Combined Catalytic Systems for Organic Synthesis via Cascade and One-Pot Reactions
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 (15 January 2020) | Viewed by 4780
Special Issue Editor
Interests: stereoselective synthesis; heterocycles; electrosynthesis; electrocatalysis; organocatalysis
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Dear Colleagues,
The search for new catalytic methods to achieve challenging chemical transformations or improve the efficiency, selectivity, and economy of known protocols plays a pivotal role in organic chemistry, especially for fine chemical and pharmaceutical synthesis. Thanks to the extensive exploiting of cascade, domino, and one-pot catalytic reactions, expeditious and elegant solutions to synthetic problems previously faced with energy-, atom-, and time-consuming procedures and/or waste generation have been proposed. Undoubtedly, in our days, privileged catalysts in this field are organo- and bio-catalysts which effectively conjugate low costs, handiness, and eco-sustainability. On the other hand, these catalysts normally work in homogeneous media, posing a notable problem of separation and recyclability. More recently, the obvious inability of a single catalyst to act as a panacea for all ills inspired researchers to develop ingenious hybrid methods, consisting of the synergistic combination of different techniques or intrinsically distinct catalytic systems, which have been producing amazing advantages over traditional methodologies. As a consequence, items such as “tandem catalytic systems”, “organic–inorganic hybrid catalysts”, “electro-organocatalysis”, “photo-organocatalysts”, and “nano-organocatalysts” have been popping up in literature. Nevertheless, these advances demonstrate there is yet a great deal of scope for further investigations.
This Special Issue intends to collect both research and review articles focused on the most recent achievements and opportunities offered by mixed catalytic systems/techniques in cascade organic reactions and one-pot syntheses in general.
Prof. Laura Palombi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multicatalysts
- combined catalysis
- cascade reaction
- one-pot process
