Green chemistry

1. Green Chemistry and its Role
for Sustainability
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Chemistry can be learned with pleasure not with pressure

2. GREEN CHEMISTRY
• Green Chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or
eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the
design, manufacture and application of chemical products .
• Green Chemistry is a recent approach to design of energy efficient
processes and the best form of waste disposal.
• The awareness among the organic chemists to practice green
chemical routes for organic transformations is significantly increasing
in the place of mineral acids, mild solid acids or clays are used. The
reactions are carried out in organized media or in green solvents [
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3. GREEN CHEMISTRY IS ABOUT
• Waste Minimization at Source
• Use of Catalysts in place of Reagents
• Using Non-Toxic Reagents
• Use of Renewable Resources
• Improved Atom Efficiency
• Use of Solvent Free or Recyclable Environmentally Benign Solvent
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4. Green Chemistry
• Green chemistry is the use of chemistry for pollution prevention
• Design of chemical products and processes that are more environmentally
benign
• Reduction or elimination of the use or generation of hazardous substances
associated with a particular synthesis or process
• Green chemistry looks at pollution prevention on the molecular scale and
is an extremely important area of Chemistry due to the importance of
Chemistry in our world today and the implications it can show on our
environment
• The Green Chemistry program supports the invention of more
environmentally friendly chemical processes which reduce or even
eliminate the generation of hazardous substances [.
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5. Importance of Green Chemistry
• With the increase in production and use of chemical compounds, man has
become more exposed to the deterious effects. It is clear that the knowledge of
toxicology is essential for the management and prevention of the adverse effects
and toxicity of chemicals. [
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• 2 billion lbs. of chemicals were released to air, land and water (USEPA) in 1994
• Data includes only 365 of 70,000 chemicals available in commerce
• Environmental and hazardous wastes operations => economic burden
• environmental expenditures : cost of doing business
• 100-150 billion $ / year for remediation in US alone
• shift financial resources from costs to research & development
• Promise of Green Chemistry to lower overall costs associated with environmental
health and safety [
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6. Green
Chemistry
A tool
Industrial
ecology
Sustainable
development
the goal
Green chemistry, lies at the heart of the industrial ecology
Green chemistry a tool
• As human beings ---
we are part of the
environment
• The way in which we
interact with our
environment
influences the quality
of our lives [
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7. Green chemistry, is also called Benign chemistry or
clean chemistry for sustainability
• Refers to the field of chemistry dealing with
1- Synthesis (the path to making chemicals)
2- Processing (the actual making of chemicals)
3- Use of chemicals that reduce risks to humans and impact on the
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8. Conclusion
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Green chemistry Not a solution
to all environmental problems But
the most fundamental approach to
preventing pollution. [
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9. Reference
• 1. Singhal M., Singh A. Khan S.P, Green Chemistry Potential for Past,
Present and Future Perspectives, 2012; 3(4).
• 2. Ahuwalia V.K, Kidvai M., New Trends In Green
Chemistry,Anamayapublisher New Delhi, 2nd edition, 2007; 5-18
• 3. Ahluwalia V.K, Green chemistry Enviromentally Benign Reactions,
published by India books, 2nd EDITION, 2006; 1-10.
• 4. Vojvodic V. Enviromental Protection :Green Manufacturing in the
pharmaceutical industry and cost reduction, KenInd, 2009; 58(1):
32-33.
• 5. Anastas. P.T, Warner J.C, Green chemistry Theory and Practice,
OxfordUniversity, Press, New York, 1998. 9

10. Prepared by:
Asma hasan alshehhi
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