What if we could make the products we use every day without harming the environment or human health?
This is the promise of green chemistry—a transformative approach that seeks to design chemicals and processes with minimal environmental impact.
Green chemistry, also known as sustainable chemistry, focuses on creating products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.
The core principles of green chemistry provide a framework for achieving this goal:Prevention: It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it is formed.
Atom Economy: Design chemical processes to maximize the incorporation of all materials used in the process into the final product.
Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses: Design synthetic methods to use and generate substances that minimize toxicity to human health and the environment.
Designing Safer Chemicals: Design chemical products to be effective but have minimal toxicity.
Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries: Use safer solvents and auxiliaries or minimize their use if possible.
Energy Efficiency: Design chemical processes to operate at ambient temperature and pressure to reduce energy consumption.
Renewable Feedstocks: Use renewable raw materials or feedstocks whenever technically and economically feasible.
Reduce Derivatives: Minimize the use of blocking or protecting groups and avoid unnecessary derivatization.
Catalysis: Use catalytic agents that are more efficient than stoichiometric reagents.
Design for Degradation: Design chemical products to degrade into harmless substances after use.
Real-Time Analysis for Pollution Prevention: Monitor and control chemical processes in real-time to prevent the formation of hazardous substances.
Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention: Design chemicals and processes to minimize the potential for accidents.
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