Special Issue "Phase Transfer Catalysis"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dariusz Bogdal
Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Politechnika Krakowska ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Krakow, Poland
Website: http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/~pcbogdal
E-Mail: pcbogdal@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Phone: +48 12 6282572
Fax: +48 12 6282038
Interests: organic synthesis; phase-transfer catalysis; microwave-assisted synthesis; nitrenium ions; polymer chemistry; fotoluminescence; electroluminescence

Dear Colleagues,

In the last four decades, a great deal of organic reactions have been reported to be carried out under phase-transfer catalytic conditions (PTC).  PTC has found applications in essentially all the fields of organic syntheses, industrial chemistry, biotechnology and material sciences. It can be encountered in the manufacture of advanced pharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, fragrances, crop protection chemicals, highly advanced engineering plastics, advanced materials for semiconductors and also electro-optical and data storage devices. It is intended that this special issue of "Molecules" will consider fundamentals of PTC, synthesis and modification organic compounds and polymers in the lab scale as well as industrial chemistry, biotechnology and material sciences. Previously unpublished experimental, theoretical, prospective, historical, and review papers are solicited on the following and related topics.

Guest Editor
Prof. Dariusz Bogdal

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• ion pairs extraction
• N-,O-, C- alkylation reactions
• elimination reactions
• oxidation and epoxidation reactions
• cross-coupling reactions
• tandem reactions
• enantioselective synthesis
• synthesis and modification of polymers
• PTC in the presence of microwaves and/or ultrasounds