Publications of Árpád Molnár since 1996
Books
(1) G.A. Olah, Á. Molnár: Hydrocarbon Chemistry.
(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,
(3) G.A. Olah, Á. Molnár: Hydrocarbon Chemistry. 2nd
edition. Wiley-Interscience,
(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,
(2) Á. Molnár: Pinacol rearrangement. Fine Chemicals through
Heterogeneous Catalysis (R.A. Sheldon, H. van Bekkum,
eds.). Wiley–VCH,
(3) Á. Molnár, M. Bartók: Dehydration of alcohols. Fine Chemicals through
Heterogeneous Catalysis (R.A. Sheldon, H. van Bekkum,
eds.). Wiley–VCH,
(4) Á. Molnár:
Acids and acid catalysis – homogeneous. Encyclopedia of Catalysis (I.T. Horváth, ed.).
Wiley–Interscience,
on-line edition, 2002. Wiley–Interscience,
(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,
(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
(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 (
(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)
(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.
(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,
(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,
(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)
(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).