Current Organocatalysis - Volume 3, Issue 1, 2016

Metallosurfactant aggregates have grasped a great attention of researchers worldwide owing to their unique surface activity and catalytic efficiency. They serve themselves as perfect blends of both surface science and metallo-organic chemistry. Metallosurfactant aggregates have a variety of fascinating applications like in drug delivery, membrane mimetics, in various separation methods and most importantly in cata Read More

During these last twenty years, the syntheses of water-soluble cyclodextrins modified by phosphino groups or imidazolium groups (as precursors of N-heterocyclic carbenes) have been reported. These ligands based on cyclodextrins allowed performing transition metal catalyzed reactions in water. In this review, the molecular recognition properties, the ability of these ligands to immobilize transition metal complexes in water Read More

From the literature covering, Supramolecular Chemistry is the associated with organic synthetic methodology form a new platform for the chemist. This mini-review highlights the unbreakable joints of water with supramolecular catalysis. The goal o f this tutorial review focus on the continuous increase the root of supramolecular catalysis in synthetic chemistry. Cyclodextrins and modified cyclodextrins are cyclic oligosaccharide Read More

An efficient, mild, cost effective and eco-friendly synthesis of 2,3- dihydroquinazoline- 4(1H)-ones is described in which isatoic anhydride, primary amines and variety of aldehydes react in the presence of citric acid as a green, bioorganic and inexpensive catalyst via rapid one-pot threecomponent reaction in boiling ethanol.

An efficient and selective oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes in high yield in the absence of a base and co-catalyst using a newly synthesized water-soluble heterobimetallic complex [CuZn(bz)3(bpy)2]BF4 has been developed. No appreciable reduction in aldehyde yield occurred even after five recycles.

The mechanism of reaction between 4-methoxybenzaldehyde 1, malononitrile 2, and dimedone 3 in the presence of agar as a green catalyst in a mixture of water and ethanol media as green solvents has been investigated by means of kinetic studies. The rate constant, order of reaction, activation energy and rate determining step (RDS) have been determined. The reaction’s overall order for the formation of tetrahydrob Read More

The review deals with the Friedel-Crafts asymmetric alkylation of indole and its derivatives by the Michael acceptors under the catalysis of chiral complexes of Lewis acids and chiral Brønsted acids.

Background: 3-Benzyl/alkylindoles are one of the important classes of compounds having several applications. Microwave assisted organic synthesis (MAOS) has gained momentum recently due to the advantages like short reaction time and higher yields compared to conventional heating method. The aim of this paper is to introduce readers to a new methodology of synthesizing these compounds employing microwave as Read More