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Green Solvents: Application in Organic Synthesis

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Solvents play very important role in a chemical reaction by providing a medium to solubilize the reacting components, reagents and also facilitate mass and heat transfer processes. It also affects the reaction kinetics and the stability of various reacting species and intermediates.

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    Vinod K. Tiwari

  2. Department of Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India

    Abhijeet Kumar

  3. Department of Chemistry, The Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam, India

    Sanchayita Rajkhowa

  4. Department of Chemistry, T. N. B. College, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

    Garima Tripathi

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    Anil Kumar Singh

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Tiwari, V.K., Kumar, A., Rajkhowa, S., Tripathi, G., Singh, A.K. (2022). Green Solvents: Application in Organic Synthesis. In: Green Chemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2734-8_3

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