Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Recent Achievements in Organic Reactions in Alcohols -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Alcohols as Green Solvents -- 1.2.1 Hydrogenation/Reduction Reaction -- 1.2.2 Oxidation Reaction -- 1.2.3 Substitution Reaction -- 1.2.4 Addition Reaction -- 1.2.5 Cyclization Reaction -- 1.2.6 Coupling Reaction -- 1.2.7 Condensation/Ring Condensation Reaction -- 1.3 Alcohols as Green Solvents and Catalysts -- 1.3.1 Addition Reaction -- 1.3.2 Cyclization Reaction -- 1.3.3 Coupling Reaction -- 1.3.4 Condensation Reaction -- 1.3.5 Metathesis Reaction

1.4 Alcohols as Green Solvents and Hydrogen Donors -- 1.5 Miscellaneous -- 1.5.1 Polyethylene Glycol as a Solvent for CO2 Capture and Conversion -- 1.5.2 Polyethylene Glycol Radical-Initiated Oxidation Reactions in Compressed Carbon Dioxide -- 1.5.3 Ring-Opening Reaction -- 1.6 Summary and Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Recent Achievements in Organic Reactions in MeCN -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 MeCN in Transition Metal-catalyzed Reactions Without Radicals Involved -- 2.2.1 Transition Metal-catalyzed Addition Reactions in MeCN

2.2.2 Transition Metal-catalyzed Oxidation Reactions in MeCN -- 2.2.3 Transition Metal-catalyzed Reduction Reactions in MeCN -- 2.2.4 Transition Metal-catalyzed Substitution Reactions in MeCN -- 2.2.5 Transition Metal-catalyzed Cyclization Reactions in MeCN -- 2.3 MeCN in Transition Metal-free Catalyzed Reactions Without Radicals Involved -- 2.3.1 Transition Metal-free Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions in MeCN -- 2.3.2 Transition Metal-free Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions in MeCN -- 2.3.3 Transition Metal-free Catalyzed C X Bond Formation in MeCN

3.10 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 4 Recent Achievements in Organic Reactions in DMSO -- 4.1 Pummerer-type Activation of DMSO -- 4.2 Selectfluor-enabled Activation of DMSO -- 4.3 Activation of DMSO Enabled by Single-electron Transformation -- 4.4 Electrocatalytic Synthesis Enabled Activation of DMSO -- 4.5 Photocatalytic Reaction Enabled Activation of DMSO -- 4.6 DMSO Acts as the Metal Ligand -- 4.7 Some Special Activation or Usage of DMSO -- 4.8 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 5 The Use of DMC as Green Solvent in Organic Synthesis -- 5.1 Introduction