Green Chemistry, Sustainable Chemistry

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Current Stories and Reports

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General Information

Green Chemistry
Introduction and Synthetic Procedures. Organic Chemistry Portal - [d, e]

Green Chemistry
Basic information. Royal Society of Chemistry, UK - Format: PDF - [e]

Green Chemistry
Basic information - Format: PDF - [e]

Greener Education Materials for Chemistry
... to search by keyword or category. University of Oregon, USA - [e]

Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry
Originally published by Paul Anastas and John Warner in Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice. EPA, USA - [e]

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Lecture Notes, Tutorials

Green Chemistry Experiments
... by the Green Chemistry Institute and the ACS Education Division. American Chemical Society, USA - [e]

Sustainability in the organic chemistry lab course
Background information, experiments, techniques and more - [d, e]

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Special Information

Educating the Next Generation
Green and sustainable chemistry: Papers are are listed sought that will assist educators in providing students at all age levels with course materials (lecture and laboratory) that illustrate the integration of green and sustainable chemistry throughout the chemical enterprise - [e]

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Industry

Sustainable Value Creation by Chemical Companies
The study has been published in December 2009. It assesses the sustainability performance of 9 major chemical companies worldwide using the Sustainable Value approach over the period of 2004 to 2007 on the basis of a set of 13 financial, environmental and social resources - [e]

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Journals

ChemSusChem
'Chemistry and Sustainability Energy and Materials' is well on its way to become a top interdisciplinary journal for research at the interface of chemistry and sustainability with energy research, materials science, chemical engineering, and biotechnology. Wiley - [e]

Green Chemistry
Publishing cutting-edge research that reduces the environmental impact of the chemical enterprise by developing alternative sustainable technologies. Royal Society of Chemistry, UK - [e]

Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews
... is a peer reviewed journal that focuses on rapid publication of innovative new syntheses and procedures that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous materials. In addition, reviews of state of the art green chemistry technologies will be included. Taylor and Francis - [e]

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Research facilities and departments

Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering
... is dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. The Center conducts projects in developing new science, technology, educational opportunities, and policies, for the ultimate goal of increasing the adoption and implementation of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering throughout our society and our economy for more sustainable world. Yale University, USA - [e]

Center for Green Manufacturing
To prevent pollution and save energy through the discovery and development of new knowledge that reduces and/or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture, and application of chemical products or processes. University of Alabama, USA - [e]

Centre for Green Chemistry
... is a Special Research Centre, funded by the Australian Research Council. Monash University, Australia - [e]

Green Chemistry Group
... based in the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at the University of York - [e]

Institute for Green Science
... has been established as a research, education and development center in which a holistic approach to green or sustainable chemistry is being developed, focused on pollution reduction. Carnegie Mellon University, USA - [e]

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Organisations

ACS Green Chemistry Institute
The mission of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) is to advance the implementation of green chemistry principles into all aspects of the chemical enterprise. American Chemical Society, USA - [e]

Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference
Annual conferences. American Chemical Society, USA - [e]

Canadian Green Chemistry Network
... is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote green chemistry to protect human health and the environment - [e]

EPA Green Chemistry Program
Mission: To promote innovative chemical technologies that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture, and use of chemical products - [e]

Green Chemistry Network
The main aim of the GCN is to promote awareness and facilitate education, training and practice of Green Chemistry in industry, commerce, academia and schools. Royal Society of Chemistry, UK - [e]

OECD
Promoting the Design, Manufacture, and Use of Environmentally Benign Chemicals Through Sustainable Chemistry or "Green Chemistry" - [e]

SusChem
European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry - [e]

The European Sustainable Chemistry Award
EuCheMS (the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences), with the encouragement of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the support of SusChem (European Platform for Sustainable Chemistry) and CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Association), is launching the European Sustainable Chemistry Award - [e]

Other notes:

Related Books and Scientific Literature: Green Chemistry:

Roger A. Sheldon, Isabel Arends, Fred van Rantwijk

Green Chemistry and Catalysis

This first book to focus on catalytic processes from the viewpoint of green chemistry presents every important aspect: Numerous catalytic reductions and oxidations methods Solid-acid and solid-base catalysis C-C bond formation reactions Biocatalysis Asymmetric catalysis Novel reaction media like e.g. ionic liquids, supercritical CO2 Renewable raw materials Written by Roger A. Sheldon -- without doubt one of the leaders in the field with much experience in academia and industry -- and his co-workers, the result is a unified whole, an indispensable source for every scientist looking to improve catalytic reactions, whether in the college or company lab.

Wiley-VCH; 2007

Alvise Perosa, Fulvio Zecchini

Methods and Reagents for Green Chemistry: An Introduction

This book aims to stimulate and promote the wide ranging aspects of green chemistry and its major role in ensuring sustainable development. The book covers the following areas: green chemistry; green reagents and atom economy; safeguarding the atmosphere; industrial green catalysis; alternative reaction conditions; biocatalysis and green chemistry. It is based on the third edition of the "Collection of Lectures of the Summer Schools on Green Chemistry" held in Venice, Italy in the summers of 1998-2003

Wiley & Sons; 2007