The Importance of Organocatalysis (Asymmetric and Non‐Asymmetric) in Agrochemicals

Organocatalysis has been well established and documented for the asymmetric and non asymmetric synthesis of pharmaceuticals, natural products and fine chemicals. However, relatively a few reports have been reported regarding the synthesis of chiral or achiral agrochemicals while using organocatalysis. With continuous growing interest in modern agricultural chemistry, this review will provide a comprehensive overview of some important reports on the successful applications of organocatalysts for the synthesis of agrochemicals. The review has summarized the organocatalytic approach for both asymmetric and non‐asymmetric synthesis of such chemicals with respect to academic and industrial aspects. This review provides the insight regarding understanding, development and evaluation of organocatalytic asymmetric and non‐asymmetric systems for the synthesis of chiral and achiral agrochemicals. It gives a comprehensive overview of some earlier reported as well as the recent successful applications of various organocatalytic synthetic methodologies which have been implemented as key steps in the synthesis of such agrochemicals.