Organocatalysis: Key Trends in Green Synthetic Chemistry, Challenges, Scope towards Heterogenization, and Importance from Research and Industrial Point of View

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Organometallic catalyst</td><td align="center">Enzyme catalyst</td><td align="center">Organocatalyst</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Wide substrate scope; high catalytic activity; involving tedious process; potential heavy metal pollution</td><td align="center">Limited substrate scope; high selectivity and catalytic activity; usually single enantiomer</td><td align="center">Robust; inexpensive; readily available; nontoxic; inert toward moisture and oxygen; method especially attractive for the preparation of compound that do not tolerate metal contamination (pharmaceutical products)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Comparison among organometallic catalysts, enzyme catalysts, and organocatalysts.

Journal of Catalysts

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Table 3: Organocatalysis: Key Trends in Green Synthetic Chemistry, Challenges, Scope towards Heterogenization, and Importance from Research and Industrial Point of View 

Table 3 | Organocatalysis: Key Trends in Green Synthetic Chemistry, Challenges, Scope towards Heterogenization, and Importance from Research and Industrial Point of View 