Water in Organic Synthesis as a Green Solvent

Water in Organic Synthesis as a Green Solvent

Muhammad Faisal

The growing demand for more sustainable approaches in synthetic chemistry has led to increasing attention in the application of H2O as a solvent in the last decade. H2O as a solvent is not only environmentally benign and inexpensive but also offers promising advantages, for instance, improves rates and yields; enhances chemo-, enantio-, regio-, stereo-selectivities; simplifies the process of reaction handling and workup; enables the recovering and reusing of the catalysts; avoids protection-deprotection steps; and allows milder reaction conditions. This book chapter focuses on the potential application of H2O as a solvent for organic synthesis, highlighting benefits and the spectrum of important organic reactions that can be performed in H2O with a green chemistry perspective.

Keywords
Green Chemistry, Water, Reactivity and Selectivity, Protecting-Group Free Synthesis, Recycling of Catalysts

Published online 5/25/2019, 46 pages

Citation: Muhammad Faisal, Water in Organic Synthesis as a Green Solvent, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 50, pp 61-106, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644900239-3

Part of the book on Industrial Applications of Green Solvents

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