RGO/ZnO Nanocomposite: An efficient, sustainable, heterogeneous, amphiphilic catalyst for synthesis of 3-substituted indoles in water

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-18

  Rajesh, U Chinna ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^b   Prescott, Stuart ^c   Tsuzuki, Takuya ^d   Rawat, Diwan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 Substituted indoles; Amphiphilic catalyst; Atom economy; E factor; Green; RGO ZnO nanocomposite; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

3-SUBSTITUTED INDOLES; AMPHIPHILIC CATALYSTS; ATOM ECONOMY; E-FACTOR; GREEN; SUSTAINABLE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84920288000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500594w     Document Type: Article

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