Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles
Volume 1: Advanced Synthetic Techniques
- 2nd Edition - February 26, 2021
- Latest edition
- Editor: Goutam Brahmachari
- Language: English
Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles, Second Edition, Volume One: Advanced Synthetic Techniques reviews this significant group of organic compounds… Read more
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Description
Description
Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles, Second Edition, Volume One: Advanced Synthetic Techniques reviews this significant group of organic compounds within the context of sustainable methods and processes, expanding on the first edition with fully updated coverage and a whole range of new chapters. Volume One explores advanced synthetic techniques, with each chapter presenting in-depth coverage of various green protocols for the synthesis of a wide variety of bioactive heterocycles that are classified on the basis of ring-size and/or the presence of heteroatoms. Techniques covered range from high pressure cycloaddition reactions and microwave irradiation to sustainable one-pot domino reactions.
This updated edition is an essential resource on sustainable approaches for academic researchers, R&D professionals, and students working across medicinal, organic, natural product and green chemistry.
Key features
Key features
- Provides fully updated coverage of the field of greener heterocycle synthesis
- Includes new chapters on varied multicomponent reactions, alongside both traditional and novel approaches
- Presents information in an accessible style with an emphasis on sustainability
Readership
Readership
Organic, Natural Product, Synthetic and Green Chemists across both academia and industry
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Green synthetic approaches for biologically relevant heterocycles: Advanced synthetic techniques – an overview
2. Use of Ball Milling for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Heterocycles
3. High pressure cycloaddition reactions in the synthesis of biologically relevant heterocycles
4. Microwave-induced synthesis of heterocycles of medicinal interests
5. Multicomponent reactions under microwave irradiation: a green path to biologically important heterocycles
6. Application of microwave irradiation in the synthesis of P-heterocycles
7. Green approaches for synthesis and functionalization of indole-based heterocycles of biological relevance
8. Sustainable one-pot domino reactions to access significant heterocycles employing dithioesters and their derivatives
9. Solvent-free synthesis of biologically relevant heterocyclic skeletons
10. Photocatalytic Minisci reaction: A promising and eco-friendly route to functionalize heteroaromatics of biological interest
11. Porous catalytic systems in the synthesis of bioactive heterocycles and related compounds
12. Advances on greener processes for triazole synthesis via azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions
13. Green Chemistry of Imines in Heterocyclic Synthesis
14. Transition-metal-free synthesis of benzo-fused five- and six-membered heterocycles employing arynes
15. Multicomponent approach for the sustainable synthesis of lawsone based heterocycles
16. Sustainable synthesis of Meldrum's acid derived heterocycles via multicomponent reactions
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: February 26, 2021
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Goutam Brahmachari
Dr. Goutam Brahmachari is a full professor of organic chemistry at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. His research focuses on developing practical synthetic methods for carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds using C–H functionalization, cascade, and cross-coupling techniques, with applications in medicinal heterocyclic scaffolds. He has also studied the chemistry and biology of traditionally used Indian medicinal plants, identifying novel phytochemicals of interest.
He is the founding Series Editor of Elsevier’s Natural Product Drug Discovery book series and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. His awards include the Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Lecture Award (2025) from the Indian Science News Association (ISNA), Kolkata, India; the Dr. Satyajit Chakraborti Memorial Award (2025) from IEM, Kolkata, India; the Chemical Research Society of India Bronze Medal (2021); the Dr. Basudev Banerjee Memorial Award (2021) from the Indian Chemical Society; the Indian National Science Academy Teachers Award (2019); the Dr. Kalam Best Teaching Faculty Award (2017); and the Academic Brilliance Award (2015).