Description
Research areas
Synthesis of CO and H2 hydrocarbons on catalysts containing Group VIII metals; synthesis mechanism; acetylene-initiated synthesis of hydrocarbons from CO and H2; hydropolymerization of C2H2 under the action of small amounts of CO.
Physico-chemical and catalytic properties of new types of cobalt and iron catalysts, development of methods for their preparation.
Catalytic carbonylation of olefins, methanol and other alcohols, nitro compounds, heterocycles, haloalkanes and arenes with carbon monoxide on Pd-, Rh- and Fe-containing, including heterogeneous catalysts, homologization of aliphatic nitriles with CO + H2.
Reactions based on CO2 and CH3OH, including the synthesis of amino acids from aliphatic amines and CO2.
Catalytic reduction of CO2 to CO and methanation of CO2, the study of the kinetics and mechanism of these processes.
Coal liquefaction under the action of CO and H2O in the presence of Fe catalysts.
Isomerization of alkanes C5-C6, oligomerization of olefins C2-C4. Catalytic transformations of C2-C4 alkanes to aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons on zeolites.
Main results
Modified Co-catalysts for the synthesis of hydrocarbons from CO and H2 have been developed, a number of them have been introduced into industrial production. A process mechanism is proposed.
Efficient catalysts for carbonylation of organic compounds CO are proposed. The catalyst for acetic acid production by carbonylation of methanol is introduced into the industry.
Catalysts for CO2 activation have been developed.
Effective catalysts for the activation of alkanes C2-C4 and their transformations into aromatic hydrocarbons are proposed.
The kinetics of catalytic dehydrogenation of C2-C4 alkanes was studied and the mechanism of the process was proposed.
