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Organic Reactions at Alumina Surfaces
Author(s) -
Posner Gary H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197804871
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , homogeneous , reagent , organic molecules , organic reaction , organic synthesis , adsorption , chemical reaction , materials science , nanotechnology , molecule , chemistry , process engineering , chemical engineering , catalysis , organic chemistry , computer science , engineering , physics , thermodynamics , programming language
Recent examples are given to emphasize that alumina can cause many different and often unexpected chemical reactions of adsorbed organic molecules. Recent developments are summarized to publicize that reagent‐doped alumina can be used deliberately to achieve some very mild and highly selective organic transformations. The scope and limitations of organic reactions at alumina surfaces are discussed, and the advantages of these heterogeneous reactions over the corresponding homogeneous ones are pointed out. The role of the alumina and future problems are discussed briefly.