Crushed grapes give wine by fermentation, but dried grapes do not result in wine. Although
milk turns sour and shaking of milk gives cheese, dried milk can be kept unaltered. Similarly …

Organic reactions using water as solvent are reviewed with a focus on pericyclic reactions,
carbonyl additions, stoichiometric organometallic reactions, oxidations and reductions which …

Synthesis of amides via pyrolysis of the salts obtained by mixing neat primary amines and
carboxylic acids were realized under solvent-free conditions within short times and …

For reasons of economy and pollution, solvent-free methods are of great interest in order to
modernize classical procedures making them more clean, safe and easy to perform …

Transition‐metal catalysis of the Michael reaction of 1, 3‐dicarbonyl compounds with
acceptor‐activated alkenes is introduced as a valuable alternative to the classic base …

Highly convenient base-free Michael reaction of β-dicarbonyl, β-keto ester, and α-cyano
ester compounds with activated ethylene compounds in air at ambient temperature …

This book presents a large number of organic reactions performed under green conditions,
which were earlier performed using anhydrous conditions and various volatile organic …

The catalytic asymmetric Darzens condensation promoted by the quaternary ammonium salt
(PTC A) derived from cinchonine as a phase-transfer catalyst is described. Treatment of …

By far the most commonly used method for the synthesis of aldehydes and ketones is the
oxidation of alcohols. Many new oxidative methods have been described over the period …

In recent years the choice of a given solvent for performing a reaction has become
increasingly important. More and more, selective reagents are used for chemical …