Abstract
For sustainable production of chemicals, new reactions, methods and manufacturing processes must be designed in a safe, compact, flexible and energy efficient manner. One tool to produce chemicals in a more sustainable way is to use various types of catalytic processes. Currently, a paradigm shift is taking place in chemical synthesis and technology through combining organic synthesis, biocatalytic methods as well as homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis into efficient one-pot operations and various domino/cascade- and tandem/sequential-type processes. Several examples are presented, highlighting challenges and opportunities of this approach. (c) 2008 The Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1002–1010 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Chemical Engineering Research and Design |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 9A |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A2 Review article in a scientific journal |
Keywords
- catalysis
- chemical technology
- multistep reactions