Main 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.

Contents:

Introduction to Green Chemistry. Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry. Innovative Aspects of Green Chemistry. Green Organic Reactions "on Water." Green Organic Reactions in Superheated Water. Green "Solventless" Organic Reactions. Green Organic Reactions in the Solid State. Applications of Green Chemistry Principles in Engineering. Chemical Industry and Its Greening. Applications of Green Chemistry Principles in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Applications of Green Chemistry Principles in Analytical Chemistry. Application of Green Chemistry Principles in Environmental Chemistry. Greening Undergraduate Organic Laboratory Experiments.