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Organic Solid State Reactions - Topics in Current Chemistry Fumio Toda Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005 edition

Marc Notes: Originally published: Dordrecht; London: Kluwer Academic, 2002.; This text presents a guide to the possibilities and opportunities afforded by solid state organic reactions. Review Quotes: The great diversity of substrates, reaction types, and products presented in this volume is both astonishing and thought-provoking. There are numerous examples that appear to be ideal for introducing both undergraduate and graduate students to the field. Reading all or part of this volume, one would be hard-pressed to avoid coming away with interesting potential applications to one's own research efforts, particularly in the areas of heterocyclic synthesis, asymmetric synthesis, and green chemistry. Kenneth M. Doxsee, University of Oregon, JA0597799, J. AM. CHEM. SOC., vol. 128, no. 8, 2006Review Quotes: The great diversity of substrates, reaction types, and products presented in this volume is both astonishing and thought-provoking. There are numerous examples that appear to be ideal for introducing both undergraduate and graduate students to the field. Reading all or part of this volume, one would be hard-pressed to avoid coming away with interesting potential applications to one's own research efforts, particularly in the areas of heterocyclic synthesis, asymmetric synthesis, and green chemistry. Kenneth M. Doxsee, University of Oregon, JA0597799, J. AM. CHEM. SOC., vol. 128, no. 8, 2006Table of Contents: F. Toda: Thermal and Photochemical Reactions in the Solid State.- A. V. Trask, W. Jones: Crystal Engineering of Organic Cocrystals by the Solid State Grinding Approach.- D. Braga, D. D Addario, S. Giaffreda, L. Maini, M. Polito and F. Grepioni: Intra-Solid and Inter-Solid Reactions of Molecular Crystals: a Green Route to Crystal Engineering.- G. Kaupp: Organic Solid-State Reactions with 100% Yield.- K. Komatsu: The Mechanochemical Solid-State Reaction of Fullerenes.- M. Sakamoto: Photochemical Aspects of Thiocarbonyl Compounds in the Solid-State.- J. R. Scheffer, W. Xia: Asymmetric Induction in Organic Photochemistry via the Solid State Ionic Chiral Auxiliary Approach.- A. Matsumoto: Reactions of 1,3-Diene Compounds in the Crystalline State."Publisher Marketing: Most organic reactions have long been carried out in organic solvents without concern for their real necessity, reaction efficiency, and pollution problems. Very recently, we have found that most organic reactions can be carried out in the absence of a solvent, namely, in the solid state. In many cases, the solid-state reaction proceeds more easily and efficiently, and even more selectively than solution reaction. This shows that molecules move easily and selectively in the solid state. This finding changed the classical idea which suggests "molecules do not move and reactions do not occur in the solid state," and opened up a new research field for the study molecular dynamics in the solid state. The organic solid state reactions have many possibilities to be developed. For example, enantioselective reactions can easily be accomplished by carrying out the reaction in an inclusion complex crystal with an optically active host compound. Catalytic reactions also proceed in the solid state. Moreover, the solid-state reactions are more economical and ecologically sound. In the future, pollution-free synthetic procedures in the solid state will become increasingly important, not only in chemical industries but also in university laboratories.