Abstract
Among various green chemistry aspects, selection of catalysts for smooth running of a particular reaction with optimum yield is an important part of the chemical process. In addition to develop novel catalytic systems (homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts) including nanomaterials and polymer grafting, still there is a tremendous scope in screening commercially available low-cost and less-toxic agents that can carry out an organic transformation of choice in an efficient manner under eco-friendly conditions. Synthetic chemists are engaged to explore this area of interest as one of the current trends in green chemistry, and as a result many such simple chemical entities have now appeared as promising catalysts in effecting a considerable number of organic reactions. Sodium formate is a low-cost commercially available substance which is reported as a less-toxic substance. We have recently demonstrated for the first time that sodium formate can be used as an efficient catalyst for smooth running of some organic transformations under eco-friendly conditions. This article sum-ups our experimental results on the catalytic efficacy of sodium formate as an eco-friendly catalyst in case of certain organic transformations of interest.
Highlights
The world of organic compounds is an outcome of the continuing endeavor of organic chemists during hundreds of years, and the synthetic protocols developed by them have been at the core of the chemical industry in the production of a plethora of organic compounds finding immense applications as fine chemicals, medicinal and pharmaceutical agents, agrochemicals, and many others [1]
The last decade has seen a tremendous effort toward savings in energy consumption, use of eco-friendly catalysts and solvents, proficiency in atom economy, and minimization of wastes from reactions in designing novel green synthetic protocols for organic compounds of interests [1,2,3,4]
A variety of biologically relevant organic scaffolds including heterocycles have been synthesized under sodium formate catalysis with excellent yields
Summary
The world of organic compounds is an outcome of the continuing endeavor of organic chemists during hundreds of years, and the synthetic protocols developed by them have been at the core of the chemical industry in the production of a plethora of organic compounds finding immense applications as fine chemicals, medicinal and pharmaceutical agents, agrochemicals, and many others [1]. As part of our ongoing endeavor in the field of green chemistry practice, we have recently demonstrated commercially available low-cost and less-toxic sodium formate, for the first time, as an efficient catalyst in carrying out couples of reactions.
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