Efficient catalyst reuse by simple dissolution in non-conventional media.
This feature article is a description of the achievements made on the development of attractive sustainable approaches to synthetic organic chemistry, namely, catalyst reuse by simple dissolution in water and ionic liquids and asymmetric transformations induced by readily available chiral ionic liquids.
Afonso
Carlos A M
CA
Departamento de Engenharia Química é Biológica, Instituto Superior Técnico, Complexo 1, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal. carlosafonso@ist.utl.pt
Branco
Luís C
LC
Candeias
Nuno R
NR
Gois
Pedro M P
PM
Lourenço
Nuno M T
NM
Mateus
Nuno M M
NM
Rosa
João N
JN