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Organic Reactions in Water

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Water is the greenest solvent with smallest environmental impact. The number of water mediated organic reactions has rapidly increased in number during the last couple of years. A broad range of organic reactions are carried out in water and that include, cross-coupling reactions, pericyclic reactions, radical reactions, C–H activation reactions and so on. The current chapter focuses on some important reactions carried out in water.

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Harry, N.A., Rohit, K.R., Anilkumar, G. (2021). Organic Reactions in Water. In: Anilkumar, G., Saranya, S. (eds) Green Organic Reactions. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6897-2_3

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