Green Organic Chemistry and its Interdisciplinary Applications

 

4Green Organic Reactions “on Water”

… the major real reason to pursue water as a solvent is that the hydrophobic effect leads to such remarkable new chemistry not otherwise achievable.

Ronald Breslow (2010)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The learning objectives for this chapter are as follows.

Learning Objectives	Section Numbers
Learn about different types of reactions in the aqueous medium	4.1
Learn about specific examples of on-water reactions	4.2
Diels–Alder reaction	4.2.1
Passerini reaction	4.2.2
A sampler of other “on-water” reactions	4.2.3

4.1 TYPES OF REACTIONS IN AQUEOUS MEDIUM AND ASSOCIATED NOMENCLATURE

We start with the simplest and most familiar concept of organic reactions in water. Some categories of organic compounds ...