Phase-Transfer Catalysis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2016) | Viewed by 26292
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metal catalysis; asymmetric catalysis; organocatalysis; materials science; medicinal chemistry; carbocatalysis; green chemistry
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Interests: application of organometallic compounds in organic synthesis; synthesis of heterocyclic derivatives and their application as ligands in homogeneous and heterogeneous (MOFs) catalysts
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Dear Colleagues,
Since the introduction of the concept "Phase Transfer Catalysis" by Starks in 1971, this methodology has played a fundamental role in organic synthesis being also widely exploited industrially. Nowadays, a wide variety of fundamental transformations can be performed under mild conditions using environmentally-friendly reagents and solvents in the presence of a catalyst (phase transfer catalyst) that facilitates the migration of a reactant from one phase into another phase where reaction takes place. Particularly interesting have resulted the advances in the development of highly active and selective phase-transfer catalysts which have converted asymmetric phase transfer catalysis in a powerful tool for the stereoselctive synthesis of a wide variety of interesting chiral compounds such as drugs and complex natural products. Also, the use of achiral phase transfer catalysts is still extensive.
This special issue will mainly focus on the latest advances and novel trends in the field of Phase-Transfer Catalysis ranging from the basic research to the development of highly active catalysts and their application for asymmetric or non-asymmetric reactions.
Dr. Diego A. Alonso
Dr. Isidro M. Pastor
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phase-transfer catalysis
- heterogeneous catalysis
- asymmetric catalysis
- organocatalysis
- cinchona alkaloids
- ion pairing catalysis
- green chemistry
