Green chemistry reagents

Oter, O., Ertekin, K., Topkaya, D., and Alp, S., Emission-based optical carbon dioxide sensing with HPTS in green chemistry reagents Room-temperature ionic liquids, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 386,1225-1234, 2006. 

Photolytic (photochemical) reactions are discussed as a means of destroying refractory organic water pollutants in Chapter 5, Section 5.8.3 and as ideal green chemistry reagents in Chapter 14, Section 14.12. Photolysis can be used to destroy a number of kinds of hazardous wastes. In such applications, it is most useful in breaking chemical bonds in refractory organic compounds. As discussed in Chapter 5, Section 5.15, and shown in Figure 5.12, photolysis by ultraviolet radiation is used to break down chemical compounds such as pharmaceuticals and their metabolites in the... 

J.A. Murphy, Free Radicals in Synthesis Clean Reagents Affording Oxidative or Reductive Termination , Pure and Applied Chemistry, Special Topic Issue on Green Chemistry, 2000, 72(7) 1327. 

Today, in the field of organic chemistry, increasing attention is being given to Green Chemistry [19], using environmentally safe reagents and, in particular, sol-vent-free procedures. Reactions performed without the use of a solvent can indeed... 

Photocatalysis has become a very important tool both in organic syntheses and environmental chemistry. It represents not only a very selective instrument to achieve synthesis or decomposition of complex structures but also a green chemistry approach since the electron is a very clean reagent. 

Methods and Reagents for Green Chemistry An Introduction, Edited by Pietro Tundo, Alvise Perosa, and Fulvio Zecchini... 

In conclusion, we reiterate that photoinitiated reactions have a dramatic advantage with respect to thermal reactions, since light is the green reagent par excellence. If we consider the possibihty that such reactions will be apphed in the foreseeable future, and in particular whether they will contribute to the development of green chemistry, we can conclude that there are both indisputable advantages and difficult to solve problems. 

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