Organic Synthesis Engineering

1: Introduction and structure of the book Part I: Reactions and Reactors in Organic Synthesis: Basic Concepts 2: Rates and equilibria in organic reactions: The thermodynamic and extrathermodynamic approaches 3: Estimation of properties of organic compounds 4: Reactions and reactors: Basic concepts 5: Complex reactions Part II: Catalysis in Organic Synthesis and Technology 6: Catalysis by solids, 1: Organic intermediates and fine chemicals 7: Catalysis by solids, 2: The catalyst and its microenvironment 8: Homogeneous catalysis 9: Asymmetric synthesis Part III: Reactor Design for Homogeneous and Fluid-Solid (Catalytic) Reactions 10: Reactor design for simple reactions 11: Reactor design for complex reactions 12: Reactor design for solid-catalyzed fluid phase reactions 13: Mixing, multiple solutions, and forced unsteady-state operation Part IV: Fluid-Fluid and Fluid-Fluid-Solid Reactions and Reactors 14: Gas-liquid reactions 15: Liquid-liquid and solid-liquid reactions 16: Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid reactor design 17: Multiphase reactions and reactors Part V: Strategies for Enhancing the Rates of Organic Reactions 18: Biphasic reaction engineering 19: Phase-transfer reaction engineering 20: Bioorganic synthesis engineering 21: Electroorganic synthesis engineering 22: Sonoorganic synthesis engineering 23: Microphase-assisted reaction engineering 24: Membrane-assisted reactor engineering 25: Multifunctional reactor engineering 26: Other important (and some lesser known) strategies of rate enhancement A process overview Epilogue Acknowledgments for figures and tables Index