The continuous effort to perform a more sustainable chemistry has led to the development of new materials that accomplish the principles of green chemistry. In this context, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have arisen as a new generation of solvents that respond well to most of the characteristics that an ideal green solvent must possess: they are easy and cheap to prepare, stable, easy to handle (they show chemical stability, non-flammability and conductivity), separable from the reaction products, biodegradable and safe for both humans and the environment. At the same time, they show chemical-physical properties similar to ionic liquids, such as low volatility, conductivity and high solvent power. These characteristics mean that DESs are today classified as 2-st century solvents.
DESs have been raising a lot of attention and a sharp increase of their applications in numerous sectors of chemistry: they are mainly used as alternative solvents and/or catalysts for various organic transformations including metal-catalyzed reactions, biotransformations, polymerization, in sample preparation and analytical techniques as well as in the design of pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery systems.
This Research Topic aims to catalyze the ongoing research activities on DES and inspire researchers from both academia and industry to consider DES, as the most state-of-the-art mediums for sustainable chemical process applications.
This Research Topic on “Advances in the development and application of Deep Eutectic Solvents” aims to cover promising and novel advances in this field. The Editors welcome the submission of original research papers and critical review papers by researchers from all disciplines investigating relevant topics, including, but not limited to:
• DESs as catalysts, reaction medium, extracting solvents and etc.;
• DESs in the extraction of biologically active compounds from biomass or agro-food industrial waste
• DESs in chemical engineering and materials science
• DESs in pharmaceutical chemistry
The continuous effort to perform a more sustainable chemistry has led to the development of new materials that accomplish the principles of green chemistry. In this context, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have arisen as a new generation of solvents that respond well to most of the characteristics that an ideal green solvent must possess: they are easy and cheap to prepare, stable, easy to handle (they show chemical stability, non-flammability and conductivity), separable from the reaction products, biodegradable and safe for both humans and the environment. At the same time, they show chemical-physical properties similar to ionic liquids, such as low volatility, conductivity and high solvent power. These characteristics mean that DESs are today classified as 2-st century solvents.
DESs have been raising a lot of attention and a sharp increase of their applications in numerous sectors of chemistry: they are mainly used as alternative solvents and/or catalysts for various organic transformations including metal-catalyzed reactions, biotransformations, polymerization, in sample preparation and analytical techniques as well as in the design of pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery systems.
This Research Topic aims to catalyze the ongoing research activities on DES and inspire researchers from both academia and industry to consider DES, as the most state-of-the-art mediums for sustainable chemical process applications.
This Research Topic on “Advances in the development and application of Deep Eutectic Solvents” aims to cover promising and novel advances in this field. The Editors welcome the submission of original research papers and critical review papers by researchers from all disciplines investigating relevant topics, including, but not limited to:
• DESs as catalysts, reaction medium, extracting solvents and etc.;
• DESs in the extraction of biologically active compounds from biomass or agro-food industrial waste
• DESs in chemical engineering and materials science
• DESs in pharmaceutical chemistry
