Advantages and Disadvantages of Metal Catalysts
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metallic Functional Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1438
Special Issue Editors
Interests: C-H activation; C-C cleavage; heterocycles; transition-metal catalysis; metal-free transformation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For many decades, metal catalysts have been considered as highly impactful additives in chemical transformations in the pharmaceutical industry and in academic research. This is due to their effectiveness in offering surrogate reaction pathways with higher rates of reactions and lower activation energy than the non-catalytic variants. The methods associated with metal catalysts are highly selective and generally represent processes with high yields. Recently, considering the associated environmental aspects, the reusability of catalysts has been extensively studied in order to develop efficient chemical transformations that demonstrate the excellency of metal catalytic methods. Nevertheless, in addition to their high cost and toxic nature, the efficiency of specific metal catalysts is found to be low in a variety of chemical transformations. Hence, the screening and selection process of an effective metal catalyst for a particular chemical process remains a challenging task in synthetic chemistry. This Special Issue collection intends to address the related developments in this area.
Dr. Chandi C. Malakar
Dr. Virender Singh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal catalysts
- synthetic chemistry
- organometallic compounds
- nanoparticles
- recycling of catalysts
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