Eco-friendly Synthesis of Fine Chemicals

Eco-friendly Synthesis of Fine Chemicals
ISBN-10
1847559085
ISBN-13
9781847559081
Category
Science
Pages
313
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Author
Roberto Ballini

Description

During these early years, the chronic toxicological properties of chemicals were often completely unknown and many unwittingly became indispensable tools of the trade. Early pioneers in green chemistry included Trost (who developed the atom economy principle) and Sheldon (who developed the E-Factor). These measures were introduced to encourage the use of more sustainable chemistry and provide some benchmarking data to encourage scientists to aspire to more benign synthesis. Green chemistry is essentially the design of chemical processes and procedures that reduce or eliminate the use, or the generation, of hazardous substances. Green chemistry is a growing area of research and an increasing number of researchers are now involved in this field. The number of publications has dramatically increased and new recognition of advances made is necessary with respect to other research areas.

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