St. John Fisher College Fisher Digital Publications Chemistry Faculty/Staff Publications Chemistry 6-28-2019 Multiscale Approach for the Optimization of Ketones Production From Carboxylic Acids by the Decarboxylative Ketonization Reaction Alexey Ignatchenko St. John Fisher College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/chemistry_facpub Part of the Chemistry Commons How has open access to Fisher Digital Publications benefited ou?y Publication Information Ignatchenko, Alexey (2019). "Multiscale Approach for the Optimization of Ketones Production From Carboxylic Acids by the Decarboxylative Ketonization Reaction." Catalysis Today . Please note that the Publication Information provides general citation information and may not be appropriate for your discipline. To receive help in creating a citation based on your discipline, please visit http://libguides.sjfc.edu/citations. This document is posted at https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/chemistry_facpub/21 and is brought to you for free and open access by Fisher Digital Publications at St. John Fisher College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Multiscale Approach for the Optimization of Ketones Production From Carboxylic Acids by the Decarboxylative Ketonization Reaction Abstract A historical perspective on the advancement of the decarboxylative ketonization catalysis research and development in industry and in academia is given with the focus on the past twenty years. Reviewed topics cover results of the most recent computational modeling and isotopic labeling studies, fine details of the reaction mechanism, experimental evidence for the existence of hidden degenerate reactions, explanation of the reaction rate inhibition, and reversibility of the reaction course. For this reaction, characterized strictly as acid-base catalysis, the origin of the misconception about the requirement for metal oxide catalysts being reducible and oxidizable is explained.