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Catalysis Today 213 ( 2013 ) v–vi

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PrefaceC.R. Apesteguía and J.I. Di Cosimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Ni and Co catalysts supported on alumina applied to steam reforming of acetic acid: Representative compound for the aqueous phase of bio-oil derived from biomassP.G.M. Assaf, F.G.E. Nogueira and E.M. Assaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Deoxygenation of m-cresol on Pt/�-Al2O3 catalystsM.S. Zanuttini, C.D. Lago, C.A. Querini and M.A. Peralta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Gas-phase conversion of 1,3-butanediol on single acid-base and Cu-promoted oxidesV.K. Díez, P.A. Torresi, P.J. Luggren, C.A. Ferretti and J.I. Di Cosimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The study of the performance of Ni-based catalysts obtained from LaNiO3 perovskite-type oxides synthesized by the combustion method for the production of hydrogen by reforming of ethanolA.A.A. da Silva, L.O.O. da Costa, L.V. Mattos and F.B. Noronha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Promoting effect of Ce and Pr in Co catalysts for hydrogen production via oxidative steam reforming of ethanolM. Muñoz, S. Moreno and R. Molina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Ethanol steam reforming over NiLaZr and NiCuLaZr mixed metal oxide catalystsJ. Bussi, M. Musso, S. Veiga, N. Bespalko, R. Faccio and A.-C. Roger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Glycerol steam reforming over Ni/�-Al2O3 catalysts, modifi ed with Mg(II). Effect of Mg (II) contentM.L. Dieuzeide, M. Jobbagy and N. Amadeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Pt catalyst supported on �-Al2O3 modifi ed with CeO2 and ZrO2 for aqueous-phase-reforming of glycerolM.L. Barbelli, F. Pompeo, G.F. Santori and N.N. Nichio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Production of compounds to be used as fuel additive: Glycerol conversion using Nb-doped MgAl mixed oxideJ. Souza, P.M.T.G. Souza, P.P. de Souza, D.L. Sangiorge, V.M.D. Pasa and L.C.A. Oliveira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Investigation of the stability of Novozym® 435 in the production of biodiesel C. José, G.B. Austic, R.D. Bonetto, R.M. Burton and L.E. Briand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Infl uence of Ge content on the activity of Ru-Ge-B/Al2O3 catalysts for selective hydrogenation of methyl oleate to oleyl alcoholM.A. Sánchez, V.A. Mazzieri, M. Oportus, P. Reyes and C.L. Pieck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Selective liquid-phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over Cu-based catalystsM.M. Villaverde, N.M. Bertero, T.F. Garetto and A.J. Marchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Hydrogenation of substituted aromatic nitrobenzenes over 1% 1.0 wt.%Ir/ZrO2 catalyst: Effect of meta position and catalytic performanceC. Campos, C. Torres, M. Oportus, M.A. Peña, J.L.G. Fierro and P. Reyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Effect of the acid-base properties of the support on the performance of Pt catalysts in the partial hydrogenation of citralS. Santiago-Pedro, V. Tamayo-Galván and T. Viveros-García . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Pd and Ru complexes bearing axially chiral ligands for the asymmetric hydrogenation of C�C and C�O double bondsV.M. Rivera, J.P. Ruelas-Leyva and G.A. Fuentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

In situ infrared spectroscopic study of the reaction pathway of the direct synthesis of n-butanol from ethanol over MgAl mixed-oxide catalystsD.L. Carvalho, L.E.P. Borges, L.G. Appel, P. Ramírez de la Piscina and N. Homs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Basic activity of Y zeolite containing alkylammonium cations in Knoevenagel condensationK.A. Almeida and D. Cardoso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Effect of gadolinium on the catalytic properties of iron oxides for WGSRC.L.S. Silva, S.G. Marchetti, A. da Costa Faro Júnior, T. de Freitas Silva, J.M. Assaf and M. do Carmo Rangel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Comparison of Ru/La2O2CO3 performance in two different membrane reactors for hydrogen productionB. Faroldi, M.L. Bosko, J. Múnera, E. Lombardo and L. Cornaglia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Effect of the alloy on micro-structured reactors for methanol steam reformingF.J. Echave, O. Sanz, I. Velasco, J.A. Odriozola and M. Montes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Further on the infl uence of the presence of small amount of N2O in the reactant feed in the catalytic oxidation of methane over supported Rh catalystsC. Mateos-Pedrero, B. Blerot, M.A. Soria, S.R. González-Carrazán and P. Ruíz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Performance of ternary Cu–Ga2O3–ZrO2 catalysts in the synthesis of methanol using CO2-rich gas mixturesE.L. Fornero, P.B. Sanguineti, D.L. Chiavassa, A.L. Bonivardi and M.A. Baltanás . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Cooper foils used as support for catalytic monoliths. Superfi cial nano/microstructures obtained for two treatmentsM.R. Morales and L.E. Cadus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Cu, Ce/mordenite coatings on FeCrAl-alloy corrugated foils employed as catalytic microreactors for CO oxidationN.C. Pérez, E.E. Miró and J.M. Zamaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Strategies to enhance the stability of h-bea zeolite in the catalytic oxidation of Cl-VOCs: 1,2-DichloroethaneM. Gallastegi-Villa, M. Romero-Sáez, A. Aranzabal, J.A. González-Marcos and J.R. González-Velasco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Unsupported NiMoAl hydrotreating catalysts prepared from NiAl-terephthalate hydrotalcites exchanged with heptamolybdateS. Arias, Y.E. Licea, L.A. Palacio and A.C. Faro Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Commercial additives for sulfur control in FCC gasoline: Overall analysis of their impact on LCO and gasolineD. Del Rio, R. Bastos and U. Sedran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Enhanced catalytic activity of TAPO-5 in the oxidation of cyclohexene with hydrogen peroxide under anhydrous conditionsA. Alfayate, C. Márquez-Álvarez, M. Grande-Casas, B. Bernardo-Maestro, M. Sánchez-Sánchez and J. Pérez-Pariente . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Effect of silicon content on the catalytic behavior of chabazite type silicoaluminophosphate in the transformation of methanol to short chain olefi nsT. Álvaro-Muñoz, C. Márquez-Álvarez and E. Sastre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219