Environmentally benign production commodity chemicals

Wolfgang Holderich and D. Heinz (Technische Hochschule Aachen) illustrate a problem - the application of heterogeneous catalysts to the environmentally benign synthesis of fine chemicals, such as fragrances. This is one example of how catalysts can be developed to synthesize products efficiently and cleanly. This type of green catalysis is one of the challenges we face, especially with large volume commodity chemicals. 

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