Lifetime contributions by Burtron H. Davis: Denitrogenation catalysis

Klerk, Arno de

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“…As a result, oxygenate, or the Pichler–Schulz mechanism, did not get its deserved credit in the field (in our humble opinion). For any readers interested in knowing about the fascinating history of this topic or the life of Dr. Paul H. Emmett, we recommend numerous reviews/articles from his former postdoc, Dr. Burtron H. Davis, ,,,, another legendary scientist and historian in heterogeneous catalysis . It should also be mentioned that Dr. Emmett is better known to the scientific community for his formulation of the BET equation, with Stephen Brunauer and Edward Teller .…”

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“…For any readers interested in knowing about the fascinating history of this topic or the life of Dr. Paul H. Emmett, we recommend numerous reviews/articles from his former postdoc, Dr. Burtron H. Davis, 140,152,154,157,158 another legendary scientist and historian in heterogeneous catalysis. 159 It should also be mentioned that Dr. Emmett is better known to the scientific community for his formulation of the BET equation, with Stephen Brunauer and Edward Teller. 150 Around 70 years after the pioneering work of Emmett and co-workers, we now understand that the oxygenate mechanism in the FTS route has a conceptual resemblance with methanol-related chemistry, especially when involving zeolites in a bifunctional catalytic system.…”

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Evaluating the Role of Descriptor- and Spectator-Type Reaction Intermediates During the Early Phases of Zeolite Catalysis

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Chowdhury

2022

ACS Catal.

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The philosophy of "Ikigai"�a reason for being�could be extended to rationalize the role of organic reaction intermediates in zeolite catalysis. Each reaction intermediate's ikigai is specific under the confined microenvironment of the zeolite: either controlling the product selectivity (i.e., "descriptor"-type reaction intermediates) or promoting the catalyst deactivation (i.e., "spectator"-type reaction intermediates). Based on the process conditions and zeolite topologies, the ikigai of reaction intermediates could be altered, where the "descriptor" character could turn into a "spectator" depending on the working environment. Although the spectroscopy-/mechanism-driven development of catalytic technologies has been accelerated in the past decade and can now identify "elusive" zeolite-trapped reaction intermediates, it still does not always necessarily imply their "positive" impact during catalysis. Therefore, future research activities should be dedicated to recognizing the true ikigai of identified reaction intermediates: i.e., differentiating their spectator role from the catalytically relevant descriptor. Considering its potential industrial application, we will present our account and philosophy on the current status and future impact of mechanism-driven development of zeolite-mediated catalytic technologies in this Perspective.

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