Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: GREEN CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS
E Factors and Atom Efficiency
The Role of Catalysis
The Development of Organic Synthesis
Catalysis by Solid Acids and Bases
Catalytic Reduction
Catalytic Oxidation
Catalytic C-C Bond Formation
The Question of Solvents: Alternative Reaction Media
Biocatalysis
Renewable Raw Materials and White Biotechnology
Enantioselective Catalysis
Risky Reagents
Process Integration and Catalytic Cascades
SOLID ACIDS AND BASES AS CATALYSTS
Solid Acid Catalysis
Solid Base Catalysis
Other Approaches
CATALYTIC REDUCTIONS
Heterogeneous Reduction Catalysts
Homogeneous Reduction Catalysts
Biocatalytic Reductions
CATALYTIC OXIDATIONS
Mechanisms of Metal-catalyzed Oxidations
Alkenes
Alkanes and Alkylaromatics
Oxygen-containing Compounds
Heteroatom Oxidation
Asymmetric Oxidation
CATALYTIC CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION
Enzymes for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
Transition Metal Catalysis
HYDROLYSIS
Hydrolysis of Esters
Hydrolysis of Amides
Hydrolysis of Nitriles
CATALYSIS IN NOVEL REACTION MEDIA
Two Immiscible Organic Solvents
Aqueous Biphasic Catalysis
Fluorous Biphasic Catalysis
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Ionic Liquids
Biphasic Systems with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Thermoregulated Biphasic Catalysis
CHEMICALS FROM RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS
Carbohydrates
Chemical and Chemoenzymatic Transformations of Carbohydrates into Fine Chemicals and Chiral Building Blocks
Fats and Oils
Terpenes
Renewable Raw Materials as Catalysts
Green Polymers from Renewable Raw Materials
PROCESS INTEGRATION AND CASCADE CATALYSIS
Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions by Enzymes Coupled with Metal Catalysts
Combination of Asymmetric Hydrogenation with Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Catalyst Recovery and Recycling
Immobilization of Enzymes
EPILOGUE: FUTURE OUTLOOK
Green Chemistry: The Road to Sustainability
Catalysis and Green Chemistry
The Medium is the Message
Metabolic Engineering and Cascade Catalysis

About the Author

All three authors are currently employed at the TU Delft. Their research is directed towards the development of atom-efficient, low-waste processes for the synthesis of high added value chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals and chiral intermediates. Within the framework of green chemistry the aim is to respond to the public need towards the 12 principles of green chemistry

Reviews

"...an indispensable textbook for students who want to become better acquainted with the fundamentals and important methods of green chemistry." (Organic Chemistry Portal, 24th June 2007) "The book is very well referenced and illustrated and its layout is very well thought out and executed." (Chemistry World, August 2007)