1st Edition
Click Chemistry Volume 1: Fundamentals and Synthesis
Click chemistry involves highly efficient, reliable, and stereoselective reactions that can synthesize new materials cost-effectively. The first volume entitled “Click Chemistry: Fundamentals and Synthesis” covers the fundamentals, mechanisms, kinetics, and various approaches to synthesizing new materials making it suitable for synthetic chemists and researchers working in nanoscience and technology. The main objective of this book is to provide information about current, state-of-the-art development in click chemistry as well as challenges. Experts from around the world have contributed towards this book, making this a suitable textbook for students and providing new guidelines to researchers and industries working in these areas.
Preface
Click Chemistry: An Introduction
Gagandeep Kaur and Pawan Kumar
Classification of Click Chemistry
Seyedehnesa Rahbar Baharan and Sepideh Khoee
Click Chemistry: Synthesis and Mechanism
Nguyen Dinh Thanh
Click Chemistry: An Ever-growing Toolbox of Efficient Reactions for Versatile and
Orthogonal Couplings in Mild Conditions
Benjamin Le Droumaguet, Benjamin Carbonnier and Kelly Velonia
Click Chemistry: Modification of Natural Products
Rungnapha Saeeng, Jaray Jaratjaroonphong and Uthaiwan Sirion
Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Click Reaction: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects
Noura Aflak, Lahoucine Bahsis, Miguel Julve and Salah-Eddine Stiriba
Click Chemistry: A Tool for Functionalization
Debashis Barik, Liya Thurakkal, Anna Jose and Mintu Porel
Catalysts for Click Chemistry
Nancy George, Gurleen Singh, Gurpreet Kaur and Jandeep Singh
Polymers Using Click Chemistry
Hossein Roghani-Mamaqani and Hossein Abdollahi-Esfahlani
Thiol Based Click Chemistry and Applications
Rameen-ul-Hassan, Kanza Hafeez, Zulfiqar A. Khan and Sohail A. Shahzad
Hydrogels Using Click Chemistry
Gurleen Singh, Riddima Singh, Harminder Singh and Jandeep Singh
Click Chemistry for Materials Protection
Da Quan Zhang, Lei Dai, Jin Li and Li Xin Gao
Index
Editor’s Biography
Biography
Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Vice President for Research and Support and a Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has mentored 10 PhD/Postdoc scholars, 76 MS students, and 58 undergraduate/high school students. Dr. Gupta has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles (10000+ citations, 58 h-index, 219 i10-index), made over 450 national/international/regional presentations, chaired/organized many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters (100+), worked as Editor for many books (50+) for American Chemical Society, CRC, Springer, Elsevier, etc. and received several million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is also serving as Editor, Associate Editor, Guest Editor, and Editorial board member for various journals.
