Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 20, Issue 7, 2016

Abundant availability of biomass is a greener and bio-renewable resource to govern the bio-based economy by synthesizing energy-rich chemicals. Amongst twelve speciality chemicals, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5- HMF) is a potential building block component to synthesize a variety of industrially important organic moieties. In recent times, considerable attention and many efforts have been made by various researchers to produc Read More

As a substitute for traditional fossil fuels, Biodiesel has attracted more attention recently for its nature of environmental friendliness. As catalysts, Ionic liquids which possess unique properties have found important applications for many reactions including production of biodiesel by transesterification. The paper gives a review on the feasibility of using ionic liquids as the catalysts in biodiesel synthesis by transesterific Read More

Heterogeneous catalysis using sole metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) remains an immature field because these MOFs have insufficient active sites. The “inorganic effect” allows MOFs to become solid supports to immobilize polyoxometalates and metal nanoparticles, whereas the “organic effect” enables MOFs to function with organic groups such as -NH2 and -SO3H. These functionalized MOFs can be applied in various reactions, s Read More

In the past several decades, significant progress has been made in the exploration of cyclofunctionalization reactions promoted by electrophilic organoselenium reagents. Numerous natural and biologically active products have been prepared by using this synthetic route. Increased research interest in this topic brings several relevant reviews, which cover wide scope of selenium-induced heterocyclizations. The reaction of ele Read More

The Pechmann condensation is the formation of coumarin derivatives from phenols and a carboxylic acids or esters containing a β-carbonyl group under acidic conditions. The reaction has attracted a great deal of attention because of the biological significance of coumarins derivatives. As a result, the synthesis of coumarin and its derivatives have been an attractive goal for the chemist. The present review is focused on brief Read More