Handbook of Green Chemistry and Technology

About this book

Outlines the role chemistry has to play in sustainable development, for example by reducing the materials and energy intensity of chemical processes and products.

Contents

Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Principles of sustainable and green chemistry; Chemistry and the environment; Green chemistry and sustainable development; Life cycle assessment: A tool for identification of more sustainable products and processes; Industrial processes using solid acid catalysts; Micelle templated silicas as catalysts in green chemistry; Polymer-supported reagents; Biocatalysis; Recent advances in phase transfer catalysis; Hydrogen peroxide in waste minimisation - current and potential contributions; Waste minimisation in pharmaceutical process development: Principles, practice and challenges; Green catalysts for industry; Green chemistry in practice; Process intensification for green chemistry; Sonochemistry; Applications of microwaves for environmentally benign organic chemistry; Photochemistry; Electrochemistry and sustainability; Fuel cells: a clean energy technology for the future; Supercritical carbon dioxide as an environmentally benign reaction medium for chemical synthesis; Chemistry in fluorous biphasic systems; Extraction of natural products with superheated water; Index

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