Past and Present Research Systems of Green Chemistry

Biography

Mieczysław Mąkosza, born November 16, 1934 became famous through his pioneering investigations of Phase Transfer Catalysis (PTC) and, subsequently, thanks to his studies of aromatic nucleophilic substitution, in particular Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution (VNS). Professor Mąkosza studied chemistry at the University of Rostow and then Leningrad (now: St. Petersburg). After graduating with distinction in 1956, he joined the staff of the Department of Chemistry of the Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska). In 1963 he was granted a PhD degree and in 1967 he received a DSc degree. From 1975-1977 he was the Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology of the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1979 he was appointed the Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).

Abstract

Abstract : Phase –Transfer Catalysis - a General Green Technology of Organic Synthesis