Catalysis in the Service of Green Chemistry: Challenges and Opportunities

Dear Colleagues,

In addition to its vast benefits, industrial development has resulted in several associated environmental issues. Increasing environmental pollution caused by chemical and pharmaceutical industries, related to the use of toxic chemicals and high energy consumption, has led to a greater focus on green chemistry. In recent years, green chemistry has obtained the status of a major scientific discipline, as most chemists consider the basic principles in the development of novel synthetic procedures. Most of these principles can be addressed using catalysis, thus requiring less energy, residues, and toxic materials, and resulting in increased selectivity and a higher atom economy. Besides metal catalysis, organocatalysis, and biocatalysis, in the last two decades, photoredox catalysis has emerged as a novel strategy to achieve efficient and sustainable catalysis.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the recent advances in catalysis for the development of more sustainable processes, including the development of more efficient catalytic procedures, the discovery of greener catalysts, and the use of environmentally benign solvents.

Dr. Raquel G. Soengas
Prof. Dr. Humberto Rodríguez-Solla
Guest Editors

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• organocatalysis
• photocatalysis
• transition-metal catalysis
• biocatalysis
• green solvents