Green Chemistry by Torok, Bela; Dransfield, Timothy;

Long description:

Green Chemistry: An Inclusive Approach provides a broad overview of green chemistry for researchers from either an environmental science or chemistry background, starting at a more elementary level, incorporating more advanced concepts, and including more chemistry as the book progresses. Every chapter includes recent, state-of-the-art references, in particular, review articles, to introduce researchers to this field of interest and provide them with information that can be easily built upon.

By bringing together experts in multiple subdisciplines of green chemistry, the editors have curated a single central resource for an introduction to the discipline as a whole. Topics include a broad array of research fields, including the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere, water and soil, the synthesis of fine chemicals, and sections on pharmaceuticals, plastics, energy related issues (energy storage, fuel cells, solar, and wind energy conversion etc., greenhouse gases and their handling, chemical toxicology issues of everyday products (from perfumes to detergents or clothing), and environmental policy issues.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
1.1 Green Chemistry: Historical Perspectives and Basic Concepts

2. Chemical Issues of Modern Society
2.1ï¿1⁄2Environmental Chemistry, Renewable Energy and Global Policy
2.2ï¿1⁄2Sustainable Synthesis
2.3.ï¿1⁄2Integrating the Principles of Toxicology Into a Chemistry Curriculum
2.4ï¿1⁄2Effects of Environmental Factors on DNA: damage and mutations

3. Green Chemistry in Practice
3.1.ï¿1⁄2The Natural Atmosphere
3.2.ï¿1⁄2Air Pollution and Air Quality
3.3.ï¿1⁄2Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Recovery
3.4.ï¿1⁄2The Greenhouse Effect, Aerosols, and Climate Change
3.5.ï¿1⁄2The Chemistry of Natural Waters
3.6.ï¿1⁄2Water Contamination and Pollution
3.7.ï¿1⁄2Contaminants of Emerging Concern, with an Emphasis on Nanomaterials and Pharmaceuticals
3.8.ï¿1⁄2Pollution in the Coastal Zone: A Case Study of Wastewater on Cape Cod, MA
3.9.ï¿1⁄2The Composition of Soils and Sediments
3.10.ï¿1⁄2Heavy Metal Pollution and Remediation
3.11.ï¿1⁄2Application of Green Chemistry in Homogeneous Catalysis
3.12.ï¿1⁄2Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Fundamental Pillar of Sustainable Synthesis
3.13.ï¿1⁄2Phase Transfer Catalysis: a Tool for Environmentally Benign Synthesis
3.14.ï¿1⁄2Biocatalysis: Nature's Chemical Toolbox
3.15.ï¿1⁄2Organic Solvents in Sustainable Synthesis and Engineering by
3.16.ï¿1⁄2Ionic liquids as novel media and catalysts for electrophilic/onium ion chemistry and metal-mediated reactions
3.17.ï¿1⁄2Solvent-free synthesis of nanoparticles
3.18.ï¿1⁄2Application of Microwaves in Sustainable Organic Synthesis
3.19.ï¿1⁄2Application of Sonochemical Activation in Green Synthesis
3.20.ï¿1⁄2Principles of Electrocatalysis
3.21.ï¿1⁄2Principles of Photochemical Activation toward Artificial Photosynthesis and Organic Transformations
3.22.ï¿1⁄2Biopolymers: biodegradable alternatives to traditional plastics
3.23.ï¿1⁄2Modern Applications of Green Chemistry: Renewable Energy
3.24.ï¿1⁄2From ethanol to biodiesel: a survey of green fuels
3.25.ï¿1⁄2Solar Energy Conversion
3.26.ï¿1⁄2Towards a Sustainable Carbon Cycle: the Methanol Economy
3.27.ï¿1⁄2Natural and Nature-Inspired Synthetic Small Molecule Antioxidants in the Context of Green Chemistry
3.28.ï¿1⁄2The Value-adding Connections between the Management of Eco-innovation and the Principles of Green Chemistry and Engineering
3.29.ï¿1⁄2The International Chemicals Regime: Protecting Health and the Environment