Green Organic Chemistry and its Interdisciplinary Applications

Content: Introduction to Green ChemistryLearning ObjectivesA Brief History of Green ChemistrySome Common Descriptions of Green ChemistryInnovative Aspects of Green ChemistryReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesTwelve Principles of Green ChemistryLearning ObjectivesIntroductionThe 12 Principles of Green ChemistryReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesInnovative Aspects of Green ChemistryLearning ObjectivesAbout Innovation in General and in Green ChemistryAbout Thinking in General and for the Green Chemistry InnovationsExamples of Innovations in Green ChemistryReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesGreen Organic Reactions "on Water"Learning ObjectivesTypes of Reactions in the Aqueous Medium and the Associated NomenclatureExamples of on Water ReactionsReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesGreen Organic Reactions in Superheated WaterLearning ObjectivesAbout Water: A Brief ReviewSuperheated Water as a Green Reaction MediumOrganic Reactions in Superheated Water: An OverviewReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesGreen "Solventless" Organic ReactionsLearning ObjectivesAnother Green Chemistry Paradigm Shift: Organic Reactions May Not Need a Solvent to OccurDefinition of Solventless Reactions and the Related NomenclatureSolventless Reactions That Are Based on the Melting Behavior of the Reaction Mixtures: Innovative Aspects of This MethodA New Look at the Familiar Concepts of Melting Point and Eutectic Point, and Their Relevant Phase DiagramsGreen Chemistry Challenges with Respect to the Solventless ReactionsExamples of Solventless ReactionsReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesGreen Organic Reactions in the Solid StateLearning ObjectivesSolid-State Reactions Other Than Those That Occur via the Melted StateSolid-State Photochemical ReactionsMicrowave-Assisted Solid-State ReactionsRearrangement Reactions in the Solid StateSynthetic Scope of the Solid-State ReactionsReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesApplications of Green Chemistry Principles in EngineeringLearning ObjectivesEngineering and Its BranchesGreen Engineering and Its 12 PrinciplesComparison of Principles of Green Chemistry and Green EngineeringSustainability as Related to Green EngineeringTypes of Thinking That Are Useful in Green Engineering: Systems and Holistic ThinkingConclusionsReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesChemical Industry and Its GreeningLearning ObjectivesIntroduction: Scope of Chemical Industry and the Objectives of This ChapterProducts of Polymer IndustryTypes of Polymers Affect Polymer PropertiesGreening of the Chemical IndustryGreen Chemistry MetricsSummaryReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesApplications of Green Chemistry Principles in the Pharmaceutical IndustryLearning ObjectivesAn Introduction to the Pharmaceutical IndustryPharmaceutical Industry Often Has Difficulties in Meeting Green Chemistry GoalsGreening of the Pharmaceutical IndustryReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesApplications of Green Chemistry Principles in Analytical ChemistryLearning ObjectivesApplication of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry to Analytical ChemistryGreen Analytical Chemistry and Its Specialized Green PrinciplesGreening of Analytical ChemistrySummaryReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesApplication of Green Chemistry Principles in Environmental ChemistryLearning ObjectivesA Brief Overview of the Objectives of Environmental ChemistryRelationship between the Environmental and Green ChemistryPharmaceuticals as Emerging Environmental PollutantsDevelopment of Ecofriendly Chemicals in Response to the Findings of Environmental ChemistryReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferencesGreening Undergraduate Organic Laboratory ExperimentsLearning ObjectivesA Brief Survey of the Literature Sources on Green Organic Laboratory ExperimentsSelected Methods of Greening Organic Laboratory ExperimentsReview QuestionsAnswers to Review QuestionsReferences