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    copper(II) chloride. The Tsuji-Wacker oxidation refers to a family of reactions inspired by the Wacker process. In Tsuji-Wacker reactions, palladium(II) catalyzes...
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  • Wacker Chemie AG is a German multinational chemical company which was founded in 1914 by Alexander Wacker. The company is controlled by the Wacker family...
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    hydration. It is industrially produced for use as a co-catalyst in the Wacker process. Both the anhydrous and the dihydrate forms occur naturally as the rare...
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  • hydrogenation. 1956 - In the Wacker process ethylene and oxygen react to acetaldehyde with catalyst PdCl2/CuCl2. During process development, Walter Hafner...
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  • Look up wacker, Wacker, or whacker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wacker may refer to: Wacker von Wackenfels The Whacker, poker player Garry Bush's...
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    using catalysts such as mercury(II) bromide. Before the advent of the Wacker process, this reaction was conducted on an industrial scale. The polymerization...
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  • named after the company responsible like in the Wacker process or the name only hints at the process involved like in the halogen dance rearrangement...
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  • feedstock. The main method of production is the oxidation of ethene by the Wacker process, which involves oxidation of ethene using a homogeneous palladium/copper...
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  • usually involving one or more reactions. In modern laboratory uses, the process is reproducible and reliable. A chemical synthesis involves one or more...
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  • Homogeneous catalysts are also used in a variety of oxidations. In the Wacker process, acetaldehyde is produced from ethene and oxygen. Many non-organometallic...
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    catalysts. For example: Heck reaction Suzuki coupling Tsuji-Trost reactions Wacker process Negishi reaction Stille coupling Sonogashira coupling When dispersed...
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    by distillation. Acetaldehyde may be prepared from ethylene via the Wacker process, and then oxidized as above. In more recent times, chemical company...
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    product and regeneration of the catalyst. Articles on the Monsanto process, the Wacker process, and the Heck reaction show catalytic cycles. A catalytic cycle...
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    aldehyde. This reaction was once a major industrial process but it has been displaced by the Wacker process. This reaction occurs in nature, the catalyst being...
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  • palladium cycle but with different scenes and actors is observed in the Wacker process. This cycle is not limited to vinyl compounds, in the Sonogashira coupling...
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  • palladium catalysts. Mechanistically, these reactions resemble the Wacker process. Oxidative carbonylation, using palladium-based catalysts, allows certain...
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    aldehydes. Similarly, the Wacker process is used in the oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde. Almost all industrial processes involving alkene-derived...
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    toluene, acrolein from propylene, and methacrolein from isobutene. In the Wacker process, oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde in the presence of copper and...
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    The building occupies a site bound by Franklin Street, Jackson Boulevard, Wacker Drive, and Adams Street. Graham and Khan designed the building as nine square...
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    similar process. Some of these routes, once dominant, have been significantly displaced by the Pd-catalyzed Wacker process, a greener process that starts...
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  • step and regenerates the catalyst; however, in the Heck reaction and Wacker process, reductive elimination is involved only in catalyst regeneration, as...
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    Retrieved 2014-08-30. Keith, J. A.; Henry, P. M. (2009). "The Mechanism of the Wacker Reaction: A Tale of Two Hydroxypalladations". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48 (48):...
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  • his brother, the painter and restorer Leonhard Wacker. Otto's father, Hans, was also an artist. Wacker managed to convince prominent Van Gogh experts...
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    Reductive amination of aldehydes or ketones by potassium formate. Wacker process: the oxidation of ethylene by water to acetaldehyde (precursor to poly(vinyl...
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  • Wacker Neuson SE (formerly: Wacker Construction Equipment AG) is a company that manufactures construction equipment and compact machines for concrete and...
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  • Catalytic oxidation are processes that rely on catalysts to introduce oxygen into organic and inorganic compounds. Many applications, including the focus...
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  • The mechanism of the Wacker process involves Pd-alkene complex intermediates....
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    colorimetrically: PdCl2 + 2 KI → PdI2 + 2 KCl Palladium(II) chloride is used in the Wacker process for production of aldehydes and ketones from alkenes. Palladium(II)...
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  • Suzuki reaction Transmetalation Ullmann reaction Upjohn dihydroxylation Wacker process Water gas shift reaction Water oxidation Wurtz coupling Ziegler-Natta...
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  • club saw an influx of members from SC Wacker 04 Berlin, which had folded, and took the name BFC Alemannia 90 Wacker. However, in 2013 they returned to their...
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