Reactions In Non-Conventional Media For Sustainable Organic Synthesis -- Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis With Novel Monodentate Phosphorus Ligands -- New Cyclization and Cycloaddition Reactions in Organic Synthesis -- New Chiral Catalysts for C-C-bond Formations -- Intramolecular Reactions of Alkynes with Alkenes Catalyzed by Platinum and Gold -- Industrial Synthesis Design with Low Environmental Impact in the Pharma Industry -- New Efficient Catalytic Processes in Water: An Environmental Bening Solvent -- Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Base Metals From Groups 10 And 11 -- An Introduction To Supercritical Fluids: From Bench Scale to Commercial Plant -- Solventless Reactions Under Microwave Activation: Safety and Efficiency at the Service of Customer-friendly Chemistry -- Adventures In Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis: Contributions From The Kappe Laboratory 2000-2005 -- Development of New Supported Reagents for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules -- Photochemistry as a Green Synthetic Method -- Novel Methods for the Separation of Optical Isomers -- Highly Selective Metalation Reactions.

Chemical industries have to face the big challenge of finding adequate processes to produce large quantities of new products for which there is a present need, decreasing at the same time both the impact on the environment and the risk of disasters. These issues have led to the establishment of new concepts of sustainable development as affirmed in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the early 90's and has been the subject of intensive studies in the last two decades. The book addresses this challenge collecting the recent "New Methodologies and Techniques for a Sustainable Organic Chemistry". It provides a wealth of information in the fields of - New efficient and selective catalytic processes - Use of non-usual media or environmentally benign reagents - New selective and efficient synthetic methods - New techniques based on alternative energy sources. All these topics are covered in 15 chapters written by world-renowned experts in these fields who were the lecturers of the NATO ASI NeMeTOC (2005, Siena). Since some of the authors have an industrial background, the book helps to answer virtually any questions which may arise during the development of a new environmentally benign organic process.