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Volume 3, Issue 2 (Suppl)
Trends in Green chem
ISSN: 2471-9889
Environmental & Green Chemistry 2017
July 24-26, 2017
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July 24-26, 2017 Rome, Italy
Green Chemistry and Technology
Environmental Chemistry and Engineering
C-H free metal-organic green catalysts
T
he ultimate green catalyst for oxidations, molecular oxygen poses significant challenges when the catalyst contains C-H
bonds. While enzymatic catalysis is a viable option
in vivo
since the biocatalysts are continuously regenerated, viable
industrial processes using long-lasting, robust catalysts are preferred. Bioinspired catalysts that contain organic scaffolds
related to hemes, but with all C-H bonds replaced by aromatic and aliphatic C-F bonds constitute a new class of materials
that have been shown to perform chemical and photochemical aerobic oxidations and oxygenations of organic and biological
substrates while resisting the reactive oxygen species they produce. This class of materials will be reviewed and its prospects in
homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis assessed.
Biography
Sergiu M Gorun has received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following an industrial career, he is currently Professor in the Department of Chem-
istry and Biochemistry at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey and the Director of its Center for Functional Materials.
sergiu.gorun@shu.comSergiu M Gorun
Seton Hall University, USA
Sergiu M Gorun, Trends in Green chem, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9889-C1-001