Issue 44, 2009

Organocatalytic reactions in water

Abstract

Organocatalysts have emerged as a third major way of catalyzing a wide variety of reactions, besides metal catalysts and biocatalysts. They have gained tremendous importance because of their green chemistry perspective. The criteria for green chemistry would be largely fulfilled if the major component of the reaction mixture, i.e. the solvent, is water which is a suitable solvent in various biosynthetic reactions. In this feature article we have described reactions promoted by organocatalysts in a large excess of water, without any organic solvent or excess of any reactant. We have also explained the structural features required for organocatalysts to work well in aqueous media.

Graphical abstract: Organocatalytic reactions in water

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
02 juin 2009
Accepted
17 août 2009
First published
02 sept. 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 6687-6703

Organocatalytic reactions in water

M. Raj and V. K. Singh, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6687 DOI: 10.1039/B910861K

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