic compound to the …

The manuscript gives an overview mainly on the results performed at the Department of
Organic Chemistry the University of Szeged on the enantioselective hydrogenation of …

The heterogeneous enantioselective hydrogenation of activated ketones over chirally
modified platinum is reviewed with emphasis on identifying the role of the various species …

Hydrogen is essentially produced by steam reforming (SR) of hydrocarbon fractions (natural
gas, naphtha,...) on an industrial scale. Replacing fossil fuels by biofuels for H2 production …

The adsorption mode of cinchonidine on platinum is discussed in the light of new
computational studies in which the alkaloid is adsorbed on a large metal cluster. Previous …

The influence of acetic acid (AcOH) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) on the hydrogenation of
ethyl‐4, 4, 4‐trifluoroacetoacetate has been investigated by using Pt/Al2O3 modified by …

The enantioselective hydrogenation of methyl or ethyl pyruvate over cinchona‐platinum
catalyst system (Orito's reaction) is one of the most intensively studied heterogeneous …

A study on the origin of rate enhancement (RE) in the enantioselective heterogeneous
catalytic hydrogenation of methyl benzoylformate (MBF), ketopantolactone (KPL) and …