Meet the editor

Dr. Reza Davarnejad obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)in 2010 where he focused his studies on supercritical technology, thermodynamics, and biotechnology. He has more than 120 publications and research activities to his credit. Dr. Davarnejad has been an associate professor at Arak University, Iran, since 2016. From 2018 to 2020, he was head of the Chemical Engineering Department at the

same university. His research interests include environmental engineering (wastewater treatment) through advanced oxidation processes such as electro-Fenton and adsorption methods. Dr. Davarnejad recently joined the nanobiotechnology group at Arak University as a founding member.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**

A Brief Overview

*Lu Zhang and Lei Zhang*

*by Reza Davarnejad*

Eco-Friendly Oxidants

Difunctionalization of Alkenes

*and Shikha Agarwal*

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Synthesis **7**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 27**

Olefins Synthesis **53**

**Chapter 4 55**

Polyolefins **75**

**Chapter 5 77**

Introductory Chapter: Olefins - Past, Now and Future

Metal Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions of Alkenes Using

*by Jay Soni, Pankaj Teli, Nusrat Sahiba, Ayushi Sethiya* 

Construction of C-N Bond *via* Visible-Light-Mediated

Catalytic Isomerization of Olefins and Their Derivatives:

Extending Alkenes' Value Chain to Functionalized Polyolefins *by Zahra Balzade, Farhad Sharif and Seyed Reza Ghaffarian Anbaran*

*by Wangjing Ma, Bonan Liu, Duanda Wang, Jun Zhao,* 

*by Bhisma K. Patel, Tipu Alam and Amitava Rakshit*
