Sustainable Catalysis

Michael North holds the Chair in Green Chemistry at the University of York. He is also Joint Chair of the CO2Chem, an EPSCR-supported Grand Challenge Network examining CO2 chemistry. His research interests are in green organic chemistry, especially sustainable catalysis and the utilization of sustainable feedstocks including CO2.

Introduction; Base Catalysis in Non-asymmetric Synthesis; Homogeneous Acid Catalysis in Non-asymmetric Synthesis; Heterogeneous Acid Catalysis in Non-asymmetric Synthesis; Proline as an Asymmetric Organocatalyst; Prolinamides as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Prolinols and their Carbon Ethers as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Prolinol Silyl Ethers as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Other 2-substituted Pyrrolidines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Hydroxyproline Derivatives as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Other Substituted Pyrrolidines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Other Amino Acids as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Peptides as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Non-quaternized Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Asymmetric Organocatalysts for Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions; Non-quaternized Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Asymmetric Organocatalysts for Carbon-Heteratom Bond Forming Reactions; Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Asymmetric Phase Transfer Catalysts; Binaphthyl-Derived Cyclic Amines and their Salts as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Imidazolidinones as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Ureas and Thioureas as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Lewis-base Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Chiral Imidazoles and Pyridines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Chiral Guanines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Alcohols, Phenols and Carboxylic Acids as Asymmetric Organocatalysts; Index.