Description
Green Organic Chemistry and Its Interdisciplinary Applications covers key developments in green chemistry and demonstrates to students that the developments were most often the result of innovative thinking. Using a set of selected experiments, all of which have been performed in the laboratory with undergraduate students, it demonstrates how to optimize and develop green experiments.
The book dedicates each chapter to individual applications, such as
- Engineering
- The chemical industry
- The pharmaceutical industry
- Analytical chemistry
- Environmental chemistry
Each chapter also poses questions at the end, with the answers included.
By focusing on both the interdisciplinary applications of green chemistry and the innovative thinking that has produced new developments in the field, this book manages to present two key messages in a manner where they reinforce each other. It provides a single and concise reference for chemists, instructors, and students for learning about green organic chemistry and its great and ever-expanding number of applications.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Green Chemistry
Learning Objectives
A Brief History of Green Chemistry
Some Common Descriptions of Green Chemistry
Innovative Aspects of Green Chemistry
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry
Learning Objectives
Introduction
The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Innovative Aspects of Green Chemistry
Learning Objectives
About Innovation in General and in Green Chemistry
About Thinking in General and for the Green Chemistry Innovations
Examples of Innovations in Green Chemistry
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Green Organic Reactions "on Water"
Learning Objectives
Types of Reactions in the Aqueous Medium and the Associated Nomenclature
Examples of on Water Reactions
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Green Organic Reactions in Superheated Water
Learning Objectives
About Water: A Brief Review
Superheated Water as a Green Reaction Medium
Organic Reactions in Superheated Water: An Overview
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Green "Solventless" Organic Reactions
Learning Objectives
Another Green Chemistry Paradigm Shift: Organic Reactions May Not Need a Solvent to Occur
Definition of Solventless Reactions and the Related Nomenclature
Solventless Reactions That Are Based on the Melting Behavior of the Reaction Mixtures: Innovative Aspects of This Method
A New Look at the Familiar Concepts of Melting Point and Eutectic Point, and Their Relevant Phase Diagrams
Green Chemistry Challenges with Respect to the Solventless Reactions
Examples of Solventless Reactions
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Green Organic Reactions in the Solid State
Learning Objectives
Solid-State Reactions Other Than Those That Occur via the Melted State
Solid-State Photochemical Reactions
Microwave-Assisted Solid-State Reactions
Rearrangement Reactions in the Solid State
Synthetic Scope of the Solid-State Reactions
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Applications of Green Chemistry Principles in Engineering
Learning Objectives
Engineering and Its Branches
Green Engineering and Its 12 Principles
Comparison of Principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
Sustainability as Related to Green Engineering
Types of Thinking That Are Useful in Green Engineering: Systems and Holistic Thinking
Conclusions
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Chemical Industry and Its Greening
Learning Objectives
Introduction: Scope of Chemical Industry and the Objectives of This Chapter
Products of Polymer Industry
Types of Polymers Affect Polymer Properties
Greening of the Chemical Industry
Green Chemistry Metrics
Summary
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Applications of Green Chemistry Principles in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Learning Objectives
An Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmaceutical Industry Often Has Difficulties in Meeting Green Chemistry Goals
Greening of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Applications of Green Chemistry Principles in Analytical Chemistry
Learning Objectives
Application of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry to Analytical Chemistry
Green Analytical Chemistry and Its Specialized Green Principles
Greening of Analytical Chemistry
Summary
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Application of Green Chemistry Principles in Environmental Chemistry
Learning Objectives
A Brief Overview of the Objectives of Environmental Chemistry
Relationship between the Environmental and Green Chemistry
Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Environmental Pollutants
Development of Ecofriendly Chemicals in Response to the Findings of Environmental Chemistry
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
Greening Undergraduate Organic Laboratory Experiments
Learning Objectives
A Brief Survey of the Literature Sources on Green Organic Laboratory Experiments
Selected Methods of Greening Organic Laboratory Experiments
Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions
References
