Use of 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (TCT) as organic catalyst in organic synthesis

ABSTRACT

Organic catalysts have found wide applications in organic synthesis. Many organic reactions, which originally do not occur under normal conditions or are difficult to operate normally, have been successfully conducted under mild conditions in the presence of catalysts. In recent years, 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (TCT, cyanuric chloride) has been used as organic catalyst in many organic synthesis, because it is stable, nonvolatile, inexpensive, commercially available, and easy to handle. On account of these properties it has been used as a green catalyst and sometimes is a catalyst of choice in organic reactions.

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KEYWORDS:

• Organic catalyst
• s-triazine
• synthesis
• TCT