Green chemistry – Page 3
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OpinionA sustainable legacy
President of the RSC, Tom Welton, asks what kind of chemical legacy we are leaving for the future
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ArticleA biodegradable future
By investing in research, working with its partners across its supply chain, and considering the entire product lifecycle, Unilever is making a biodegradable future obtainable
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NewsBath becomes first UK university to sign green chemistry pledge
79 institutes around the world have now agreed to focus on green principles in chemistry education
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ResearchElectrochemistry enables new, greener route to aromatic sulfonamides
One-step, metal-free, scalable route synthesises key functional group in drug discovery
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ResearchMechanochemistry makes ammonia under mild conditions
Ball-milling process could reduce energy consumption associated with key fertiliser feedstock
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ResearchUltrasound makes nano-waves, generating ‘green’ radicals
Chemical engineers use high-frequency soundwaves to dissociate water without catalysts or electrolytes
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WhitepaperThe theory and practice of green analytical chemistry
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ArticleEngineering a green approach to analytical chemistry
Six decades of industry insight and research partnerships inform Waters’ green analytical chemistry
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WhitepaperComprehensive 2D liquid chromatography for polymer applications
Download our free white paper to see how 2D-LC offers superior analysis of complex samples
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WebinarDOZN 2.0 – a quantitative green chemistry evaluator
Learn how to calculate green scores for your processes and increase your overall sustainability using DOZN 2.0
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ResearchRecord amounts of ammonia produced from nitrogen and water
Greener ammonia synthesis proceeds at room temperature and pressure using hydrogen from water splitting
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FeatureSustainable lab buildings
After a decade of grassroots growth, the laboratory sustainability movement is bursting into the mainstream finds James Mitchell Crow
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ResearchFlow synthesis produces chiral intermediate for antidepressant drug
The first solvent-free organocatalytic flow process yields the key chiral intermediate for paroxetine on a multigram-scale
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OpinionBreaking the carbon cycle
Focusing on new technologies to tackle climate change could allow policymakers to dodge their own responsibilities
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ArticleJohnson Matthey enzyme technology for a clean and healthy tomorrow
Enzymes have evolved into nature’s reaction facilitators over millions of years and their unique catalytic abilities drive science by connecting essential life elements
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ResearchCatalyst cleans up alcohol couplings
Eight years’ work yields Mitsunobu chemistry with nothing but water as a byproduct
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BusinessEnhancing solvents' sustainability
Increased recycling and replacing toxic solvents with greener alternatives will reduce environmental impact
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NewsTom Welton named Royal Society of Chemistry’s next president
Head of chemistry at Imperial College and diversity champion will take the helm next year
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ResearchCan catalysis save us from our CO2 problem?
We need to start seeing carbon dioxide as as a valuable raw material to make chemicals, fuels and even food