Design of chemical products

The challenge of this chapter then is to clarify the nature of chemical products, give the basic definitions related to a chemical product and see how these definitions can be useful for the classification, study and design of chemical products. 

Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. 

Green chemistry is also known as environmentally benign chemistry, or sustainable chemistry. Perhaps the most widely accepted definition of green chemistry is the one offered by chemists Paul Anastas and John Warner, who defined green chemistry as the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. 

Succinctly put, green chemistry, also termed sustainable chemistry, is described by that chapter s authors, as the use of chemistry to reduce pollution at the source, through the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of unwanted or hazardous substances. Green engineering is defined as the design, commercialization, and... 

Table 4, Twelve Principles of Green C iieinisiry." serves to provide a road map for chemists and chemical engineers to implement the use of sound, responsible chemistry for P2, or green chemistry, during the conceptual design of chemical products/processes in order to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. ...

In 1998, Anastas and Warner teamed up to write the best selling and most cited book in the field of Green Chemistry, Green Chemistry Theory and Practice, which explicated the 12 principles of Green Chemistry. The principles, intended as guidelines for practical chemistry, provided a road map for chemists both of academia and industry to promote pollution prevention through environmentally conscious design of chemical products and processes. The 12 principles are ... 

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