Waste minimization, green chemistry applications

Handbook of Green Chemistry and Technology, J. H. Clark and D. J. Macquarrie, Eds., Blackwell Publishing 2002, 540 pp., ISBN 0-632-05715-7. This collection of 22 review essays covers all the important areas of green chemistry, including environmental impact and life-cycle analysis, waste minimization, catalysts and their industrial applications, new synthesis methods, dean energy, and novel solvent systems. The chapters are well referenced and contain pertinent examples and case studies. 

The ultimate goal in organic synthesis will be mix and adding up of reaction components with anything else needed only catalytically and with minimal loss of atoms [95]. It is better to prevent waste than to treat or dean up waste after it has been created [96]. From the examples that we described in this chapter, we can indeed conclude that MCRs satisfy intrinsically the criteria of green chemistry and should therefore find application in many areas where chemistry plays the key role. 

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