Dear Colleagues, 

Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) are an interesting family of solvents that have attracted attention as a less expensive and often less toxic alternative to room temperature ionic liquids. While many applications of DES have been explored, particularly their use in electroplating and metal recovery as well as natural product extraction, attention to their use as solvent replacements for conventional organic solvents in the area of synthesis has found less attention. This situation is unfortunate as earlier work demonstrated significant promise as DES are generally inexpensive and pose fewer hazards (low volatility and reduced risk of exposure), as well as some interesting opportunities for DES recycling and DES-based catalytic features that eliminate the need for other stoichiometric reagents. They could have particular benefit in many metal-catalyzed reactions as well as the reemerging area of electrosynthesis.

This Special Issue will provide an opportunity to publish research in the area of organic synthesis in DES, including catalyzed and solvent-catalyzed reactions, new and unusual reactions, and aspects related to recycling of the solvents and/or catalysts with the goal of promoting further research in this area.

Prof. Dr. Scott Handy
Guest Editor

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• Catalysis
• Organic synthesis
• Green synthesis
• Organocatalysis
• Transition metal catalysis
• Solvent recycling