"… in organocatalysis, a purely organic and metal-free small molecule is used to catalyze a chemical reaction. In addition to enriching chemistry with another useful strategy for catalysis, this approach has some important advantages. Small organic molecule catalysts are generally stable and fairly easy to design and synthesize. They are often based on nontoxic compounds, such as sugars, peptides, or even amino acids, and can easily be linked to a solid support, making them useful for industrial applications. However, the property of organocatalysts most attractive to organic chemistsmay be the simple fact that they are organic molecules."
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S.C. Pan, B. List, "New Concepts for Organocatalysis" in Organocatalysis (2008) edited by M.T. Reetz, B. List, S. Jaroch, H. Weinmann.
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