SUBJECT
Title
Green chemistry/Sustainable chemistry
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
The rapidly increasing worldwide demand for environmentally friendly chemical products and processes requires the application of novel and cost-effective technologies to pollution prevention. Green Chemistry is an emerging new approach focusing on a simple principle: it is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it is formed.
Topics:
- The Fundamentals of Green Chemistry
- The Chlorine Controversy
- Replacing Toxic Chemicals
- Alternative Solvents and Reaction Media
- Selective Catalysis
- Asymmetric Synthesis
- Energy and the Environment
- Population and the Environment
- Environmental Economics
- The Environmental Factor in Chemical Research and Development Management
Readings
P.T. Anastas, J.C. Warner: Green Chemistry, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998