Metal-Based Catalysts in Organic Synthesis
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 August 2020) | Viewed by 17814
Special Issue Editor
2. Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: homogeneous catalysis; heterogeneous catalysis; metal complexes; organic synthesis; oxidation; mechanism
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Dear Colleagues,
Catalysts play an important role for the transformation of organic compounds to useful building blocks. Metal-based catalysts make a significant contribution towards the catalytic transformations of organic compounds. Simple metal oxides, metal salts or metal complexes can exhibit high activity as catalysts for the transformation of organic compounds. Catalytic reactions, viz., oxidation of alkanes and alcohols, epoxidation of alkenes and allylic alcohols, hydrocarboxylation, oxidative bromination or sulfoxidation of organic compounds, oxidative C–C coupling, CO2 insertion, polymerization, etc. are some of the common and widely used processes for the synthesis of organic compounds. The catalysts can be homogeneous, heterogenous or supported depending on their nature and activity in the catalytic reactions. Several techniques such as the use of microwave irradiation, ionic liquid or supercritical CO2 medium are employed to make the catalytic process more energy-efficient. Kinetic studies, theoretical calculation, and illustrations of a mechanism for the catalytic path give more detailed information for a particular catalytic reaction.
This Special Issue is devoted to the recent development of new metal-based catalysts for the synthesis of organic compounds. It covers catalytic reactions under homogeneous, heterogenous or supported conditions. Reaction kinetics and reaction mechanisms are also an important part of this issue. New and original research studies on this topic are welcome.
Dr. Manas Sutradhar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- homogeneous catalysis
- heterogeneous catalysis
- metal complexes
- organic synthesis
- oxidation
- mechanism
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