CHAPTER 15. Educational Efforts in Green and Sustainable Chemistry from the Spanish Network in Sustainable Chemistry

Author(s):  
Santiago V. Luis ◽  
Belén Altava ◽  
M. Isabel Burguete ◽  
Eduardo García-Verdugo
2010 ◽  
pp. 487-495
Author(s):  
Martin Bruhns ◽  
Peter Glaviè ◽  
Arne Sloth Jensen ◽  
Michael Narodoslawsky ◽  
Giorgio Pezzi ◽  
...  

The paper is based on the results of international project entitled “Towards Sustainable Sugar Industry in Europe (TOSSIE)”. 33 research topics of major importance to the sugar sector are listed and briefly described, and compared with research priorities of the European Technology Platforms: “Food for Life”, “Sustainable Chemistry”, “Biofuels”, and “Plant for the Future”. Most topics are compatible with the research themes included in the COOPERATION part of the 7th Framework Program of the EU (2007-2013). However, some topics may require long-term R&D with the time horizon of up to 15 years. The list of topics is divided into four parts: Sugar manufacturing, Applications of biotechnology and biorefinery processing, Sugarbeet breeding and growing, Horizontal issues. Apart from possible use of the list by policy- and decision makers with an interest in sugarbeet sector, the description of each research topic can be used as a starting point in setting up a research project or other R&D activities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1024-1031
Author(s):  
Diparjun Das ◽  
Kalyani Rajkumari ◽  
Lalthazuala Rokhum

Aim and Objective: Sustainable production of fine chemicals both in industries and pharmaceuticals heavily depends on the application of solid-phase synthesis route coupled with microwave technologies due to their environmentally benign nature. In this report, a microwave-assisted esterification reaction using polymer-bound triphenylphosphine and 4,4′-dinitroazobenzene reagent system was investigated. Materials and Methods: The solvents were obtained from Merck India. Polymer-bound triphenylphosphine (~3 mmol triphenylphosphine moiety/g) was acquired from Sigma-Aldrich. The progress of the reaction was observed by thin-layer chromatography. All the reactions were performed in Milestones StartSYNTH microwave. The NMR spectra were recorded on Bruker Avance III 300, 400, and 500 MHz FT NMR Spectrometers. Using azo compound and polymer-bound triphenyl phosphine as a coupling reagent, esterification of different carboxylic acids with alcohols was performed under microwave irradiation. Results: Esterification of benzoic acid with 1-propanol under microwave irradiation gave a high yield of 92% propyl benzoate in 60 minutes only. Isolation of the ester products was relatively simple as both the byproducts polymer-bound triphenylphosphine oxide and hydrazine could be removed by simple filtration. The rates of reactions were found to be directly proportional to the pKa of the benzoic acids. Conclusion: 4,4′-Dinitroazobenzene was introduced as a novel coupling reagent, in conjugation with polymer-bound triphenylphosphine, for esterification reactions under microwave irradiation. The low moisture sensitivity of the reaction system, easy separation of the byproducts, and column chromatographyfree isolation of esters help our methods with application significance, particularly from the ‘Sustainable Chemistry’ perspective.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 4702-4703
Author(s):  
Abigail S. Engelberth ◽  
Wei Niu ◽  
Sónia P. M. Ventura ◽  
Sankar Nair ◽  
Marcelo A. Nolasco ◽  
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Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1097
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Hernández Fernández ◽  
Antonia Pérez de los Ríos

Sustainable chemical process engineering results from applying the principles of green chemistry or sustainable chemistry to chemical process engineering [...]


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vânia G. Zuin ◽  
Ingo Eilks ◽  
Myriam Elschami ◽  
Klaus Kümmerer

Central role of future professionals in chemistry to promote alternatives towards sustainability.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Bahrami ◽  
Ulla Simon ◽  
Niloofar Soltani ◽  
Sara Zavareh ◽  
Johannes Schmidt ◽  
...  

In this study, within a sustainable chemistry approach, a clean and eco-friendly synthesis process of silica monoliths compatible with environmental limitations is developed.


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