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Phase Transfer Catalysis An Account of its Development and Future
Author(s) -
Starks Charles M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.198500095
Subject(s) - chemistry , development (topology) , phase (matter) , simple (philosophy) , energy transfer , nanotechnology , extension (predicate logic) , engineering ethics , epistemology , management science , biochemical engineering , chemical physics , computer science , organic chemistry , engineering , mathematical analysis , philosophy , materials science , mathematics , programming language
That part of chemistry which has come to be known as “Phase Transfer Catalysis,” or simply “PTC” presents to those of us who have watched and participated in its developments for the last 20 years with a rather classical picture of how and why scientific knowledge becomes generated, recognized, communicated, and eventually absorbed into our box of common and useful tools for practicing chemistry. The first PTC results, scattered over the world in the hands of many independent chemists, gave birth to the concept of Phase Transfer Catalysis, and the formal recognition of this and related concepts brought together a number of people who built the basic theoretical foundation on which PTC rests, who discovered many of the experimental facets of PTC, and who suggested many of the ideas for future development. This “PTC” Past has evolved into the “PTC Present,” which is following a still sharply‐increasing learning curve, with the development of new uses, methods, concepts, theoretical development, and world‐wide recognition. The “PTC Future” is thought by this author to be bright, not through its simple extension to old chemical reactions but because it provides a tool to handle future chemical problems in highly material‐ and energy‐efficient ways.