Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids from Oxygenated Substrates, CO2 and H2 Matilde Valeria Solmi

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Matilde Valeria Solmi. Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids from Oxygenated Substrates, CO2 and H2. . Université de Lyon; Rheinisch-westfälische technische Hochschule (Aix-la-Chapelle, Alle- magne), 2018. English. ￿NNT : 2018LYSE1287￿. ￿tel-02024554￿

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N°d’ordre NNT : 2018LYSE1287

THESE de DOCTORAT DE L’UNIVERSITE DE LYON opérée au sein de l’Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Ecole Doctorale de Lyon N° ED206

Spécialité de doctorat : Chimie Discipline : Chimie Industrielle Durable

Soutenue publiquement le 17/12/2018, par : Matilde Valeria Solmi

Synthèse d'acides carboxyliques à partir de substrats oxygénés, de CO2 et de H2

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Prof. Albonetti, Stefania Examinatrice Università di Bologna Prof. Andrioletti, Bruno Examinateur Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Prof. Centi, Gabriele Rapporteur Università degli Studi di Messina Prof. Claver, Carmen Rapporteure Universitat Rovira i Virgili Dr. Di Renzo, Francesco Examinateur CNRS-ICG Montpellier Prof. Leitner, Walter Directeur de thèse RWTH Aachen University Prof. Palkovits, Regina Examinatrice RWTH Aachen University Dr. Quadrelli, Alessandra Directrice de thèse CNRS-C2P2 Lyon  

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