num_pages: 148
description: This book provides the first introductory treatment of the design development and evaluation processes central to Green Chemistry. As s comprehensive textbook it takes a broad view of the subject and integrates a wide variety of approaches. Topics include alternative feedstocks environmentally benign syntheses the design of safer chemical products new reaction conditions alternative solvents and catalyst development and the use of biosynthesis and biomimetic principles. It introduces new evaluation processes that encompass the complete health and environmental impact of a synthesis from the choice of starting materials to the final product. Throughout the text provides specific examples which compare the new methods with classical ones.
language: English
title: Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice
publisher: Oxford University Press