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Green Solvents for Synthesis

Lecture Programme (subject to change)

Monday, 8 October 2012
11.00 Registration and Snacks / Postermounting
12.00 Opening Address
  P. Wasserscheid, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg/D
Chair: H.J. Federsel, AstraZeneca, Södertälje/S
12.15 Keynote Lecture
CO2 capture: ionic liquids and phase change ionic materials
  J. Brennecke, University of Notre Dame, IN/USA
12.55 A greener ethylene oxide technology using novel mesoporous catalysts and gas-expanded liquids
  A. Ramanathan, W. Yan, M. Ghanta, B. Subramaniam, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS/USA
13.20 The role of molecular co-solvent in the dissolution of cellulose by ionic liquid based electrolyte solutions
  R. Rinaldi, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr/D
13.45 Keynote Lecture
Micellar systems as reaction media for catalytic reactions
  R. Schomaecker, TU Berlin/D
14.25 Coffee Break and Snacks
Chair: A. Stark, University of Leipzig/D
14.55 Keynote Lecture
Large scale electroplating using ionic liquids
  A. Abbott, University of Leicester/UK
15.35 Ionic liquid design and techno-economic evaluation for the extractive recovery of bio-based glycols
  L.Y. Garcia Chavez, B. Schuur, A.B. de Haan, Eindhoven University of Technology/NL
16.00 CO2 as expanded solvent for the reaction of epoxides with CO2 to carbonate esters
  M. A. Subhani, W. Leitner, T. E. Müller, RWTH Aachen University/D
16.25 Dewatering using polymeric "switchable water" additives
  R.R. Dykeman, T. Robert, M.F. Cunningham, P.G. Jessop, Queen's University, Kingston/CDN
16.50 Keynote Lecture
Catalytic additions of alkynes in water
  C.J. Li, McGill University, Montreal/CDN

17.30 - 19.30

Poster Party with Wine, Beer and Pretzels

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Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Chair: K. Massonne, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen/D
08.30 Keynote Lecture
Moving ionic liquid R&D to industrial application: a case study and Petronas success story
  K. Seddon, Queen's University of Belfast/UK 
09.10 Ionic liquid-stabilized metal nanoparticle catalysts
  K. L. Luska, RWTH Aachen University/D; A. Moores, McGill University, Montreal/CDN
09.35 2-MeTHF as biogenic solvent in fructose dehydration
  K. Pupovac, F. Richter, F. Schüth, Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr/D; R. Palkovits, RWTH Aachen University/D
10.00 Liquid-liquid extraction of 1-butanol from dilute aqueous solution using ionic liquids
  M. Stoffers, TU Dortmund/D; A. Lennert, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt/D; A. Górak, TU Dortmund/D
10.25 Green solvent as add-value product from renewable glycerol - biocatalytic synthesis of glycerol carbonate
  M. Tudorache, A. Negoi, L. Protesescu, V. Parvulescu, University of Bucharest/RO
10.50 Coffee Break
 Chair: A.B. de Haan, TU Eindhoven/NL
11.20 Keynote Lecture
Solvent effects in multiphase heterogeneously catalysed hydrogenations
  H. Stitt, Johnson Matthey Plc, Billingham/UK
12.00 Clean enzymatic process for natural flavour ester synthesis in switchable ionic liquid/solid phases
  P. Lozano, J.M. Bernal, A. Navarro, University of Murcia/E
12.25 Renewable feedstocks from the oceans: transformations of aminocarbohydrates in water & ionic liquids
  F. Kerton, K. Omari, Y. Liu, M. Drover, J. Besaw, L. Dodot, J. Murphy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL/CDN
12.50 Lecture of Willi-Keim Awardee
13.15 Lunch Break and Mitgliederversammlung FGr Advanced Fluids
Chair: P. Lozano, University of Murcia/E
14.15 Keynote Lecture
Nonpolar polymers as solid, recoverable solvents
  D. Bergbreiter, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX/USA
14.55 Synthesis of acetonitrile from ammonium acetate in sub- and supercritical water
  G. Aras, T. T. H. Nguyen, H. Vogel, TU Darmstadt/D
15.20 Distances and interactions in ionic liquids probed by NMR spectroscopy
  Y. Lingscheid, A. Bröhl, R. Giernoth, Universität zu Köln/D
15.45 Aspects for the use of Ionic liquids as thermal fluids
  T. Schubert, H. Sahin, Iolitec Ionic Liquids Technologies GmbH, Heilbronn/D
16.10 Coffee Break
Chair: B. Subramaniam, The University of Kansas, Lawrence/USA
16.40 Keynote Lecture
Nanocatalysts dispersed in ionic liquids: mechanisms and synergies
  P. Dyson, EPFL /CH
17.20 Hydrolysis of cellulosics in ionic liquids by endoglucanases
  R. Wahlström, A. Suurnäkki, VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo/FIN
17.45 Keynote Lecture
Carbonate based ionic liquids and beyond
  A. Perosa, University of Venice/I
18.25 End of Lecture Session
19:15 Bus Leaving for Conference Dinner
20:00 Conference Dinner at Castle Ehrenburg
- Registration necessary -

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Wednesday, 10 October 2012
 Chair:  A. Prokofyeva, Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Leverkusen/D
08.30 Keynote Lecture
From lip service to full implementation - driving the green chemistry agenda in the pharmaceutical industry
  H.-J. Federsel, AstraZeneca, Södertälje/S
09.10 Carbonate solvents for homogeneous catalysis
  C. Bruneau, C. Fischmeister, Rennes University/F
09.35 Modular, immobilisable and sterically demanding carbene ligands applied to the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction
  J. Krinsky, C. Godard, S. Castillon, C. Claver, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona/E
10.00 A methodological approach to solvent and phase selection in chemical process development
  C.M. Gordon, A. Peace, M. Talford, J. Double, Britest Limited, Runcorn/UK
10.25 A systematic framework for optimization-based design of reaction-separation processes
  S. Recker, O. Tkacheva, W. Marquardt, RWTH Aachen University/D
10.50 Coffee Break
 Chair:  D. Cole-Hamilton, University of St. Andrews/UK
 11.20 Keynote Lecture
Chemistry in unconventional reaction environments - high-temperature / pressure process windows
  O. Kappe, TU Graz/A 
12.00 Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to alkyl levulinates with brønsted acid ionic liquids
  S. Saravanamurugan, O.N. van Buu, A. Riisager, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby/DK
12.25 Solvent-free production of amines in continuous flow: gas-phase hydroaminomethylation using SILP catalysts
  M.J. Schneider, P. Wasserscheid, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg/D
12.50 Keynote Lecture
The role of "Green Solvents" for the utilization of alternative carbon feedstocks
  W. Leitner, RWTH Aachen/D
13.30 Poster Award and Closing Remarks
  K.R. Seddon, The Queen's University of Belfast/UK
13.40 End of Conference

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