Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiasha Campus, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310018, People's Republic of China.
Chem Asian J. 2012 Nov;7(11):2502-9. doi: 10.1002/asia.201200596. Epub 2012 Aug 2.
The advantages of zinc catalysts, such as their low toxicity, low cost, and environmentally benignity, are encouraging organic chemists to explore their applications in organic synthesis. As a non-redox metal, zinc catalysts have been investigated in redox reactions over the past few decades. Because of the importance of redox reactions, the interest in zinc catalysts, and the fact that no review on zinc-catalyzed redox reactions has been published, herein, I have collected and summarized the main contributions in this area. This review is divided into two parts: reduction reactions and oxidation reactions.
锌催化剂的优点，如低毒性、低成本和环境友好性，鼓励有机化学家探索其在有机合成中的应用。作为一种非氧化还原金属，锌催化剂在过去几十年的氧化还原反应中得到了研究。由于氧化还原反应的重要性、对锌催化剂的兴趣以及尚未发表关于锌催化氧化还原反应的综述，在此，我收集并总结了该领域的主要贡献。本综述分为两部分：还原反应和氧化反应。
