11-11: Application of High-Throughput Methods to Chemical Transformations of Renewable Feedstocks

Accessible routes from renewable feedstocks to high-value intermediate, commodity chemicals, and fuels are desired as replacements for routes based on petroleum and other fossil based resources.  Symyx has built specific capabilities that allow such routes to be discovered and optimized rapidly using high throughput methods.  These methods have been used to upgrade diverse feedstocks including sugar streams, syngas, and pyrolysis liquids to higher value molecules.  Specific capabilities to be discussed include

1.       Synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts such as supported metals, bulk metal oxides, and structured aluminosilicates

2.       Synthesis of homogeneous catalysts including organometallic compounds by accessing an extensive ligand archive

3.       Screening arrays of catalysts in parallel batch reactors or flow-through reactors utilizing on-line analytics