Electrosynthesis and electrochemistry

• Siegfried R. Waldvogel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 949–950, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.105

• Siegfried R. Waldvogel Institute for Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10–14, 55128 Mainz, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.11.105 Keywords: chemical method; electrochemistry; electrosynthesis; sustainability; Since the pioneering work of Kolbe, electrochemistry and

CO₂ Chemistry

• Thomas E. Müller and
• Walter Leitner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 675–677, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.76

• ; reactivity; renewable resources; sustainability; value generation; It is our pleasure to introduce this Thematic Series on CO2 chemistry for the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (BJOC). Today’s growing demand for energy, materials and chemicals has prompted renewed interest in CO2 chemistry. More

Formal total syntheses of classic natural product target molecules via palladium-catalyzed enantioselective alkylation

• Yiyang Liu,
• Marc Liniger,
• Ryan M. McFadden,
• Jenny L. Roizen,
• Jacquie Malette,
• Corey M. Reeves,
• Douglas C. Behenna,
• Masaki Seto,
• Jimin Kim,
• Justin T. Mohr,
• Scott C. Virgil and
• Brian M. Stoltz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2501–2512, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.261

• Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech (fellowship for Y. L.), and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, fellowship for M. L.). Dr. Michael L. Krout and Dr. David E. White are acknowledged for preliminary experimental work related to their results. Dr. Michael Takase (Caltech) and Larry

Electrocarboxylation: towards sustainable and efficient synthesis of valuable carboxylic acids

• Roman Matthessen,
• Jan Fransaer,
• Koen Binnemans and
• Dirk E. De Vos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2484–2500, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.260

• possibilities and challenges of implementing other synthetic methodologies. In view of potential industrial application, the choice of reactor setup, electrode type and reaction pathway has a large influence on the sustainability and efficiency of the process. Keywords: carbon dioxide; carboxylic acids

Supercritical carbon dioxide: a solvent like no other

• Jocelyn Peach and
• Julian Eastoe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1878–1895, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.196

• of polar and ionic species and attempts to enhance scCO2 viscosity. Keywords: CO2 chemistry; microemulsion; self-assembly; supercritical CO2; surfactant; viscosity; Introduction In this day and age, sustainability and renewability are watchwords. This includes focus within the scientific community

• chemical processing and as a solvent [3], thus replacing the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are currently commonly used [4]. These VOCs are environmentally hazardous and notoriously difficult to dispose of so a reduction in use would improve the sustainability of many chemical processes. As well as

On the mechanism of photocatalytic reactions with eosin Y

• Michal Majek,
• Fabiana Filace and
• Axel Jacobi von Wangelin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 981–989, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.97

• of such processes. The magnitude of quantum yields Φ also describes how much energy is wasted into thermal dissipation in such systems, which is an especially critical parameter for the evaluation of sustainability of a photocatalytic process. The quantum yield is defined as the efficiency of a

Continuous flow nitration in miniaturized devices

• Amol A. Kulkarni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 405–424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.38

• with in terms of the sustainability of individual processes a few large scale consortia have focused on continuous flow nitration using miniaturized devices [20][21]. An analysis of the literature shows that as many as 45% of the nitrations are for liquid phase systems both homogeneous (miscible) and

Garner’s aldehyde as a versatile intermediate in the synthesis of enantiopure natural products

• Mikko Passiniemi and
• Ari M.P. Koskinen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2641–2659, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.300

• , strategies to avoid this undesired reaction have been developed. However, despite these important achievements, much more research needs to be done to increase the scopes of these reactions, the overall efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Structures of limonene, carvone and thalidomide. Structure

Hypervalent iodine/TEMPO-mediated oxidation in flow systems: a fast and efficient protocol for alcohol oxidation

• Nida Ambreen,
• Ravi Kumar and
• Thomas Wirth

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1437–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.162

• platforms to perform reactions under continuous flow rather than in batch mode has led to improvements regarding safety and sustainability. Microreactor technology can be beneficial over classical approaches in a variety of chemical reactions. Many reactions can benefit from the properties of microreactors

Metal-free aerobic oxidations mediated by N-hydroxyphthalimide. A concise review

• Lucio Melone and
• Carlo Punta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1296–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.146

• as co-catalysts for NHPI activation. However, once again their use should be avoided in order to improve the sustainability of the process. For this reason, in the past decade several efforts have been devoted to the development of catalytic systems for the metal-free activation of NHIs under mild

The synthesis of well-defined poly(vinylbenzyl chloride)-grafted nanoparticles via RAFT polymerization

• John Moraes,
• Kohji Ohno,
• Guillaume Gody,
• Thomas Maschmeyer and
• Sébastien Perrier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1226–1234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.139

• Sustainability, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 10.3762/bjoc.9.139 Abstract We describe the use of one of the most advanced radical polymerization techniques, the reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) process, to produce highly functional core–shell particles

Easy and direct conversion of tosylates and mesylates into nitroalkanes

• Alessandro Palmieri,
• Serena Gabrielli and
• Roberto Ballini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 533–536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.58

• contribution for the preparation of nitroalkanes, making alcohols a strategic source for their availability. Moreover, the mildness of our reaction conditions permits the survival of important functionalities. Furthermore, our protocol presents an interesting peculiarity from the sustainability point of view

PEG-embedded KBr₃: A recyclable catalyst for multicomponent coupling reaction for the efficient synthesis of functionalized piperidines

• Sanny Verma,
• Suman L. Jain and
• Bir Sain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1334–1341, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.157

• exposure time (12 h). The synthesis of [K+PEG]Br3− involves the reaction of [K+PEG]Br− with liquid bromine involving the indirect use of toxic bromine, which makes this reagent undesirable from the point of view of sustainability. However, the inexpensive nature, easy availability of PEGs, higher stability