Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface pp. i-ix
Chapter 1. Clays as Sustainable Catalysts for Organic Transformations;pp. 1-50
(B.S. Jai Prakash, Y.S. Bhat, C. Ravindra Reddy. Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research, Bangalore, India and others)
Chapter 2. Solvent Selection in Green Chemistry;pp. 51-69
(Adi Wolfson, Dorith Tavor,Chemical Engineering Dept., Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva, Israel)
Chapter 3. Light-Driven Catalysis;pp. 71-105
(Maria Gonzalez-Bejar, Julia Perez-Prieto, Juan Cesar Scaiano, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and others)
Chapter 4. Progress in solvent-free sonochemical assisted synthesis of fine and specialty chemicals;pp. 107-126
(Vanesa Calvino-Casilda, Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 5. Heavy metals, synthetic dyes, and industrial oxidation reactions: green alternatives from materials chemistry;pp. 127-147
(Gustavo P. Ricci, E.H. de Faria, L. Marcal, M. Saltarelli, P.S. Calefi, Eduardo J. Nassar, K.J. Ciuffi, Universidade de Franca, Brasil)
Chapter 6. The Mitsunobu Reaction: From Bench to Batch – Current perspectives and future challenges;pp.149-166
(Brendan Burkett, Paul B. Huleatt, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore)
Chapter 7. Applications of Laccases in Organic Synthesis: a review;pp. 167-211
(Kevin Wellington, CSIR Biosciences, Modderfontein, South Africa)
Chapter 8. Hydrolase-catalyzed unconventional reactions and applications in organic synthesis;pp. 213-241
(Na Wang,Xiao-Qi Yu)
Chapter 9. Biotechnological routes to synthesize peptide based hydrogels in aqueous medium;pp. 243-259
(Cleofe Palocci, Laura Chronopoulou, University of Rome “La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
Chapter 10. Rediscovering Catharanthus roseus: chemistry and biological activity;pp.261-279
(D.M. Pereira, P. Valentao, Federico Ferreres, M. Sottomayor, Paula Andrade,Universidade do Porto, Portugal and others)
Index pp. 281-294
