Current Catalysis - Volume 11, Issue 2, 2022

Photocatalytic transformation of small substrate molecules to useful products through an environmentally benign and economically viable pathway is a challenging area of research of continual importance. This review focuses on our perception of the application of ruthenium(III) complexes comprising ‘edta’ ligand (edta4- = ethylenediaminetetraacetate) as a ‘redox mediator’ or ‘relay’ in photocatalytic electron transfer reac Read More

Background: Pyridine is one of the most ubiquitous hetero-aromatic moieties in pharmaceutical chemistry and it has enormous importance in a plethora of fields. From a synthetic chemistry standpoint, pyridine moiety has been used as a directing group in C-H activation strategies to functionalize various rings. However, this unique feature to participate as a directing group hinders developing methodologies to carry o Read More

Experimental values of ultrasonic velocity (u), density (ρ) and viscosity (η) for the binary mixtures of ethyl acetate with 1-alkanols have been measured at 303.15 K over the entire mole fraction range. Using these data, the excess isentropic compressibility (βEs), excess intermolecular free length (LEf), excess molar volume (VEm), excess free volume (VEf) and excess available volume (VEa) have been calculated. These par Read More

Background: An eco-friendly catalyst was synthesized in good yield and characterized by various physicochemical techniques. The catalytic performance of the environmentally benign complex was investigated via slurry synthesis of oximes. The catalytic studies were successfully carried out using a simple protocol. The fascinating advantage of this protocol is cost effectiveness, simple work up, good yield, short reactions t Read More

Background: As a major source of pollutant, the effluents of dye based industries are mostly associated with several toxic heavy metals. Limited efforts have been made on simultaneous removal of both dyes and heavy metals from these effluents through adsorption/ photocatalysis processes. Spinel ferrites with narrow band gap and high stability are suitable for further exploitation in this regard. Objective: Synthesis Read More