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Key Elements of Green Chemistry

Lucian Lucia, North Carolina State University

Copyright Year: 2018

Publisher: North Carolina State University

Language: English

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The book presents the major concepts of green chemistry in six chapters. read more

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The book presents the major concepts of green chemistry in six chapters.

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Although the book's target readers are green chemists, it is an excellent reference book also for toxicologists, chemical engineers, pharmacologists, and biochemists. The author has successfully correlated the green chemistry parameters with the real world. For example, the author included the incidents of burning oil and debris that collected on the surface of the Cuyahoga River (Cleveland), the thalidomide issue etc. The discussion on the LCA software, the globally harmonized system (GHS) that attempts to categorize the general types of threats in society, specifically, is fascinating. The concept of different hazards such as carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens, tumor promoters, corrosives, neurotoxins, lachrymators has added special value to this book. The lethal dose of everyday things like water to Vit C provides real-world examples. The author has brilliantly correlated the chemistry world with the business world by the dual meaning of ‘solvent’. Discussion on alternative solvents like green biobased solvent methyl soyate, eutectic mixture, microemulsion, etc., are fascinating. Combinatorial chemistry and organic reaction mechanism part will undoubtedly draw attention to the organic chemistry students. In the last chapter, the classification of organic reactions and their correlation with green chemistry is eloquent. The images are significant. The author referenced each image so that curious readers could go more over it. At the end of each chapter, the review questions will insist the readers rethink the subject matter. A little comicalness throughout the book will keep the readers smiling.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Principles Of Green Chemistry
• Chapter 2: Life-Cycle Analysis
• Chapter 3: Hazards
• Chapter 4: Alternative Solvents
• Chapter 5: Alternative Reagents
• Chapter 6: Reaction Types, Design, And Efficiency
• Index Of Terms

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Green chemistry, in addition to being a science, it is also a philosophy and nearly a religion. Attendance at American Chemical Society Green Chemistry & Engineering Conferences will instill such an ideal into any attendant because of the nearly universal appeal and possibilities in this novel approach to radicalizing the business of doing science and engineering.

About the Contributors

Lucian Lucia currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Forest Biomaterials and Chemistry and as a faculty in the programs of Fiber & Polymer Science and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina State University. His laboratory, The Laboratory of Soft Materials & Green Chemistry, probes fundamental materials chemistry of biopolymers. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Florida under Professor Kirk Schanze for modeling photoinduced charge separation states of novel Rhenium (I)-based organometallic ensembles as a first order approximation of photosynthesis. He began his professional career as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology examining the mechanism of singlet oxygen’s chemistry with lignin & cellulose. A large part of his recent work has been focused on the chemical modification of cellulosics for biomedical applications. He teaches From Papyrus to Plasma Screens: Paper & Society (PSE 220), Principles of Green Chemistry (PSE / CH 335), and is the graduate supervisor for the Forest Biomaterials Seminar Series (WPS 590 / 790) while providing workshops in Wood Chemistry and Green Chemistry at Qilu University of Technology in PR China. He has co-founded and co-edits an open-access international research journal, BioResources, dedicated to original research articles, reviews, and editorials on the fundamental science & engineering and advanced applications of lignocellulosic materials.

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This book summarizes fundamentals and advanced topics of green chemistry and highlights the importance and impact of green chemistry over traditional synthetic methods. It discusses about the importance and scope of the catalytic protocols in green chemistry and their application in daily life. Alternate green energy approaches discussed in this book underline the importance of  efficiency enhancement with simultaneous energy demand reduction by replacing the dependence on non-renewable energy resources.  Various topics covered in this book include green solvents, energy-efficient approach for organic synthesis, catalysis, biocatalysis, and green approach in pharmaceutically important molecules and drugs. The book will be a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainable green chemistry and their scope in allied fields.

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Dr. Abhijeet Kumar is currently working as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU), Bihar, India. He has received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University in 2006 and 2008, respectively. In 2016, he completed his doctoral research from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, with Prof. M. L. N. Rao, where he received research training in the development of metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions using organobismuth reagents as green organometallic reagents. He received ‘Visiting Faculty Fellowship’ to carry out research work at JNCASR, Bangalore. He has been involved in teaching the green chemistry to the UG/PG courses at MGCU since last four years. He has published several peer-reviewed publications and also contributed few book chapters of high repute.

Dr. Anil Kumar Singh is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar. He has completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2015 from University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, under the supervision of Dr. Brajendra Kumar Singh. He has published several research articles of national and international repute. He has been awarded with prestigious Erasmus Mundus-Action 2 fellowship during his Ph.D. and worked at Ghent University, Belgium (Mentor: Prof. Johan van der Eycken).

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Book Title : Green Chemistry

Book Subtitle : Introduction, Application and Scope

Authors : Vinod K. Tiwari, Abhijeet Kumar, Sanchayita Rajkhowa, Garima Tripathi, Anil Kumar Singh

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2734-8

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Green Chemistry: Principles and Case Studies

Green chemistry as a discipline is gaining increasing attention globally, with environmentally conscious students keen to learn how they can contribute to a safer and more sustainable world. Many universities now offer courses or modules specifically on green chemistry – Green Chemistry: Principles and Case Studies is an essential learning resource for those interested in mastering the subject.

Providing a comprehensive overview of the concepts of green chemistry this book engages students with a thorough understanding of what we mean by green chemistry and how it can be put into practice. Structured around the well-known 12 Principles, and firmly grounded in real-world applications and case-studies, this book shows how green chemistry is already being put into practice and prepare them to think about how they can be incorporated into their own work.

Targeted at advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students with a background in general and organic chemistry, it is a useful resource both for students and for teachers looking to develop new courses.

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STEMify Your Classroom Supply List

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USDA BioPreferred Standards Context Lesson Plan

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"Greening Up" the Suzuki Reaction

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"It's Our Future to Decide" - How a Student & Two Professors Got Green Chemistry into the Curriculum at the Univ. of Colorado

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03 - Toxicokinetics and Toxicodynamics (Toxicology for Chemists - Module 3)

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06 - Toxicity of Metals (Toxicology for Chemists - Module 6)

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A Green(er) Redox Reaction

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A Greener Chemiluminescence Demonstration

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Animal Adaptations & Engineering Design: Lesson 04: Building with Biomimicry

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Antibacterial properties of the halogens

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Approaches to Incorporating Green Chemistry and Safety into Laboratory Culture

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Assessment of Student Knowledge of Green Chemistry Principles

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Biomimicry Matching Game

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Blue is the new green: Valorization of crustacean waste

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Calorimetry

Three “coffee-cup” calorimetry experiments: 1) Use of the Law of Dulong and Petit to identify an unknown metal 2) Measurement of the enthalpy of sublimation of dry ice 3) Exploration of the relationship between surface area and the rate of heat transfer and the amount of heat transferred

Featuring contributions from Tamara Fitzjarrald

Can Biodegradable Materials Replace Plastic as Protective Food Packaging?

Many foods, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, or eggs, are packaged in plastic to protect them from damage during handling and transport. But is plastic the best choice? What if a more sustainable and biodegradable material could replace it? Researchers have begun exploring hydrogels—squishy materials that can hold a lot of water—as alternative packaging materials. In this science project, you ...