The cyclization of hexadecane dicarboxylic aid to cyclopentadecanone on basic heterogeneous catalysts [Elektronische Ressource] / Axel Boeke

THE CYCLIZATION OF HEXADECANE DICARBOXYLIC ACID TO CYCLOPENTADECANONE ON BASIC HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS Von der Fakult?t f r Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften der RWTH Aachen University zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von Diplom-Chemiker Axel Boeke aus Aachen Berichter: Universit?tsprofessor Dr. Wolfgang F. H?lderich Universit?tsprofessor Dr. Carsten Bolm Tag der m ndlichen Pr fung: 28.10.2010 Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbibliothek online verf gbar This work was carried out between January 2006 and May 2008 at the Institute for Fuel Chemistry and Physical - Chemical Process Engineering at the Department of Chemical Technology and Heterogeneous Catalysis of the Technical University RWTH, Aachen, Germany I would like to thank Professor Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang F. Hölderich for suggesting this interesting topic, the outstanding working conditions, and his advice and inspiration. I thank Prof. Dr. Carsten Bolm for accepting to be the second examiner of this work. This work was carried out as an industrial research project. I am grateful to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation for the funding of this work. Special thanks go to Dr. rer. nat. M. Valkenberg for helpful discussions, Ms. H. Fickers-Boltz and Ms. M. Nägler for analysing the GC samples, Ms. E. Biener and Ms. H.