Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Chapter 1 Clays and Clay Minerals: Structures and Surface Properties -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Structural and Surface-Chemical Aspects -- 1.3 1:1 Type Phyllosilicates with Planar Layer Structures -- 1.3.1 Kaolinite -- 1.3.2 Halloysite -- 1.3.3 Chrysotile -- 1.4 2:1 Type Phyllosilicates with Planar Layer Structures -- 1.4.1 Smectite -- 1.4.2 Vermiculite -- 1.4.3 Chlorite -- 1.5 Mica, Illite, Synthetic Swelling Mica, Fluorotetrasilicic Mica, Taenolite -- 1.5.1 Muscovite, Biotite, Phlogopite -- 1.5.2 Illite -- 1.5.3 Synthetic Swelling Micas -- 1.5.4 Fluorotetrasilicic Mica -- 1.5.5 Taenolite -- 1.6 2:1 Type Layer Silicates with Layer-Ribbon Structures -- 1.6.1 Palygorskite and Sepiolite -- 1.7 Silicates with Short-Range Order Structures -- 1.7.1 Allophane and Imogolite -- References -- Chapter 2 Interactions of Clay Minerals with Uncharged Organic Compounds -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Role of Layer/Surface Charge Density -- 2.3 Role of Interlayer Water -- 2.4 Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions -- 2.5 Molecular Orientation -- 2.6 Complex Formation with Various Classes of Uncharged Organic Compounds -- 2.6.1 Complexes with Primary n-Alcohols -- 2.6.2 Complexes with Polyhydric Alcohols -- 2.6.3 Complexes with Amines -- 2.6.4 Complexes with Amides -- 2.6.5 Complexes with Other Classes of Uncharged Organic Compounds: Ketones, Aldehydes, Ethers, Nitriles, Hydrocarbons -- References -- Chapter 3 Interactions of Clay Minerals with Organic Compounds of Biological and Environmental Importance -- 3.1 Interactions with Organic Pesticides -- 3.1.1 Introduction -- 3.1.2 Uncharged (Non-Ionic) Pesticides -- 3.1.3 Negatively Charged (Anionic) Pesticides -- 3.1.4 Positively Charged (Cationic) Pesticides. , 3.2 Interactions with Antibiotics, Pharmaceuticals, and Toxins -- 3.3 Interactions with Amino Acids and Peptides -- 3.4 Interactions with Purines, Pyrimidines, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides -- 3.5 Interactions with Fatty Acids and Fats -- 3.6 Interactions with Saccharides -- 3.7 Interactions with Dyes -- References -- Chapter 4 Interactions of Clay Minerals with Positively Charged Organic Compounds -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Mechanisms of Complex Formation -- 4.3 Interlayer Organization of Organic Cations -- 4.4 Formation, Properties, and Some Applications of Cationic Complexes -- 4.5 Organically Modified and Covalently Grafted Clay Minerals -- References -- Chapter 5 Interactions of Clay Minerals with Negatively Charged Organic Compounds -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Formation and Properties of Complexes -- References -- Chapter 6 Organic Complexes of Clay Minerals with a 1:1 Type Layer Structure -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Intercalation of Organic Molecules -- 6.2.1 General Aspects -- 6.2.2 Formation and Properties of Interlayer Complexes -- 6.3 Kaolinite -- 6.3.1 Interlayer Complex Formation -- 6.3.2 Surface Complex Formation -- 6.4 Halloysite -- 6.4.1 Interlayer Complex Formation -- 6.5 Chrysotile -- References -- Chapter 7 Organic Complexes of Clay Minerals with Layer-Ribbon and Short-Range Order Structures -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Palygorskite and Sepiolite -- 7.3 Allophane and Imogolite -- References -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author -- Chapter 1: Clays and Clay Minerals: Structures, Compositions, and Properties -- 1.1 Concepts and Definitions -- 1.2 Structural Aspects -- 1.3 Specific Structural and Surface Properties -- 1.3.1 Kaolinite -- 1.3.2 Halloysite -- 1.3.3 Chrysotile -- 1.3.4 Smectite -- 1.3.5 Vermiculite -- 1.3.6 Chlorite -- 1.3.7 Mica, Illite, Synthetic Mica-Montmorillonite, and Fluorotetrasilicic Mica -- 1.3.8 Sepiolite and Palygorskite -- 1.3.9 Allophane and Imogolite -- References -- Chapter 2: Surface Acidity and Catalytic Activity -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Acids and Bases -- 2.2.1 Acid Strength -- 2.3 Brønsted Acidity -- 2.4 Lewis Acidity -- 2.5 Brønsted-Lewis Acid Combination and Synergy -- 2.6 Concentration and Distribution of Surface Acid Sites -- 2.6.1 Amine Titration -- 2.6.2 Adsorption and Desorption of Basic Probe Molecules -- References -- Chapter 3: Surface Activation and Modification -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Acid Activation -- 3.3 Thermal Activation and Related Treatments -- 3.3.1 Heating and Calcination -- 3.3.2 Microwave and Ultrasound Irradiation -- 3.4 Pillared Interlayered Clays and Porous Clay Heterostructures -- 3.5 Organically Modified Clay Minerals -- 3.5.1 Organoclays and Related Materials -- 3.5.2 Surface Grafting and Silylation -- References -- Chapter 4: Organic Catalysis by Clay-Supported Reagents -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Clay-Supported Metal Salts -- 4.2.1 Clay-Supported Zinc(II) Chloride and Other Metal Chlorides -- 4.2.2 Clay-Supported Iron(III) Nitrate and Other Metal Nitrates -- 4.3 Clay-Supported Metal Oxides and Metal Sulfides -- 4.4 Clay-Supported Metal Nanoparticles -- 4.5 Clay-Supported Organic and Metal-Organic Reagents -- 4.6 Clay-Supported Heteropolyacids -- References. , Chapter 5: Clay Mineral Catalysis of Name Reactions -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Alder-Ene Reaction -- 5.3 Baeyer-Villiger Condensation and Oxidation -- 5.4 Bamberger Rearrangement -- 5.5 Baylis-Hillman Reaction -- 5.6 Beckmann Rearrangement -- 5.7 Biginelli Reaction -- 5.8 Diels-Alder Reaction -- 5.9 Ferrier Rearrangement -- 5.10 Fischer Glycosidation/Glycosylation -- 5.11 Fischer-Hepp Rearrangement -- 5.12 Fischer Indole Synthesis -- 5.13 Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis -- 5.14 Friedel-Crafts Reaction -- 5.15 Friedländer Synthesis -- 5.16 Fries Rearrangement -- 5.17 Hantzsch Dihydropyridine Synthesis -- 5.18 Heck Reaction -- 5.19 Knoevenagel Condensation -- 5.20 Mannich Reaction -- 5.21 Markovnikov Addition Rule -- 5.22 Michael Addition -- 5.23 Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction -- 5.24 Nicholas Reaction -- 5.25 Oppenauer Oxidation -- 5.26 Paal-Knorr Synthesis -- 5.27 Pechmann Condensation -- 5.28 Prins Reaction -- 5.29 Ritter Reaction -- 5.30 Sakurai Allylation Reaction -- 5.31 Sonogashira Reaction -- 5.32 Strecker Reaction -- 5.33 Suzuki Reaction -- 5.34 Wacker Oxidation -- 5.35 Wittig Reaction -- References -- Chapter 6: Clay Mineral Catalysis of Isomerization, Dimerization, Oligomerization, and Polymerization Reactions -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Isomerization -- 6.2.1 Hydrocarbons -- 6.2.2 Non-Hydrocarbons -- 6.3 Dimerization -- 6.3.1 Hydrocarbons -- 6.3.2 Non-Hydrocarbons -- 6.4 Oligomerization -- 6.4.1 Hydrocarbons -- 6.4.2 Non-Hydrocarbons -- 6.5 Polymerization -- 6.5.1 Hydrocarbons -- 6.5.2 Non-Hydrocarbons -- 6.5.3 In Situ Polymerization of Monomers and Polymer-Clay Nanocomposite Formation -- References -- Chapter 7: Clay Mineral Catalysis of Redox, Asymmetric, and Enantioselective Reactions -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Oxidation Reactions -- 7.2.1 Epoxidation and Oxygenation -- 7.3 Reduction, Hydrogenation, and Deoxygenation. , 7.4 Asymmetric/Enantioselective Reactions and Syntheses -- References -- Chapter 8: Clay Mineral Catalysis of Natural Processes and Prebiotic Organic Reactions -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Clays and Clay Minerals as Geocatalysts -- 8.2.1 Hydrocarbon Cracking -- 8.2.2 Carboxylic Acid Transformation -- 8.2.3 Kerogen Transformation and Pyrolysis -- 8.3 Clay Mineral Catalysis of Prebiotic Organic Reactions -- 8.3.1 Polypeptide Synthesis -- 8.3.2 Selective Adsorption and Polymerization of Amino Acid Enantiomers -- 8.3.3 Dimerization and Oligomerization of Nucleotides -- References -- Index.