organocatalysis
Sign in to savethumb|300px| Justus von Liebig's synthesis of [[oxamide from dicyan and water represents the first organocatalytic reaction, with acetaldehyde further identified as the first discovered pure "organocatalyst", which act similarly to the then-named "ferments", now known as enzymes.]]
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- Introduction
- Organocatalyst classes
- Proline
- Imidazolidinone organocatalysis
- Thiourea organocatalysis
- References
- External links
thumb|300px| Justus von Liebig's synthesis of [[oxamide from dicyan and water represents the first organocatalytic reaction, with acetaldehyde further identified as the first discovered pure "organocatalyst", which act similarly to the then-named "ferments", now known as enzymes.]]
In organic chemistry, organocatalysis is a form of catalysis in which the rate of a chemical reaction is increased by an organic catalyst. This "organocatalyst" consists of carbon, hydrogen, sulfur and other nonmetal elements found in organic compounds. Because of their similarity in composition and description, they are often mistaken as a misnomer for enzymes due to their comparable effects on reaction rates and forms of catalysis involved.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “organocatalysis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.