ABSTRACT
Esa Toukoniitty, Paivi Maki-Arvela, Ville Nieminen, Matti Hotokka, Juha Paivarinta, Tapio Salmi, and Dmitry Yu. Murzin Abo Akademi University, Abo/Turku, Finland
INTRODUCTION
In catalysis of organic reactions one of the most important requirements is the selectivity, broadly understood as chemo-, regio-and enantioselectivity [1]. The specific feature of many organic systems is that complex molecules possess several functional groups which adsorb differently on the catalyst surface and give a wide variety of products [2]. The selectivity towards a desired product can be controlled by the choice of catalyst, solvent and reaction conditions. The mode of adsorption is in some cases detrimental for the selectivity towards a particular product [2].
