Clay Mineral Catalysis of Organic Reactions

This book provides an insight into the relationship between the surface properties of clay minerals and their catalytic activity. Organized into eight comprehensive chapters, the book describes and discusses the ability of clay minerals to serve as solid acid catalysts for a large range and variety of organic conversions and transformations.

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The book provides insight into the working of clays and clay minerals in speeding up a variety of organic reactions. Clay minerals are known to have a large propensity for taking up organic molecules and can catalyse numerous organic reactions due to fine particle size, extensive surface area, layer structure, and peculiar charge characteristics. They can be used as heterogeneous catalysts and catalyst carriers of organic reactions because they are non-corrosive, easy to separate from the reaction mixture, and reusable. Clays and clay minerals have an advantage over other solid acids as they are abundant, inexpensive, and non-polluting.