Sustainable Catalysis: Without Metals Or Other Endangered Elements, Parts 1 and 2

ISBN-10: 1782620575
ISBN-13: 9781782620570
Pages: 838
Language: English
Published: 2015-11-16
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Author: Michael North

Description

Catalysis is a fundamentally sustainable process which can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals and their intermediates. Focussing on those catalytic processes which offer the most sustainability, this two-part book explores recent developments in this field, as well as examining future challenges. Focussing on catalysis without metals or other endangered elements, each chapter covers a different type of organocatalyst. Beginning with chapters on acid and base catalysis, the book then concentrates on asymmetric catalysis. Several chapters cover pyrrolidine-based and cinchona alkaloid-based catalysts, whilst other chapters examine further organoctalysts which are constructed only from sustainable elements. Together with Sustainable Catalysis: With Non-endangered Metals, these books examine the progress in sustainable catalysis in all areas of chemistry, and are an important reference for researchers working in catalysis and green chemistry.