Exhibiting both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic properties, nanocatalysts allow for rapid and selective chemical transformations, with the benefits of excellent product yield and ease of catalyst separation and recovery. This book reviews the catalytic performance and the synthesis and characterization of nanocatalysts, examining the current state of the art and pointing the way towards new avenues of research. Moreover, the authors discuss new and emerging applications of nanocatalysts and nanocatalysis, from pharmaceuticals to fine chemicals to renewable energy to biotransformations. Nanocatalysis features contributions from leading research groups around the world. These contributions reflect a thorough review of the current literature as well as the authors first-hand experience designing and synthesizing nanocatalysts and developing new applications for them. The book s nineteen chapters offer a broad perspective, covering: Nanocatalysis for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions Nanocatalysis for various organic transformations in fine chemical synthesis Nanocatalysis for oxidation, hydrogenation, and other related reactions Nanomaterial-based photocatalysis and biocatalysis Nanocatalysts to produce non-conventional energy such as hydrogen and biofuels Nanocatalysts and nano-biocatalysts in the chemical industry Readers will also learn about the latest spectroscopic and microscopy tools used in advanced characterization methods that shed new light on nanocatalysts and nanocatalysis. Moreover, the authors offer expert advice to help readers develop strategies to improve catalytic performance. Summarizing and reviewing all the most important advances in nanocatalysis over the last two decades, this book explains the many advantages of nanocatalysts over conventional homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, providing the information and guidance needed for designing green, sustainable catalytic processes.

Exhibiting both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic propertiesnanocatalysts allow for rapid and selective chemicaltransformations, with the benefits of excellent product yield andease of catalyst separation and recovery. This book reviews thecatalytic performance and the synthesis and characterization ofnanocatalysts, examining the current state of the art and pointingthe way towards new avenues of research. Moreover, the authorsdiscuss new and emerging applications of nanocatalysts andnanocatalysis, from pharmaceuticals to fine chemicals to renewableenergy to biotransformations.Nanocatalysis features contributions from leadingresearch groups around the world. These contributions reflect athorough review of the current literature as well as theauthors' first-hand experience designing and synthesizingnanocatalysts and developing new applications for them. Thebook's nineteen chapters offer a broad perspectivecovering:* Nanocatalysis for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom couplingreactions* Nanocatalysis for various organic transformations in finechemical synthesis* Nanocatalysis for oxidation, hydrogenation, and other relatedreactions* Nanomaterial-based photocatalysis and biocatalysis* Nanocatalysts to produce non-conventional energy such ashydrogen and biofuels* Nanocatalysts and nano-biocatalysts in the chemicalindustryReaders will also learn about the latest spectroscopic andmicroscopy tools used in advanced characterization methods thatshed new light on nanocatalysts and nanocatalysis. Moreover, theauthors offer expert advice to help readers develop strategies toimprove catalytic performance.Summarizing and reviewing all the most important advances innanocatalysis over the last two decades, this book explains themany advantages of nanocatalysts over conventional homogeneous andheterogeneous catalysts, providing the information and guidanceneeded for designing green, sustainable catalytic processes.

Foreword viiGraham HutchingsPreface ixList of Contributors xiii1 INTRODUCTION TO NANOCATALYSIS 1Vivek Polshettiwar and Tewodros Asefa2 NANOCATALYSTS FOR THE HECK COUPLING REACTIONS 11T. Asefa, A. V. Biradar, S. Das, K. K. Sharma, and R.Silva3 NANOCATALYSTS FOR THE SUZUKI COUPLING REACTIONS 51Liane M. Rossi, Natalia J. S. Costa, Jones Limberger, andAdriano L. Monteiro4 SONOGASHIRA REACTIONS USING NANOCATALYSTS 89Rafael Chinchilla and Carmen N´ajera5 NANOCATALYSTS FOR HIYAMA, STILLE, KUMADA, AND NEGISHIC-C COUPLING REACTIONS 133Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott6 ARYL CARBON-HETEROATOM COUPLING REACTIONS USINGNANOMETAL CATALYST 189Brindaban C. Ranu, Debasree Saha, Debasish Kundu, and NirmalyaMukherjee7 NANOSTRUCTURED CATALYSTS FOR THE ALDOL, KNOEVENAGEL, AND HENRYREACTIONS 221T. Asefa, A. V. Biradar, S. Das, and R. Silva8 NANOCATALYSTS FOR REARRANGEMENT REACTIONS 251Joaqu´yn Garc´ya-A´lvarez, Sergio E.Garc´ya-Garrido, and Victorio Cadierno9 OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS USING NANOCATALYSTS 287Takato Mitsudome and Kiyotomi Kaneda10 TUNING THE MORPHOLOGY OF METAL OXIDES FOR CATALYTICAPPLICATIONS 333Yong Li and Wenjie Shen11 NANOCATALYSTS FOR HYDROGENATION REACTIONS 405Radha Narayanan12 HYDROGENOLYSIS REACTIONS USING NANOCATALYSTS 443Aziz Fihri and Vivek Polshettiwar13 NANOMATERIAL-BASED PHOTOCATALYSTS 469Biswajit Mishra and Deepa Khushalani14 NANOCATALYSTS FOR WATER SPLITTING 495Xu Zong, Gaoqing Lu, and Lianzhou Wang15 PROPERTIES OF NANOCATALYTIC MATERIALS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTIONFROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES 561Zhong He and Xianqin Wang16 NANOCATALYSTS FOR BIOFUELS 595Vitaliy Budarin, Peter S. Shuttleworth, Brigid Lanigan, andJames H. Clark17 NANOMATERIAL-BASED BIOCATALYST 615Jin Hyung Lee, Soo Youn Lee, Zhi-Kang Xu, and Jeong HoChang18 ROLE OF NANOCATALYSIS IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 643Anirban Ghosh, K. S. Nagabhushana, Debabrata Rautaray, and RajivKumar19 NANOCATALYSIS: ACTIVATION OF SMALL MOLECULES AND CONVERSIONINTO USEFUL FEEDSTOCK 679Suresh Babu Kalidindi and Balaji R. JagirdarIndex 713