Publications of Árpád Molnár since 1996

 

 

Books

 

(1)        G.A. Olah, Á. Molnár: Hydrocarbon Chemistry. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1995, pp. i-xviii, 1–632.

(2)        Török B., Molnár Á.: Transformations by microwave and ultrasonic activation (in Hungarian). New Results in Chemistry, Vol. 82 (Csákvári B., ed.). Akadémia Publishing House, Budapest, 1997, pp. 99-301.

(3)        G.A. Olah, Á. Molnár: Hydrocarbon Chemistry. 2nd edition. Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, 2003, pp. i-xxiv, 1–871.

(4)        G.A. Olah, G.K.S. Prakash, Á. Molnár, J. Sommer: Superacid Chemistry, 2nd ed. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2009, pp. i–xix, 1–850.

 

 

Book chapters

 

(1)        M. Bartók, Á. Molnár: Heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation. The Chemistry of Functional Groups. Supplement A3: The chemistry of double-bonded functional groups (Saul Patai, ed.). Wiley, Chichester, 1997, Chapter 16, pp. 843-908.

(2)        Á. Molnár: Pinacol rearrangement. Fine Chemicals through Heterogeneous Catalysis (R.A. Sheldon, H. van Bekkum, eds.). Wiley–VCH, Chichester, 2000, Chapter 5.5, pp. 232-241.

(3)        Á. Molnár, M. Bartók: Dehydration of alcohols. Fine Chemicals through Heterogeneous Catalysis (R.A. Sheldon, H. van Bekkum, eds.). Wiley–VCH, Chichester, 2000, Chapter 6.5, pp. 295-307.

(4)        Á. Molnár: Acids and acid catalysis – homogeneous. Encyclopedia of Catalysis (I.T. Horváth, ed.).

Wiley–Interscience, on-line edition, 2002. Wiley–Interscience, Hoboken, NJ, 2003, pp. 40–86.

(5)        Á. Molnár, M. Varga, G. Mulas, I. Bertóti, M. Mohai: The use of M–Mg(O) (M = Cu, Pd, or Ni) catalysts prepared by mechanochemistry in the synthesis of methyl isobutyl ketone. Progress in Catalysis Research (L.P. Bevy, ed.). Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2005, Chapter 8, pp. 177–198.

(6)        A. Baiker, Á. Molnár: Metallic Glasses. Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2nd ed. (G. Ertl, H. Knözinger, J. Weitkamp, eds.) Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008, Vol. 3, Chapter 4.4., pp. 1285–1298.

 

 

Papers

 

(1)        Gy. Szöllösi, Á. Mastalír, Á. Molnár, M. Bartók: Hydrogenation of a,b-unsaturated ketones on metal catalysts. React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 57, 29 (1996).

(2)        B. Török, I. Bucsi, T. Beregszászi, I. Kapocsi, Á. Molnár: Transformation of diols in the presence of heteropoly acids under homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 107, 305 (1996).

(3)        J.T. Kiss, I. Pálinkó, Á. Molnár: Surface properties of silica gel and silica gel-supported ion-exchanged copper in transformations of various molecular probes: an infrared study. Spectrochim. Acta, Part A, 52, 185 (1996).

(4)        B. Török, I. Pálinkó, Á. Molnár, M. Bartók: Hydrogen pressure dependence in the ring-opening reactions of substituted cyclobutanes over Rh/SiO2 catalyst at various temperatures. J. Catal., 159, 500 (1996).

(5)        L. Domokos, T. Katona, Á. Molnár, A. Lovas: A new activation of an amorphous Cu41Zr59 alloy in the transformation of methyl alcohol to methyl formate. Appl. Catal., A, 142, 151 (1996).

(6)        L. Domokos, T. Katona, Á. Molnár: Dehydrogenation of methanol to methyl formate: deuterium labeling studies. Catal. Lett., 40, 215 (1996).

(7)        G.A. Olah, P. Batamack, D. Deffieux, B. Török, Q. Wang, Á. Molnár, G.K.S. Prakash: Acidity dependence of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid catalyzed isobutane-isobutylene alkylation modified with trifluoroacetic acid or water. Appl. Catal., A, 146, 107 (1996).

(8)        T. Martinek, Á. Molnár, T. Katona, M. Bartók, A. Lovas: Isomerization and hydrogenation of allyl alcohol over an amorphous copper-zirconium alloy. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 112, 85 (1996).

(9)        Z. Kónya, I. Hannus, Á. Molnár, I. Kiricsi: Interconversion of unsaturated C4 nitriles under basic conditions. I. An IR-UV-VIS spectroscopic study in the presence of butyllithium. Appl. Catal., A, 146, 323 (1996).

(10)      A. Béres, Z. Kónya, I. Hannus, Á. Molnár, I. Kiricsi: Interconversion of unsaturated C4 nitriles under basic conditions. II. Catalytic and FTIR study over basic zeolites. Appl. Catal., A, 146, 331 (1996).

(11)      Á. Molnár, T. Beregszászi: Mild and efficient tetrahydropyranylation and deprotection of alcohols catalyzed by heteropoly acids. Tetrahedron Lett., 37, 8597 (1996).

(12)      B. Török, I. Bucsi, T. Beregszászi, Á. Molnár: Rearrangements of oxygen-containing compounds induced by heteropoly acids. Catalysis of Organic Reactions (R.E. Malz, Jr., ed.). Marcel Dekker, New York, 1996, pp. 393-396.

(13)      T. Katona, Á. Molnár, M. Varga, A. Lovas: Effect of hydrogen treatment on the structure and surface properties of Cu-Zr and Cu-Ti alloys. Rapidly Quenched & Metastable Materials, Supplement (P. Duhaj, P. Mrafko, P. Svec, eds.), Proc. 9th Int. Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials (Bratislava, Slovakia, 1996), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997, pp. 380-383.

(14)      Z. Kónya, I. Hannus, Á. Molnár, I. Kiricsi: FT-IR spectroscopic investigation of the transformation of allyl cyanide in the presence of butyllithium. Progress in Fourier Transfrom Spectroscopy, Microchimca Acta, Supplement 14 (J. Mink, G. Keresztury, R. Kellner), Proc. 10th Intl. Conference (Budapest, 1995), Springer, Wien, New York, 1997, pp. 203-205.

(15)      Á. Molnár, M. Bartók, M. Schneider, A. Baiker: Characterization of vanadia-silica and titania-silica aero- and xerogels by acid-base probe reactions. Catal. Lett., 43, 123 (1997).

(16)      I. Pálinkó, Á. Molnár, J. B. Nagy, J.-C. Bertrand, K. Lázár, J. Valyon, I. Kiricsi: Mixed-metal pillared layer clays and their pillaring precursors. J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 93, 1591 (1997).

(17)      B. Török, Á. Molnár, N. Balogh, I. Kiricsi, I. Pálinkó, L.I. Horváth: Homogeneous catalysis by heteropoly acids: a redox transformation of H4[SiMo12O40] in electrophilic reactions. Appl. Catal., A, 158, L17 (1997).

(18)      Á. Molnár, L. Domokos, T. Martinek, T. Katona, G. Mulas, G. Cocco, I. Bertóti, J. Szépvölgyi: Activation of amorphous Cu-M (M= Ti, Zr, and Hf) alloy powders made by mechanical alloying. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 226-228, 1074 (1997).

(19)      T. Beregszászi, Á. Molnár: Microwave-assisted acetalization of carbonyl compounds catalyzed by reusable Envirocat® supported reagents. Synth. Commun., 27, 3705 (1997).

(20)      T. Beregszászi, B. Török, Á. Molnár, G.A. Olah, G.K.S. Prakash: Friedel-Crafts reactions induced by heteropoly acids. Regioselective adamantyl substitution of aromatic compounds. Catal. Lett., 48, 83 (1997).

(21)      I. Kiricsi, Á. Molnár, I. Pálinkó, Á. Fudala, J. B. Nagy: Nanoscale redox catalysts: Cr- and Cr,Al-pillard layer clays: Characterization and catalytic activity. Solid State Ionics, 101, 793 (1997).

(22)      B. Török, Á. Molnár: Electrophilic transformations induced by heteropoly acids: applications and structural studies. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 1, Série II c, 381 (1998).

(23       Á. Molnár, T. Beregszászi, Á. Fudala, B. Török, M. Rózsa-Tarjáni, I. Kiricsi: Preparation, characterization, and application of new, supported, superacidic heteropoly acid caesium salts. Supported Reagents and Catalysts in Chemistry (B.K. Hodnett, A.P. Kybett, J.H. Clark, K. Smith, eds.). The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1998, pp. 25-30.

(24)      Á. Molnár, Cs. Keresszegi, T. Beregszászi, B. Török, M. Bartók: The Prins reaction catalyzed by heteropoly acids. Catalysis of Organic Reactions (F.E. Herkes, ed.), Marcel Dekker, New York, 1998, pp. 507-512.

(25)      Á. Molnár, B. Török, I. Bucsi, A. Földvári: Alkylation of aromatics with diols in superacidic media. Topics Catal., 6, 9 (1998).

(26)      M. Varga, B. Török, Á. Molnár: Thermal stability of heteropoly acids and characterization of the water content in the Keggin structure. J. Therm. Anal., 53, 207 (1998).

(27)      Á. Molnár, I. Bertóti, J. Szépvölgyi, G. Mulas, G. Cocco: Surface characterization of Cu–M (M= Ti, Zr or Hf) alloy powder catalysts. J. Phys. Chem., B, 102, 9258 (1998).

(28)      A. Szummer, M. Varga, M. Dolata, Á. Molnár, M. Janik-Czachor: Effect of electrochemical pretreatment on catalytic activity of Cu-Zr amorphous alloy. Mater. Chem. Phys., 57, 186 (1998).

(29)      A. Kudelski, M. Janik-Czachor, M. Varga, M. Dolata, J. Bukowska, Á. Molnár, A.Szummer: Effect of electrochemical pretreatment on SERS and catalytic activity of Cu-Zr amorphous alloys. Appl. Catal., A, 181, 123 (1999).

(30)      B. Török, I. Pálinkó, Á. Molnár, M. Rózsa-Tarjáni: Multinuclear MAS NMR characterization of heteropoly acids and their interaction with 2,3-butanediol. J. Mol. Struct., 482/483, 329 (1999).

(31)      M. Varga, G. Mulas, G. Cocco, Á. Molnár: Effects of pretreatments on the structure of palladium-containing amorphous alloys followed by DSC. J. Therm. Anal., 56, 305 (1999).

(32)      V. Chikán, Á. Molnár, K. Balázsik: One-step synthesis of methyl isobutyl ketone from acetone and hydrogen over Cu-on-MgO catalysts. J. Catal., 184, 134 (1999).

(33)      G. Mulas, M. Varga, I. Bertóti, Á. Molnár, G. Cocco, J. Szépvölgyi: Cu40Mg60 and Cu-MgO powders prepared by ball-milling: characterization and catalytic tests. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 267, 193 (1999).

(34)      M. Janik-Czachor, A. Kudelski, M. Dolata, M. Varga, A. Szummer, J. Bukowska, Á. Molnár: Modification of surface activity of Cu-Zr amorphous alloys and Cu metal by electrochemical methods. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 267, 227 (1999).

(35)      Á. Molnár, Cs. Keresszegi, B. Török: Heteropoly acids immobilized into a silica matrix: Characterization and catalytic applications. Appl. Catal., A, 189, 217 (1999).

(36)      B. Török, I. Pálinkó, Á. Molnár, M. Rózsa-Tarjáni: Interactions between solvent molecules and the reduced or unreduced forms of silico-molybdic acid studied by ESR and NMR spectroscopies. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 298, 77 (2000).

(37)      B. Török, I. Kiricsi, Á. Molnár, G.A. Olah: Acidity and catalytic activity of Nafion-H/silica nanocomposite catalyst compared with a silica-supported Nafion sample. J. Catal., 193, 132 (2000).

(38)      M. Janik-Czachor, A. Szummer, Á. Molnár, M. Dolata, A. Kudelski, M. Varga, J. Bukowska, K. Sikorski: Electrochemical modification of Cu-Zr amorphous alloys for catalysts. Electrochim. Acta, 45, 3295 (2000).

(39)      M. Varga, G. Mulas, G. Cocco, Á. Molnár, A. Lovas: Two- and three-component palladium-containing amorphous alloys: characterization, activity and selectivity in hydrogenation of dienes. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 304-306, 462 (2001).

(40)      Á. Molnár, M. Varga, G. Mulas, I. Bertóti, G. Cocco, J. Szépvölgyi, A. Lovas: Cu-Mg powders and ribbons: characterization and catalytic test reactions. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 304-306, 1078 (2001).

(41)      I. Bucsi, A. Meleg, Á. Molnár, M. Bartók: Brønsted Acid catalyzed Formation of 1,3-dioxolanes from oxiranes and ketones. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 168, 47 (2001).

(42)      Á. Molnár, A. Sárkány, M. Varga: Hydrogenation of carbon-carbon multiple bonds: chemo-, regio- and stereo-selectivity

            J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 173, 185 (2001).

(43)      Á. Molnár, T. Beregszászi, Á. Fudala, P. Lentz, J. B.Nagy, Z. Kónya, I. Kiricsi: The acidity and catalytic activity of supported acidic cesium dodecatungstophosphates studied by MAS NMR, FTIR and catalytic test reactions. J. Catal., 202, 379 (2001).

(44)      A. Szummer, M. Janik-Czachor, Á. Molnár, I. Marchuk, M. Varga, S.M. Filipek: Effect of hydrogenation under high pressure on the structure and catalytic properties of Cu-Zr amorphous alloys. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 176, 205 (2001).

(45)      A. Szummer, M. Pisarek, M. Dolata, Á. Molnár, M. Janik-Czachor, M. Varga, K. Sikorski: Effect of ageing in air/corrosion on morphology and catalytic properties of Cu-based amorphous alloy ribbons. J. Metastable Nanocryst. Mater., 11, 15 (2001).

(46)      G. Mulas, M. Varga, M. Mohai, I. Bertóti, Á. Molnár, G. Cocco: Characterization of Pd–Mg catalyst precursors prepared by ball milling and comparison with Cu–Mg. J. Metastable Nanocryst. Mater., 11, 57 (2001).

(47)      Á. Kukovecz, Zs. Balogi, Z. Kónya, M. Toba, P. Lentz, S.-I. Niwa, F. Mizukami, Á. Molnár, J. B. Nagy, I. Kiricsi: Synthesis, characterisation and catalytic applications of sol-gel derived silica-phosphotungstic acid composites. Appl. Catal., A, 228, 83 (2002).

(48)      M. Varga, Á. Molnár, G. Mulas, M. Mohai, I. Bertóti, G. Cocco: Cu-MgO samples prepared by mechanochemistry for catalytic application. J. Catal., 206, 71 (2002).

(49)      D. Méhn, Z. Kónya, J. Halász, J.B. Nagy, B. Rác, Á. Molnár, I. Kiricsi: Flexibility of the MCM-41 structure: pore expansion and wall-thickening in MCM-41 derivatives. Appl. Catal., A, 232, 67 (2002).

(50)      M. Varga, Á. Molnár, M. Mohai, I. Bertóti, M. Janik-Czachor, A. Szummer: Selective hydrogenation of pentynes over PdZr and PdCuZr prepared from amorphous precursors. Appl. Catal., A, 234, 167 (2002).

(51)      M. Janik-Czachor, A. Szummer, J. Bukowska, A. Molnar, P.Mack, S.M. Filipek, P. Kedzierzawski, A. Kudelski, M. Pisarek, M. Dolata, M. Varga: Modification of surface activity of Cu-based amorphous alloys by chemical processes of metal degradation. Appl. Catal., A, 235, 157 (2002).

(52)      A. Szummer, M. Janik-Czachor, A. Molnar, I. Marchuk, M. Varga, S.M. Filipek: Hydrogenation under high pressure enhancing catalytic activity of Cu-Zr amorphous alloys. J. Phys.-Condens. Mater., 14, 11405 (2002).

(53)      F. Berger, M. Varga, G. Mulas, Á. Molnár, I. Dékány: Surface characteristics, hydrogen sorption and catalytic properties of Pd-Zr alloys. Langmuir, 19, 3692 (2003).

(54)      Á. Molnár, I. Ledneczki, I. Bucsi, M. Bartók: Alkylation of benzene with cyclic ethers in superacidic media. Catal. Lett., 89, 1 (2003).

(55)      Á. Molnár, A. Papp, K. Miklós, P. Forgo: Organically modified Pd–silica catalysts applied in the Heck coupling. Chem. Commun., 2626 (2003).

(56)      I. Ledneczki, P.M. Agócs, Á. Molnár: N-Alkoxymethylation of carboxamides catalyzed by Brønsted acids. Synlett, 2255 (2003).

(56)      Gy. Tasi, I. Pálinkó, Á. Molnár, I. Hannus: Molecular shape, dimensions, and shape selective catalysis. J. Mol. Struct.: THEOCHEM, 666-667, 69 (2003).

(57)      M. Pisarek, M. Janik-Czachor, A. Gebert, Á. Molnár, P. Kędzierzawski, B. Rác: Effect of cathodic hydrogen charging on catalytic activity of Cu-Hf amorphous alloys. Appl. Catal., A, 267, 1 (2004).

(58)      M. Pisarek, M. Janik-Czachor, P. Kędzierzawski, Á. Molnár, B. Rác, A. Szummer: Modification of catalytic activity of Cu-Ti amorphous alloy ribbons by cathodic hydrogen charging. Pol. J. Chem., 78, 1379 (2004).

(59)      I. Ledneczki, Á. Molnár: Efficient and selective formation of mixed acetals by Nafion-H SAC-13 silica nanocomposite solid acid catalyst. Synth. Commun., 34, 3683 (2004).

(60)      A. Papp, K. Miklós, P. Forgo, Á. Molnár: Heck coupling by Pd deposited onto organic–inorganic hybrid supports. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 229, 107 (2005).

(61)      B. Rác, G. Mulas, A. Csongrádi, K. Lóki, Á. Molnár: SiO2-supported dodecatungstophosphoric acid and Nafion-H prepared by ball-milling for catalytic application. Appl. Catal., A, 282, 255 (2005).

(62)      M. Pisarek, M. Janik-Czachor, Á. Molnár, K. Hughes: Catalytic activity of Cu-based amorphous alloy ribbons modified by cathodic hydrogen charging. Appl. Catal., A, 283, 177 (2005).

(63)      I. Ledneczki, M. Darányi, Á. Molnár: SAC-13 silica nanocomposite solid acid catalyst in organic synthesis. Catal. Today, 100, 437 (2005).

(64)      A. Papp, Á. Molnár, Á. Mastalir: Catalytic investigation of Pd particles supported on MCM-41 for the selective hydrogenations of terminal and internal alkynes. Appl. Catal., A, 289, 256 (2005).

(65)      M. Pisarek, M. Janik-Czachor, Á. Molnár, B. Rác: Cathodic hydrogen charging as a tool to activate Cu-Ti amorphous alloy catalysts. Electrochim. Acta, 50, 5111 (2005).

(66)      A. Papp, G. Galbács, Á. Molnár: Recyclable ligand-free mesoporous heterogeneous Pd catalysts for the Heck coupling. Tetrahedron Lett., 46, 7725 (2005).

(67)      B. Rác, P. Hegyes, P. Forgo, Á. Molnár: Sulfonic acid-functionalized phenylene-bridged periodic mesoporous organosilicas as catalyst materials. Appl. Catal., A, 299, 193 (2006).

(68)      B. Rác, Á. Molnár, P. Forgo, M. Mohai, I. Bertóti: A comparative study of solid sulfonic acid catalysts based on various ordered mesoporous silica materials. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 244, 46 (2006).

(69)      A. Papp, D. Tóth, Á. Molnár: Suzuki–Miyaura coupling on heterogeneous palladium catalysts. React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 87, 335 (2006).

(70)      M. Pisarek, M. Janik-Czachor, Á. Molnár: Activation of Cu-based amorphous alloy ribbons for catalytic applications. ECS Trans., 1, 479 (2006).

(71)      Á. Molnár: Binary magnesium-based amorphous alloy precursors in the synthesis of methyl isobutyl ketone. ECS Trans., 1, 515 (2006).

(72)      Á. Molnár, B. Rác: Organic transformations over silica materials modified by covalently bonded surface functional groups. Curr. Org. Chem., 10, 1697 (2006).

(73)      Á. Molnár, A. Papp: Efficient heterogeneous palladium–montmorillonite catalysts for Heck coupling of aryl bromides and chlorides. Synlett, 3130, 3360 (2006).

(74)      B. Rác, M. Nagy, I. Pálinkó, Á. Molnár: Application of sulfonic acid functionalized MCM-41 materials – selectivity changes in various probe reactions. Appl. Catal., A, 316, 152 (2007).

(75)      Á. Mastalir, B. Rác, Z. Király, Á. Molnár: In situ generation of Pd nanoparticles in MCM-41 and catalytic applications in liquid-phase alkyne hydrogenations. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 264, 170 (2007).

(76)      I. Ledneczki, P. Forgo, J.T. Kiss, Á. Molnár, I. Pálinkó: Conformational behaviour of acetamide derivatives studied by NMR spectroscopic and computational methods. J. Mol. Struct., 834–836, 349 (2007).

(77)      V. Polshettiwar, Á. Molnár: Silica-supported Pd catalysts for Heck coupling reactions. Tetrahedron, 63, 6949 (2007).

(78)      I. Ledneczki, P. Forgo, Á. Molnár: Fused polycyclic hydrocarbons through superacid-induced cyclialkylation of aromatics. Catal. Lett., 119, 296 (2007).

(79)      Á. Molnár: Nafion–silica nanocomposites: a new generation of water-tolerant solid acids of high efficiency. Curr. Org. Chem., 12, 159 (2008).

(80)      Á. Mastalir, B. Rác, Z. Király, Gy. Tasi, Á. Molnár: Preparation of monodispersed Pt nanoparticles in MCM-41, catalytic applications. Catal. Commun., 9, 762 (2008).

(81)      G.K.S. Prakash, H. Vaghoo, C. Panja, Á. Molnár, M. Thomas, G.A. Olah: Nafion®-H catalyzed synthesis of fluorinated benzimidazolines, benzothiazolines, benzoxazolines and dihydrobenzoxazinones. Synthesis, 897 (2008).