Catalytic Role of Amino Acids in Organic Reactions

Zahra Taherinia, Arash Ghorbani-Choghamarani, Zahra Moradi, Zahra Heidarnezhad, Farhad Khanmohammadi-Sarabib, Mohammad Zolfigol, Mohammad Ali Zolfigol

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040360347
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science

Asymmetric organometallic and organocatalytic processes have attracted great interest. Asymmetric synthesis using both natural and unnatural amino acids has been tremendously important from synthetic as well as industrial viewpoints, and numerous new methodologies have been developed in the last decades. Herein we provide an overview of old and very recent (since 1900 till now) advances and applications in the area of heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, organocatalysis, thermal catalysis using amino acids [proline, glycine, alanine, valine, serine, threonine, cysteine, methionine, asparagine, glutamine, lysine, arginine, histidine, aspartate, glutamate, phenylalanine, and tryptophan], (supported or unsupported), an amino acid containing materials or amino acids derivatives as an essential component of catalysts, this book highlights the most important and recent developments to immobilize or support amino acids on various support materials. This book is suitable as supplementary reading for courses targeting the design, synthesis, and application of chiral catalysts, asymmetric catalysis, and sustainable production.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Amino Acids
• Chapter 2 The Catalytic Role of L-Arginine in Organic Reactions
• Chapter 3 The Catalytic Role of L-Cysteine in Organic Reactions
• Chapter 4 The Catalytic Role of L-Glycine in Organic Reactions
• Chapter 5 The Catalytic Role of L-Proline in Organic Reactions
• Chapter 6 The Catalytic Role of L-Serine, L-Asparagine, L-Tryptophan, L-Phenylalanine, and L-Methionine in Organic Reactions
• Chapter 7 The Catalytic Role of L-Aspartic Acid, L-Lysine, Glutamate, L-Alanine, and L-Valine in Organic Reactions
• Chapter 8 The Catalytic Role of L-Histidine and L-Threonine in Organic Reactions
• Index