Catalysts for Henry Reaction
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2019) | Viewed by 9701
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Interests: catalyst design; C-scorpionate; single-site heterogeneous catalysis; C-H activation; CO2 fixation; biomass conversion
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Dear Colleagues,
The Henry (nitroaldol) reaction, the reaction between an in situ generated nitronate species and a carbonyl compound, is one of the most important carbon–carbon bond formation reactions in organic chemistry due to the synthetic utility of its corresponding products (β-nitroalcohols). Further transformation of such species provides an efficient access to interesting and highly functionalized intermediates such as nitroalkenes, 1,2-amino alcohols or α-hydroxy carboxylic acids. Due to the practical importance of this reaction, much attention has been paid to its diastereoselectivity, but the stereochemical control of the two newly generated carbon centers remains a difficult task to achieve. A stereoselective synthesis of either the anti or syn isomer would be desirable and efforts are focused on the development of catalytic diastereo- or enantio-selective processes.
This Special Issue is aimed at covering recent advances in the formation of C–C bonds via the Henry reaction. Original research papers and short reviews on the synthesis of compounds of industrial interest using this catalytic process, identification of new catalysts, synthesis of new ligands improving C–C coupling selectivity, activity and stability of catalysts in the context of clean catalytic processes are very welcome.
Prof. Dr. Luísa Margarida Martins
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nitroaldol reaction
- Selective C-C coupling
- Enantioselective C-C bond formation
- Organocatalyst
- Homogeneous catalysis
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Sustainable synthesis
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