Handbook of Green Chemistry - Green Processes
Handbook of Green Chemistry (Series Nr. 7-9)
1. Edition April 2012
LX, 1266 Pages, Hardcover
564 Pictures (41 Colored Figures)
118 tables
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ISBN:
978-3-527-31576-5
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
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In a world where the emphasis has shifted to being as Green and environmentally friendly as possible, leads to the requirement of this important 3-book set of the Handbook of Green Chemistry edited by the father and pioneer of Green Chemistry, Professor Paul Anastas.
This series summarises the significant body of work that has accumulated over the past decade that details the breakthroughs, innovation and creativity within Green Chemistry and Engineering.
Set III comprises of 3 books, with each volume focussing on a different area and edited by leading scientists in the field:
Green Synthesis - Editor: C.-J. Li
Green Nanoscience - Editors: A. Perosa and M. Selva
Designing Safer Chemicals - Editors: P.T. Anastas, R. Boethling, A. Voutchkova
An essential collection for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the world of green chemistry and for a variety of chemists, environmental agencies and chemical engineers.
GREEN SYNTHESIS
Atom Economy: a Challenge for Enhanced Synthetic Efficiency
Evaluating the Greenness of Synthesis
Alternative Feedstocks for Synthesis
Synthesis in Green Solvents
Development and Application of Isocyanide-based Multicomponent Reactions
Flow Syntheses
Synthesis Without Protecting Groups
Biological Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals
Syntheses via C-H Bond Functionalizations
Synthesis Without Metals
Chemistry Beyond Functional Group Transformation
Synthesis Assisted by Electricity
Parameterization and Tracking of Optimization of Synthesis Strategy Using Computer Spreadsheet Algorithms
GREEN NANOSCIENCE
Formation of Nanoparticles Assisted by Ionic Liquids
CO2-Expanded Liquids for Nanoparticle Processing
Green Synthesis and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Photocatalysis by Nanostructured TiO2-based Semiconductors
Nanoencapsulation for Process Intensification
Formation of Nanoemulsions by Low-Energy Methods and Their Use as Templates for the Preparation of Polymeric Nanoparticles
Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes
A Review of Green Synthesis of Nanophase Inorganic Materials for Green Chemistry Applications
Use of Extracted Anthocyanin Derivatives in Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion
Nanomaterials from Biobased Amphiphiles: the Functional Role of Unsaturations
DESIGNING SAFER CHEMICALS
The Design of Safer Chemicals: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
Differential Toxicity Characterization of Green Alternative Chemicals
Understanding Mechanisms of Metabolic Transformations as a Tool for Designing Safer Chemicals
Structural and Toxic Mechanism-Based Approaches to Designing Safer Chemicals
Informing Substitution to Safer Alternatives
Design of Safer Chemicals - Ionic Liquids
Designing Safer Organocatalysts - What Lessons Can Be Learned When the Rebirth of an Old Research Area Coincides with the Advent of Green Chemistry?
Life-Cycle Concepts for Sustainable Use of Engineered Nanomaterials in Nanoproducts
Drugs
Greener Chelating Agents
Improvements to the Environmental Performance of Synthetic-Based Drilling Muds
Biochemical Pesticides: Green Chemistry Designs by Nature
Property-Based Approaches to Design Rules for Reduced Toxicity
Reducing Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity Through Mechanism-Based Molecular Design of Chemicals
Reducing Ecotoxicity
Designing for Non-Persistence
Reducing Physical Hazards: Encouraging Inherently Safer Production
Interaction of Chemicals with the Endocrine System
Atom Economy: a Challenge for Enhanced Synthetic Efficiency
Evaluating the Greenness of Synthesis
Alternative Feedstocks for Synthesis
Synthesis in Green Solvents
Development and Application of Isocyanide-based Multicomponent Reactions
Flow Syntheses
Synthesis Without Protecting Groups
Biological Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals
Syntheses via C-H Bond Functionalizations
Synthesis Without Metals
Chemistry Beyond Functional Group Transformation
Synthesis Assisted by Electricity
Parameterization and Tracking of Optimization of Synthesis Strategy Using Computer Spreadsheet Algorithms
GREEN NANOSCIENCE
Formation of Nanoparticles Assisted by Ionic Liquids
CO2-Expanded Liquids for Nanoparticle Processing
Green Synthesis and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Photocatalysis by Nanostructured TiO2-based Semiconductors
Nanoencapsulation for Process Intensification
Formation of Nanoemulsions by Low-Energy Methods and Their Use as Templates for the Preparation of Polymeric Nanoparticles
Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes
A Review of Green Synthesis of Nanophase Inorganic Materials for Green Chemistry Applications
Use of Extracted Anthocyanin Derivatives in Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion
Nanomaterials from Biobased Amphiphiles: the Functional Role of Unsaturations
DESIGNING SAFER CHEMICALS
The Design of Safer Chemicals: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
Differential Toxicity Characterization of Green Alternative Chemicals
Understanding Mechanisms of Metabolic Transformations as a Tool for Designing Safer Chemicals
Structural and Toxic Mechanism-Based Approaches to Designing Safer Chemicals
Informing Substitution to Safer Alternatives
Design of Safer Chemicals - Ionic Liquids
Designing Safer Organocatalysts - What Lessons Can Be Learned When the Rebirth of an Old Research Area Coincides with the Advent of Green Chemistry?
Life-Cycle Concepts for Sustainable Use of Engineered Nanomaterials in Nanoproducts
Drugs
Greener Chelating Agents
Improvements to the Environmental Performance of Synthetic-Based Drilling Muds
Biochemical Pesticides: Green Chemistry Designs by Nature
Property-Based Approaches to Design Rules for Reduced Toxicity
Reducing Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity Through Mechanism-Based Molecular Design of Chemicals
Reducing Ecotoxicity
Designing for Non-Persistence
Reducing Physical Hazards: Encouraging Inherently Safer Production
Interaction of Chemicals with the Endocrine System
SET III - Green Processes:
Editor of Volume 7 - Green Synthesis
Prof. Chao-Jun Li
Professor Chao-Jun Li received his Ph.D at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and did a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University (USA). He was on the faculty at Tulane University (New Orleans, USA) until 2003. Since 2003, he has been at McGill University where he currently holds a Canada Research Chair (in Green Chemistry) and an E. B. Eddy Chair Professorship. He has published over 300 scientific publications and received numerous awards including the US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and the Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science) and is an Associate Editor for "Green Chemistry" of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).
Editors of Volume 8 - Green Nanoscience
Prof. A. Perosa and Prof. M. Selva
Alvise Perosa is Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy.
Under the supervision of Prof. Pinna, Mauricio Selva received his PhD in Industrial Chemistry in 1989 with cum laude. After two research scholarships he started his academic career as assistant professor of organic chemistry at the Università Ca´Foscari, Venezia, Italy where he is currently Associate Professor.
Editors of Volume 9 - Designing Safer Chemicals
Prof. Paul T. Anastas, Dr. Bob Boethling and Prof. A. Voutchkova
Paul T. Anastas is the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment. He has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Chemical Engineering. In addition, Prof. Anastas serves as the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale. Anastas took public service leave from Yale to serve as the Assistant Administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency Science Advisor from 2009-2012. From 2004 -2006, Paul Anastas served as Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute in Washington, D.C. He was previously the Assistant Director for the Environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he worked from 1999-2004. Trained as a synthetic organic chemist, Dr. Anastas received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University and worked as an industrial consultant. He is credited with establishing the field of green chemistry during his time working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the Chief of the Industrial Chemistry Branch and as the Director of the U.S. Green Chemistry Program. Beside the Handbook of Green Chemistry, Dr. Anastas has published widely on topics of science through sustainability including eleven books, such as Benign by Design, Designing Safer Polymers, Green Engineering, and his seminal work with co-author John Warner, Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice.
Dr. Robert (Bob) Boethling is scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Exposure Assessment Branch. He earned his Ph.D. at UCLA in 1976 and joined EPA in 1980 after a postdoctoral fellowship under Prof. Martin Alexander at Cornell University. Dr. Boethling's expertise is in biodegradation, and design and development of environmental fate data resources and estimation methods.
Adelina Voutchkova is Assistant Professor at the George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Editor of Volume 7 - Green Synthesis
Prof. Chao-Jun Li
Professor Chao-Jun Li received his Ph.D at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and did a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University (USA). He was on the faculty at Tulane University (New Orleans, USA) until 2003. Since 2003, he has been at McGill University where he currently holds a Canada Research Chair (in Green Chemistry) and an E. B. Eddy Chair Professorship. He has published over 300 scientific publications and received numerous awards including the US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and the Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science) and is an Associate Editor for "Green Chemistry" of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).
Editors of Volume 8 - Green Nanoscience
Prof. A. Perosa and Prof. M. Selva
Alvise Perosa is Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy.
Under the supervision of Prof. Pinna, Mauricio Selva received his PhD in Industrial Chemistry in 1989 with cum laude. After two research scholarships he started his academic career as assistant professor of organic chemistry at the Università Ca´Foscari, Venezia, Italy where he is currently Associate Professor.
Editors of Volume 9 - Designing Safer Chemicals
Prof. Paul T. Anastas, Dr. Bob Boethling and Prof. A. Voutchkova
Paul T. Anastas is the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment. He has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Chemical Engineering. In addition, Prof. Anastas serves as the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale. Anastas took public service leave from Yale to serve as the Assistant Administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency Science Advisor from 2009-2012. From 2004 -2006, Paul Anastas served as Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute in Washington, D.C. He was previously the Assistant Director for the Environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he worked from 1999-2004. Trained as a synthetic organic chemist, Dr. Anastas received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University and worked as an industrial consultant. He is credited with establishing the field of green chemistry during his time working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the Chief of the Industrial Chemistry Branch and as the Director of the U.S. Green Chemistry Program. Beside the Handbook of Green Chemistry, Dr. Anastas has published widely on topics of science through sustainability including eleven books, such as Benign by Design, Designing Safer Polymers, Green Engineering, and his seminal work with co-author John Warner, Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice.
Dr. Robert (Bob) Boethling is scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Exposure Assessment Branch. He earned his Ph.D. at UCLA in 1976 and joined EPA in 1980 after a postdoctoral fellowship under Prof. Martin Alexander at Cornell University. Dr. Boethling's expertise is in biodegradation, and design and development of environmental fate data resources and estimation methods.
Adelina Voutchkova is Assistant Professor at the George Washington University, Washington D.C.
