Sustainable Catalysis

Michael North holds the Chair in Green Chemistry at the University of York. He is also Joint Chair of the CO2Chem, an EPSCR-supported Grand Challenge Network examining CO2 chemistry. His research interests are in green organic chemistry, especially sustainable catalysis and the utilization of sustainable feedstocks including CO2.

• Introduction;Base Catalysis in Non-asymmetric Synthesis;Homogeneous Acid Catalysis in Non-asymmetric Synthesis;Heterogeneous Acid Catalysis in Non-asymmetric Synthesis;Proline as an Asymmetric Organocatalyst;Prolinamides as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Prolinols and their Carbon Ethers as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Prolinol Silyl Ethers as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Other 2-substituted Pyrrolidines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Hydroxyproline Derivatives as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Other Substituted Pyrrolidines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Other Amino Acids as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Peptides as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Non-quaternized Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Asymmetric Organocatalysts for Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions;Non-quaternized Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Asymmetric Organocatalysts for Carbon-Heteratom Bond Forming Reactions;Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Asymmetric Phase Transfer Catalysts;Binaphthyl-Derived Cyclic Amines and their Salts as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Imidazolidinones as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Ureas and Thioureas as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Lewis-base Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Chiral Imidazoles and Pyridines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Chiral Guanines as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Alcohols, Phenols and Carboxylic Acids as Asymmetric Organocatalysts;Index.