Rare Earth Elements

Processing, Catalytic Applications and Environmental Impact

Basudeb Basu, Bubun Banerjee, Basudeb Basu, Bubun Banerjee

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9783110788259
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Naturwissenschaften
• Subtopic: Chemie

Over the years, the uses and applications of rare earth elements (REEs) diversified in various fields such as catalysis, production of magnets, glasses, alloys, and electronics. This book consists of fifteen chapters, which present recent advances and outlook on REEs and their oxides/salts in catalytic organic transformations, biomedical applications, bioremediation and environmental impacts.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of authors
• 1 Occurrence, catalytic applications, and environmental impact of yttrium
• 2 Half-sandwich organo-group-3 metal-catalyzed C–C bond formation via sp2 C–H bond functionalization
• 3 Rare earth metal-catalyzed multicomponent reactions
• 4 Synthesis and catalytic activity of light rare earth N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes
• 5 Lanthanum triflate–assisted organic transformations: a decade update
• 6 Current advances in the application of actinide complexes for useful organic transformations
• 7 Role of samarium in organic synthesis
• 8 Role of erbium-based compounds in organic transformations
• 9 Gadolinium triflate-catalyzed various organic transformations
• 10 Scandium(III) and lanthanum(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate-catalyzed organic synthesis
• 11 Cerium (IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN)-catalyzed selective synthesis of O- and S-heterocycles
• 12 Photocatalysis of rare earth complexes in organic synthesis
• 13 Innovative techniques utilized for bioremediation of rare earth elements to attain a sustainable world
• 14 Recent advances in the biomedical applications of rare earth elements
• 15 Recovery of rare earth elements from electronic waste
• Index