Recent Advances in the Molecular Engineering of Solvents for Reactions

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Solvent Selection in Homogeneous Catalysis—Optimization of Kinetics and Reaction Performance

“…Advances in computational chemistry enable the representation of solvents either as implicit or as explicit molecules and provide molecular insights into complex solvent effects in industrial catalysis. − In nonideal complex media, however, the thermodynamic activity of each component may deviate significantly from that in an ideal solution. Strong intermolecular interactions between solvents/reactants or solvents/catalysts may lead to an increase/decrease in product yields or side product distributions.…”