Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Graham Hutchings

Preface ix

List of Contributors xiii

1 Introduction to Nanocatalysis 1
Vivek Polshettiwar and Tewodros Asefa

2 Nanocatalysts for the Heck Coupling Reactions 11
T. Asefa, A. V. Biradar, S. Das, K. K. Sharma, and R. Silva

3 Nanocatalysts for the Suzuki Coupling Reactions 51
Liane M. Rossi, Natalia J. S. Costa, Jones Limberger, and Adriano L. Monteiro

4 Sonogashira Reactions Using Nanocatalysts 89
Rafael Chinchilla and Carmen Nájera

5 Nanocatalysts for Hiyama, Stille, Kumada, and Negishi C–c Coupling Reactions 133
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott

6 Aryl Carbon–heteroatom Coupling Reactions Using Nanometal Catalyst 189
Brindaban C. Ranu, Debasree Saha, Debasish Kundu, and Nirmalya Mukherjee

7 Nanostructured Catalysts for the Aldol, Knoevenagel, and Henry Reactions 221
T. Asefa, A. V. Biradar, S. Das, and R. Silva

8 Nanocatalysts for Rearrangement Reactions 251
Joaquín García-Álvarez, Sergio E. García-Garrido, and Victorio Cadierno

9 Oxidation of Alcohols Using Nanocatalysts 287
Takato Mitsudome and Kiyotomi Kaneda

10 Tuning the Morphology of Metal Oxides for Catalytic Applications 333
Yong Li and Wenjie Shen

11 Nanocatalysts for Hydrogenation Reactions 405
Radha Narayanan

12 Hydrogenolysis Reactions Using Nanocatalysts 443
Aziz Fihri and Vivek Polshettiwar

13 Nanomaterial-based Photocatalysts 469
Biswajit Mishra and Deepa Khushalani

14 Nanocatalysts for Water Splitting 495
Xu Zong, Gaoqing Lu, and Lianzhou Wang

15 Properties of Nanocatalytic Materials for Hydrogen Production From Renewable Resources 561
Zhong He and Xianqin Wang

16 Nanocatalysts for Biofuels 595
Vitaliy Budarin, Peter S. Shuttleworth, Brigid Lanigan, and James H. Clark

17 Nanomaterial-based Biocatalyst 615
Jin Hyung Lee, Soo Youn Lee, Zhi-Kang Xu, and Jeong Ho Chang

18 Role of Nanocatalysis in Chemical Industry 643
Anirban Ghosh, K. S. Nagabhushana, Debabrata Rautaray, and Rajiv Kumar

19 Nanocatalysis: Activation of Small Molecules And Conversion Into Useful Feedstock 679
Suresh Babu Kalidindi and Balaji R. Jagirdar

Index 713

About the Author

VIVEK POLSHETTIWAR, PhD, is Reader heading theNanocatalysis Laboratory in the Department of Chemical Sciences atthe Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. His research examinesadvanced nanomaterials, catalysis, and green chemistry. TEWODROS ASEFA, PhD, is Associate Professor in theDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and the Department ofChemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University. Dr.Asefa is also Interim Director of the Rutgers Catalysis ResearchCenter.