Gerard Smith

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

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A. Books

Catalysis in Organic Syntheses 1977, 1978, Academic Press, NY

Heterogeneous Catalysis in Organic Chemistry, 1999, Academic Press, NY.

B. Book Reviews

Ozonation in Organic Chemistry, Volume 1: Olefinic Compounds, Philip S. Bailey, Organic Chemistry, 39, Academic Press, 1978, American Scientist, 70, 537 (1982).

Catalysis. Volume 7 (A Specialist Periodical Report), G.C. Bond, G. Webb, R. Burch, A.D.H. Clague, P.J. Gellings, M.J. Ledoux, J.R.H. Ross and C.J. Wright, The Royal Society of Chemistry: London, 1985, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 108, 8318 (1986).

C. Patents Held

U.S. 4,888,029 Dec. 19, 1989 "Desulfurization of Carbonaceous Materials" Inventors: Richard H. Shiley, Randall E. Hughes, John R. Webster, Conrad C. Hinckley, Gerard V. Smith & Tomasz Wiltowski. Assignee: ISGS - SIUC

U.S. 5,420,354 May 30, 1995 "Process of Preparing Para Phenylamines" Inventors: Russell E. Malz, Gerard V. Smith, Mark P. Ferrandino & Ruozhi Song. Assignees: Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc.

U.S. 5,574,187 November 12, 1996 "Process of Preparing Para Substituted Phenylamines" Inventors: Russell E. Malz, Gerard V. Smith, Mark P. Ferrandino, Ruozhi Song, Chung-Yuan Lin, Franklin H. Barrows. Assignees: Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc.

D. Recent Papers

Structure Sensitivity and Mechanism of Isobutraldehyde Decarbonylation over Pd/SiO₂ and Pt/SiO₂ Catalysts, R. Song, D. Ostgard, and G.V. Smith, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. W. E. Pascoe), Marcel Dekker, Inc., p. 337 (1992).

Thermogravimetric Study of Pd/SiO₂ Poisoning by CS₂, T. Wiltowski, G.V. Smith, and D. Ostgard, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. W.E. Pascoe), Marcel Dekker, Inc., p. 143 (1992).

Si Modification of Pd and Pt Catalysts, S. Tjandra, G.V. Smith, D. Ostgard, M. Musoiu, T. Wiltowski, F. Notheisz, M. Bartók, and J. Stoch, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. W.E. Pascoe), Marcel Dekker, Inc., p. 137 (1992).

Efecto de los modificadores de superficie sobre reacciones de hidrogenizacion catalizadas por superficies de metales de transicion, I. Pálinkó, M. Bartók, and G. V. Smith, Actas del XIII Simposio Iberiamericano de Catalisis, pp. 415-418. (1992). 6-10 July, Segovia, Spain.

Modification of Pd and Pt by Thiophene and Carbon Tetrachloride During Hydrogenation and Isomerization of (+)-Apopinene, G.V. Smith, F. Notheisz, Á.G. Zsigmond, and M. Bartók, New Frontiers in Catalysis (Eds. L. Guczi, F. Solymosi, and P. Tétényi), Akademiai Kaido, Budapest, pp. 2463-2466 (1993).

Progress in Enantioselective Synthesis with Chiral Catalyts - I, Ronghui Lin and Gerard V. Smith, The Catalyst Review Newsletter, August 1993, pp. 7-10.

Phenyl vs. carbomethoxy group effect on selectivity during hydrogenation and exchange for a,ß -unsaturated esters over modified and unmodified deuterated Raney nickel, G.V. Smith, R. Song, J.M. Delich, and M. Bartók, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Fine Chemicals III, (Ed. M. Guisnet, et al.) Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 67-74 (1993). 1

Hydrogenation of Nitrosobenzene Over Palladium Catalysts, G.V. Smith, Ruozhi Song, Marian Gasior, Russell E. Malz, Jr., Catalysis of Organic Reactions (Ed. J.R. Kosak and T.A. Johnson), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 137-149 (1994).

Synthesis of (+)-Apopinene by Decarbonylation of (+)-Myrtenal: Application of the Mechanisms of Hydrogenation and Decarbonylation, G.V. Smith and R. Song, Catalysis of Organic Reactions (Ed. J.R. Kosak and T.A. Johnson), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 537-545 (1994).

Partial Oxidation of Hydrocarbons to Produce Maleic Anhydride, Xiaojun Han and Gerard V. Smith, The Catalyst Review Newsletter, July 1994, pp. 9-11.

Oxydehydrogenation of Isobutyric Acid to Methacrylic Acid with Heteropolyacids and Heteropolysalts as Catalysts, Xiaojun Han and Gerard V. Smith, The Catalyst Review Newsletter, July 1994, p. 12.

Structure Sensitive Hydrogen Effect During Pt/SiO₂ Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Methyloxirane: Absence of Effect with EuroPt-1", F. Notheisz, Á. Zsigmond, D. Ostgard, M. Bartók, and G.V. Smith, Catalysis Letters 26, 315-324 (1994).

Mass Transfer Test and Maximum Rate Determination During Liquid-Phase Hydrogenations, F. Notheisz, Á. Zsigmond, M. Bartók, Zs. Szegletes, and G.V. Smith, Applied Catalysis A: General, 99, 105-114 (1994).

Silicon Modified Pd Catalysts: XPS and Hydrogenation of Cyclohexene, G.V. Smith, J. Stoch, S. Tjandra, and T. Wiltowski, Catalysis of Organic Reactions (Ed. M.G. Scaros and M.L. Prunier), Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 403-412 (1995).

Hydrogenation and Dehydrohalogenation of p-Chloronitrobenzene: Effect of Pd Metal Particle Size on Activity and Selectivity, G.V. Smith, R. Song, D. Ostgard, and R.E. Malz, Jr., Catalysis of Organic Reactions (Ed. M.G. Scaros and M.L. Prunier), Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 469-474 (1995).

Modified Activities and Selectivities of Silated-Oxidized-Reduced Pd and Pt catalysts, G.V. Smith, S. Tjandra, M. Musoiu, T. Wiltowski, F. Notheisz, M. Bartók, I. Hannus, D. Ostgard, and V. Malhotra. Journal of Catalysis. 161, 441-450 (1996).

1995 Paul N. Rylander Award Address. Organic reaction mechanisms on metal surfaces: Forty years of trying to understand them, Gerard V. Smith, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. Russell E. Malz, Jr.), Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp.1-14 (1996).

Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Prochiral C=C Bonds Over Noble Metal Catalysts Supported by ß-Cyclodextrin Polymer, Gerard V. Smith, Jianjun Cheng, and Ruozhi Song, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. Russell E. Malz, Jr.) Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp.479-484 (1996).

Regioselective Ring-Opening of Oxiranes on Pd/SiO₂, Ferenc Notheisz, András Fási and Mihály Bartók, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. Russell E. Malz, Jr.) Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 397-404 (1996).

A New Route to p-Aminodiphenylamine via Condensation of Aniline with Either Phenylhydroxylamine or Nitrosobenzene, Gerard V. Smith, Ruozhi Song, and Russell E. Malz, Jr., Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. Russell E. Malz, Jr.), pp. 335-342 (1996).

Racemization of (1,S)-(-)-exo-2,4-Dideuteroapopinene over Pd: Evidence for an Intramolecular 1,3-Deuterium Shift, Gerard V. Smith, Boris Rihter, Ágnes Zsigmond, Ferenc Notheisz, and Mihály Bartók, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 101, 11th International Congress on Catalysis - 40th Anniversary, (Eds. J.W. Hightower, W.N. Delgass, E. Iglesia, and A.T. Bell), Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 251-255 (1996).

New Enantioselective Heterogeneous Catalysts, Gerard V. Smith, Jianjun Cheng, and Ruozhi Song, Catalysis Letters, 45, 73-78 (1997).

Racemization of (R)-(-)-10-Methyl-D¹⁽⁹⁾-Octalin: Double Bond Migration During Hydrogenation over Pt Catalysts, G. V. Smith, Y. Wang, R. Song, and J. Tyrrell, Catalysis of Organic Reactions, (Ed. Frank Herkes) Marcel Dekker Inc., (1998) pp. 141-150.

Racemization of (R)-(-)-10-Methyl D¹⁽⁹⁾-Octalin: Stereochemical Requirements for Double Bond Migration (Isomerization) on Metal Catalysts, G. V. Smith, Y. Wang, R. Song, M. Jackson, Catalysis Today, 44, 119-127 (1998).

Does trans Addition Occur After All?, G. V. Smith, Journal of Catalysis,181, 302-304 (1999).