1st Edition

Green Chemistry in 21st Century and Beyond

By V.K. Ahluwalia, Sunita Dhingra Copyright 2025
636 Pages
by CRC Press

636 Pages
by CRC Press

636 Pages
by CRC Press

With an emphasis on minimizing the use and generation of hazardous substances, Green Chemistry is a significant branch of Chemical Engineering. This book details the fundamentals associated with this field of study and focuses on designing products through renewable starting materials, recyclable chemicals, and benign synthesis. The use of green solvents, organic transformations, catalysts, and... Read more

Preface

1. Introduction to Green Chemistry

2. Organic Transformations in Water

3. Transformations in Ionic Liquids

4. Transformations in Super Critical Carbon Dioxide

5. Transformations in Polyethylene Glycol and its Solutions

6. Transformations in Fluorous Solvents

7. Miscellaneous Green Solvents

8. Solvent-free Organic Transformations

9. Microwave Assisted Organic Transformations

10. Ultrasound Assisted Organic Transformations

11. Photochemical Organic Transformations

12. Organic Transformations using Phase Transfer Catalysts

13. Biocatalytic Transformations

14. Organic Transformations using Supported Catalysts

15. Organic Transformations using Green Reagents

16. Organic Transformations using Renewable Starting Materials

17. Electrochemical Synthesis

18. Pharmaceutical Industry: Now and Then

19. Polymers

20. Agrochemicals

Appendix

Index

Biography

V.K. Ahluwalia is retired Professor at Department of Chemistry University of Delhi, India. He is also Visiting Professor at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, India.

Sunita Dhingra is retired Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Miranda House, University of Delhi, India.