Fruit juice boon for organic synthesis

Abstract

Since past two decades, Green Chemistry or Sustainable Technology has demonstrated how fundamental scientific methodologies can protect environment and human health in an economically safer way. It focuses on the design manufacture and use of chemicals and processes that have no pollution potential or environmental risk, with high economical and technological feasibility. Lately, the role of naturally available fruit juice in organic synthesis has attracted the interest of chemists, particularly from the view of green chemistry. This review mainly summarizes the synthetic applications of fruit juice as a biocatalyst in different chemical transformations. This growing interest in fruit juice is mainly because of eco-friendly character, non-hazardous and cost effective. Fruit juice is now being routinely used in organic synthesis as homogeneous catalysts for various selective transformations of simple and complex molecules. The aim of present review paper is to summarize the utility of different fruit juices with emphasis on recent synthetic applications.