ENGINEERING MONO‐ AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOCATALYSTS FOR CASCADE REACTIONS

This chapter presents the latest developments in cascade reactions catalyzed by heterogeneous nanocatalysts. Tandem transformations mediated by nanocatalysts can be divided into two types of reactions, involving monofunctional and multifunctional catalyzed processes. The chapter highlights the synthesis approach of these novel nanocatalysts, which have been used successfully to produce active, selective, and durable heterogeneous catalysts. It further summarizes their properties and the cascade reactions which they promote. The chapter focuses on the potential applications for these new catalysts. It illustrates some monofunctional nanocatalyst examples that include: metal-based monofunctional nanocatalysts, metal oxide–based monofunctional nanocatalysts, orgamometallic-based monofunctional nanocatalysts, and graphene oxide–based monofunctional nanocatalysts. The chapter also illustrates some multifunctional nanocatalyst examples such as acid–base combined multifunctional nanocatalysts, metal–base combined multifunctional nanocatalysts, metal–metal oxide combined multifunctional nanocatalysts, and triple enzyme–based multifunctional nanocatalysts.