Sustainable Catalytic Reaction Media in Synthetic Chemistry
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 (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 206
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The area of metal-catalyzed reactions has experienced revolutionary growth in the last decade. Currently, these reactions and their corresponding catalysts have become a fundamental tool in synthetic chemistry.
A crucial factor to ponder when examining the sustainability of any process, and its application to industrial purposes, is the solvent/media in which it is performed. In addition to solventless reactions, water, glycerol and lactic acid derivatives, and dialkyl carbonates are considered ideal media for metal-catalyzed reactions, due to their safety, low toxicity and low cost. Moreover, the use of other sustainable solvents (deep eutectic solvents, ionic liquids, n-butanol, anisole, g-valerolactone, etc.) is increasingly common in catalyst literature. In fact, the current trend in synthetic chemistry involving metal catalysts is to reduce or eliminate more classical organic solvents (dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, etc.) and to develop new procedures based on greener solvents.
This Special Issue will focus on recent advances in this rapidly developing field. Both original research and review papers are welcome.
Dr. Raul SanMartin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- green solvents
- solventless reactions
- metal catalysts
- homogeneous catalysts
- heterogeneous catalysts
