Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, Green Chemistry Network Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
2. Department of Chemistry, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
Abstract
Microwave-assisted organic synthesis has been perceived as one of the most powerful
and sustainable tools to accomplish expeditious organic synthesis through a greener way on account
of its specific features, including targeted heating, reaction homogeneity, rapidity, possible
modifications of activation parameters, improved selectivity, yield and purity, along with simpler
work-up. Another rapidly growing field for the development of the green and sustainable protocol
is the application of magnetic nanocatalysts. They not only meet the need for facile recovery from
the reaction media after completion of a reaction but also provide the best attributes of nanotechnology
along with the elimination of auxiliary substances and catalyst loss, thereby making the overall
process clean, fast and cost-effective. Thus, the amalgamation of magnetic nanocatalysts and microwave
irradiation presents an ideal blend for the development of sustainable methods in synthetic
organic chemistry. Amidst various bond forming reactions, carbon-carbon (C-C) and carbon-
heteroatom (C-X, where X= O, N, S) bond formations are essentially used to devise privileged
molecular scaffolds for synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry. This review gives a succinct
overview of the synthesis and application of various modified magnetic nanocomposites as taskspecific
catalysts for microwave assisted C-C and C-X bond formation reactions in recent years.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.