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Are Ionic Liquids Suitable Media for Organocatalytic Reactions?
Author(s) -
Toma Štefan,
Mečiarová Mária,
Šebesta Radovan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.200800809
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , organocatalysis , chemistry , reuse , catalysis , combinatorial chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , green chemistry , ionic bonding , organic chemistry , ion , ecology , biology
Recent developments in organocatalysis have shown that these reactions can be advantageously performed in nonclassical media, such as ionic liquids or water. Among many organocatalysts, proline and its derivatives have attracted enormous attention, and these compounds have recently also been efficiently utilized in ionic liquids. Performing organocatalytic reactions in such media offer possibilities for easy catalyst recovery and reuse, on top of simplified product isolation.(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)