A green approach to heterogeneous catalysis using ligand-free, metal-loaded cross-linked cyclodextrins

Giancarlo Cravotto; Emanuela Calcio Gaudino; Silvia Tagliapietra; Diego Carnaroglio; Antonio Procopio

doi:10.1515/gps-2012-0029

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A green approach to heterogeneous catalysis using ligand-free, metal-loaded cross-linked cyclodextrins

Giancarlo Cravotto
Dr. Silvia Tagliapietra (Senior Researcher), Prof. Giancarlo Cravotto (Full Professor and Department Director), Mr. Diego Carnaroglio (Ph.D. student), Dr. Emanuela Calcio Gaudino (Post Doc researcher); (Organic Chemistry Group -DSTF, University of Turin, Italy).
Cravotto’s group is known for its research activity in the field of non-conventional enabling technologies applied to organic synthesis, to the degradation of persistent organic pollutants, to plant extraction and flow chemistry. The group has developed several chemical processes and protocols for microwave, ultrasound and hydrodynamic cavitation and mechanochemical activation, and has also worked on the design of innovative reactors. These green procedures exploited new supported catalysts for use in water, glycerol, ionic liquids or in solventless reactions. The groups’s main synthetic targets are bioactive compounds, fine chemicals, cyclodextrin derivatives and functionalized carbon nanotubes.
Prof. Cravotto is European Editor of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (Elsevier) and Editor of Green Processing and Synthesis (De Gruyter).
, Emanuela Calcio Gaudino , Silvia Tagliapietra , Diego Carnaroglio and Antonio Procopio
Prof. Antonio Procopio (Full Professor, University of Magna Græcia – Catanzaro, Italy). The group of Prof. Procopio is working in the field of non-conventional technologies applied to organic synthesis and extraction and chemical manipulation of natural compounds. The group has developed several chemical processes and protocols using eco-friendly homogeneous and heterogeneous Lewis acid catalysts, often under microwave and ultrasound activation. These green procedures exploited the applications of these catalysts for use in water or in solventless reactions. The group’s main synthetic targets are bioactive compounds, fine chemicals, natural antioxidants and functionalized mesoporous silica materials.