Used in the production of a wide number of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction represents a synthetic process of great interest to organic chemists of academia and industry. Nearly 40 years since the last major treatise on the topic and reflecting the growing emphasis on green technology, Advances in Friedel-Cr

Giovanni Sartori is the Head of the "Clean Synthetic Methodologies Groups" of the University of Parma in Italy. His research interests include all aspects of the heterogeneous catalysis applied to the fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals production with particular attention to the preparation and use of supported organic (chiral) catalysts. Raimondo Maggi is an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Parma. His research interests include the preparation and use of heterogeneous (chiral) catalysts for the environmentally friendly synthesis of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals.