Encyclopedia of Green Chemistry
- 1st Edition - January 16, 2025
- Editor: Béla Török
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 7 4 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 9 2 3 - 1
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Request a sales quoteEncyclopedia of Green Chemistry, Three Volume Set is an essential reference for researchers, students, and professionals seeking to advance their knowledge, contribute to a sustainable future, and stay at the forefront of green chemistry. Edited by esteemed experts and written by renowned contributors, the book provides in-depth knowledge on a broad range of topics in green chemistry. It provides a solid foundation for understanding sustainable chemical practices and offers valuable insights into advanced areas, including the green production of chemicals, biomass valorization, and emerging technologies.
Comprising over 146 authoritative review chapters, across four volumes, the encyclopedia captures the latest advancements and future prospects in green chemistry from click chemistry to continuous flow synthesis, waste-derived solvents to sustainable solvents. The book fills the gap as the only contemporary and comprehensive major reference work in the field, bringing together the expert knowledge of multiple sub-disciplines.
- Compiles the fundamentals of green chemistry and recent advances into one comprehensive reference
- Utilizes state-of-the-art knowledge and references in this rapidly evolving field, covering a wide range of topics
- Written and edited by internationally renowned experts, ensuring authoritative and reliable content
- Integrates practical applications and emerging technologies relevant to various industries
- Serves as an essential resource for researchers, educators, and students, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration
Instructors, students, undergraduate and graduate level, studying chemistry, environmental sciences, and related disciplines
Fundamentals of Green Chemistry
- Historical Background and Development of Green and Sustainable Chemistry
- The Concept Benign by Design
- Major Challenges in Green Chemistry
- Green Chemistry Metrics
- Alternative Mass-Related Metrics
- The E-Factor: The Environmental Footprint
- Beyond the E-Factor: The Environmental, Hazard and Risk Quotient
- Solvent Impact on Chemical Processes
- Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential
- Life Cycle Assessment, Circular Economy, and Environmental, Social, and Governance
- Life Cycle Design
- Environmental Pollution, Safety Concerns and National and International Regulatory Agencies
- Rational Decarbonization Strategies for Chemical Manufacturing Guided by Sustainability Assessment
- Economic, Legal and Safety Issues of Environmental Site Remediation
Catalysis
- Pd-NHC Catalyzed C-H Functionalization
- Solid (or Heterogeneous) Catalysts
- Ionic Liquids in Catalysis: An Innovative and Green Approach for the Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles
- Supported Metal Catalysts
- Zeolites as Solid Acid Catalysts
- Clays
- Sulfated Metal Oxides
- Layered Double Hydroxides
- Transition Metal Nanoparticles as Catalysts Toward a Green and Sustainable Energy Future
- Recent Progress in Homogeneous Catalytic One-Step Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol Under Conventional and Non-Conventional Energy Sources
- Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation
- Heterogeneous Catalytic C-H Activation
- Liquid/Liquid and Solid/Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis
Non-Traditional Activation Methods
- Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Fine Chemicals - Triazoles
- Sonocatalysis
- Sonochemical Synthesis of Organometallics
- Resonant Acoustic Mixing: Applications to Organic and Materials Synthesis
- Fundamentals of Photochemistry
- Photochemical Synthesis of Fine Chemicals
- Light-Activated Molecular Switches, Machines and Motors
- Photocatalysis
- Environmental Applications of Light-Activated Processes
- Tools of Green Synthesis: Electrochemistry
- Electrocatalysis
- Photoelectrochemical Approaches for the Functionalization of C-H Bonds
- Fundamentals of Mechanochemistry
- Monitoring In Situ Mechanochemical Reactions
- A Point of View on Kinetics in Mechanochemistry
- Mechanochemistry in Ultrahigh Vacuum: Monitoring Mechanisms and Measuring Rates
- One-Step Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nanostructured and Non-Equilibrium Complex Oxides
- Polymer Mechanochemistry and Its Relation to Green Chemistry
- Synthesis of Cocrystals by Mechanochemistry
- Synthesis of Metal Complexes, MOFs and Inorganic Materials by Mechanochemistry
- Large Scale Synthesis by Mechanochemistry
- Green Chemistry Tools in Mechanochemistry
- Organic Synthesis with High Hydrostatic Pressure
Green Production of Chemicals
- Evaluating Greenness of Solvents
- Solvent Recovery and Recycling
- Liquid Polymer Solvents – Challenges and Perspectives Towards Practical Implementations
- Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: A Critical Analysis
- Deep Eutectic Solvents as Green Solvents: Advantages, Disadvantages and Applications
- Catalysis in Biomass-Based Solvents
- Environmental Issues Caused by Traditional Synthetic Polymers
- Green Production of Bioplastics from Biomass
- Sustainability and Environmental Degradability of Synthetic Polymers
- Biodegradable Synthetic Polymers
- Natural Renewable Polymers Part I: Polysaccharides
- Green Synthesis of Biosurfactants: Challenges and Applications
- Polymer Composite Materials
- Microbiological Synthesis of Bioplastics
- Asymmetric Metal-Based Catalysis
- Asymmetric Enzymatic Catalysis
- Sustainable Chemical Process Through Continuous Flow Technology
- Separation Units in Enabling Sustainable Flow Synthesis
- Recovery and Reuse of Metal Complex Catalysts
- Petrochemical Applications of Solid Catalysts
- Automotive Industry Applications
- Solid Catalysts in the Food Industry
- Heterogeneous Catalysis in Environmental Applications
- Recovery of Bio-Based Organic Acids Using Green Technologies
- Green Materials and Processes for Lithium Extraction
- Biofuels
- Microwave Processing of Aquaculture Waste into Value-Added Products
- Green Reductive Synthesis of Metallic Nanomaterials
- AI for Green Energy Production
- Green Toxicology
- Regrettable Substitutions
- Toxicity of Solvents Part I: Conventional Solvents
- Natural Renewable Polymers Part II: Polyamides, Polynucleotides, Polyterpene, Polyphenols and Polyesters
- Greener Products Through Chemical Looping
- Preparation of Green Agro-Based Polymers
- Toxicity of Solvents Part II: Green Solvents
- Green Building Blocks for Membranes: Monomers, Polymers, and Solvents
Valorization and Biorefining of Biomass
- Biorefining of Sugar-Rich Plant Materials
- Jet Fuel Hydrocarbons from Lignin through Aqueous Phase Catalytic Upgradation – Path to Scale-Up
- Cellulose Nanocrystals: Types, Properties, Characterization, and Applications
- Ionic Liquids and Their Role in a Lignocellulosic Biorefinery
- Green Industrial Products from Natural Fats and Oils
- Blue Biomass-Based Food Waste: Green Processes for Converting Food Waste into Valuable Molecules and Materials
- Torrefaction, Carbonization and Pyrolysis: Valorising Woody Wastes Towards Energy Generation via Solid Biofuels Production
- γ-Valerolactone and Other Relevant Lactones
- Anhydrosugars and Derivatives
- Acid/Base Mediated Lignin Valorization in Biomass Conversion: Reactions and Mechanisms
- Microbial Lignin Deconstruction Strategies
- Catalytic Conversion of Glycerol
- Added-Value Compounds and Fuels from Marine Macroalgae
- Bio-Based Commodity Chemicals via Genetically Engineered Microbes
- Bio-Derived Carbons and Their Applications
- Aggregation Phenomena in Lignin
- Polymers and Materials from Lignin: Thermosets and Thermoplastics
- Mechanochemistry: Harnessing Mechanical Energy for Sustainable Biomass Valorization and Advanced Material Synthesis
- Biorefining Under Methane Atmosphere
- Bioethanol as a Sustainable Platform Molecule for the Synthesis of Chemical Commodities
- Biobased UV Filters and Antioxidants
- Lignin Refinery - Mapping a Sustainable Future
- Muconic Acid as a Key Biorenewable Platform Molecule
- Amines from Renewables
- Pretreatment and Fractionation of Lignocellulosic Biomass
- Upgrading of Cellulose-Derived Molecules to Chemicals and Fuels Using Earth-Abundant Heterogeneous Catalysis
Emerging Technologies in Green Chemistry
- Towards Optimization of Green Hydrogen Production: An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Photovoltaic-Electrolysis Configurations
- Click Chemistry: A Tool for Green Chemistry
- Continuous Flow Synthesis
- Single Atom Catalysis
- Noncovalent Derivatization
- Environmental and Green Chemistry of the Rare Earth Elements
- Ultrasound-Driven Degradation of Organic Pollutants: Focus on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyls (PFAS)
- Liquid Ammonia—Versatile Green Solvent
- Electrochemical Halogenations
- Divalent Metal-Ion Batteries as Alternatives to Li-Ion Based Energy Storage
- Sonochemical Activation in Flow Systems
- Flow Photochemistry
- Electrochemistry in Flow
- New Developments in the Application of Waste-Derived/Circular Economy-Derived Solvents
- Bio-Based Surfactants and Green Soft Materials
- Upcycling of Plastic Waste
- Microwave-Assisted Production of Sustainable Fuels
- Application of Microwave Irradiation in Industrial Processes
Chemical Toxicology and its Application in the Design of Benign Chemical Products
- q-RASAR for Predictive Toxicology
- Software Tools for Green and Sustainable Chemistry
- Harnessing the Multitarget Approach for Green and Sustainable Drug Discovery
- Directed Evolution in Drug Design
- Green Chemistry Considerations in the Synthesis of Nirmatrelvir, the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) in Paxlovid
- Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
- Photodynamic Therapy for Targeted Treatment of Oral Cancers
- Greening Up Nitration – Old Reaction, New Tricks
- Paper Sensors with Nanoparticles as Green and Sustainable Systems for Sensing
- Detection of Toxic Metals by Sensors in Organized Nanostructures
- Sensors for the Detection of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater and Natural Waters
- A Practical Introduction to Patents and Trade Secrets for Green Scientists and Engineers
- A Historical and Current Look at Chemical Design for Reduced Hazard
- Emerging Approaches for Green Chemistry Education: Systemic Changes for a Sustainable Future
- Historical Background and Development of Green and Sustainable Chemistry
- The Concept Benign by Design
- Major Challenges in Green Chemistry
- Green Chemistry Metrics
- Alternative Mass-Related Metrics
- The E-Factor: The Environmental Footprint
- Beyond the E-Factor: The Environmental, Hazard and Risk Quotient
- Solvent Impact on Chemical Processes
- Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential
- Life Cycle Assessment, Circular Economy, and Environmental, Social, and Governance
- Life Cycle Design
- Environmental Pollution, Safety Concerns and National and International Regulatory Agencies
- Rational Decarbonization Strategies for Chemical Manufacturing Guided by Sustainability Assessment
- Economic, Legal and Safety Issues of Environmental Site Remediation
Catalysis
- Pd-NHC Catalyzed C-H Functionalization
- Solid (or Heterogeneous) Catalysts
- Ionic Liquids in Catalysis: An Innovative and Green Approach for the Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles
- Supported Metal Catalysts
- Zeolites as Solid Acid Catalysts
- Clays
- Sulfated Metal Oxides
- Layered Double Hydroxides
- Transition Metal Nanoparticles as Catalysts Toward a Green and Sustainable Energy Future
- Recent Progress in Homogeneous Catalytic One-Step Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol Under Conventional and Non-Conventional Energy Sources
- Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation
- Heterogeneous Catalytic C-H Activation
- Liquid/Liquid and Solid/Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis
Non-Traditional Activation Methods
- Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Fine Chemicals - Triazoles
- Sonocatalysis
- Sonochemical Synthesis of Organometallics
- Resonant Acoustic Mixing: Applications to Organic and Materials Synthesis
- Fundamentals of Photochemistry
- Photochemical Synthesis of Fine Chemicals
- Light-Activated Molecular Switches, Machines and Motors
- Photocatalysis
- Environmental Applications of Light-Activated Processes
- Tools of Green Synthesis: Electrochemistry
- Electrocatalysis
- Photoelectrochemical Approaches for the Functionalization of C-H Bonds
- Fundamentals of Mechanochemistry
- Monitoring In Situ Mechanochemical Reactions
- A Point of View on Kinetics in Mechanochemistry
- Mechanochemistry in Ultrahigh Vacuum: Monitoring Mechanisms and Measuring Rates
- One-Step Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nanostructured and Non-Equilibrium Complex Oxides
- Polymer Mechanochemistry and Its Relation to Green Chemistry
- Synthesis of Cocrystals by Mechanochemistry
- Synthesis of Metal Complexes, MOFs and Inorganic Materials by Mechanochemistry
- Large Scale Synthesis by Mechanochemistry
- Green Chemistry Tools in Mechanochemistry
- Organic Synthesis with High Hydrostatic Pressure
Green Production of Chemicals
- Evaluating Greenness of Solvents
- Solvent Recovery and Recycling
- Liquid Polymer Solvents – Challenges and Perspectives Towards Practical Implementations
- Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: A Critical Analysis
- Deep Eutectic Solvents as Green Solvents: Advantages, Disadvantages and Applications
- Catalysis in Biomass-Based Solvents
- Environmental Issues Caused by Traditional Synthetic Polymers
- Green Production of Bioplastics from Biomass
- Sustainability and Environmental Degradability of Synthetic Polymers
- Biodegradable Synthetic Polymers
- Natural Renewable Polymers Part I: Polysaccharides
- Green Synthesis of Biosurfactants: Challenges and Applications
- Polymer Composite Materials
- Microbiological Synthesis of Bioplastics
- Asymmetric Metal-Based Catalysis
- Asymmetric Enzymatic Catalysis
- Sustainable Chemical Process Through Continuous Flow Technology
- Separation Units in Enabling Sustainable Flow Synthesis
- Recovery and Reuse of Metal Complex Catalysts
- Petrochemical Applications of Solid Catalysts
- Automotive Industry Applications
- Solid Catalysts in the Food Industry
- Heterogeneous Catalysis in Environmental Applications
- Recovery of Bio-Based Organic Acids Using Green Technologies
- Green Materials and Processes for Lithium Extraction
- Biofuels
- Microwave Processing of Aquaculture Waste into Value-Added Products
- Green Reductive Synthesis of Metallic Nanomaterials
- AI for Green Energy Production
- Green Toxicology
- Regrettable Substitutions
- Toxicity of Solvents Part I: Conventional Solvents
- Natural Renewable Polymers Part II: Polyamides, Polynucleotides, Polyterpene, Polyphenols and Polyesters
- Greener Products Through Chemical Looping
- Preparation of Green Agro-Based Polymers
- Toxicity of Solvents Part II: Green Solvents
- Green Building Blocks for Membranes: Monomers, Polymers, and Solvents
Valorization and Biorefining of Biomass
- Biorefining of Sugar-Rich Plant Materials
- Jet Fuel Hydrocarbons from Lignin through Aqueous Phase Catalytic Upgradation – Path to Scale-Up
- Cellulose Nanocrystals: Types, Properties, Characterization, and Applications
- Ionic Liquids and Their Role in a Lignocellulosic Biorefinery
- Green Industrial Products from Natural Fats and Oils
- Blue Biomass-Based Food Waste: Green Processes for Converting Food Waste into Valuable Molecules and Materials
- Torrefaction, Carbonization and Pyrolysis: Valorising Woody Wastes Towards Energy Generation via Solid Biofuels Production
- γ-Valerolactone and Other Relevant Lactones
- Anhydrosugars and Derivatives
- Acid/Base Mediated Lignin Valorization in Biomass Conversion: Reactions and Mechanisms
- Microbial Lignin Deconstruction Strategies
- Catalytic Conversion of Glycerol
- Added-Value Compounds and Fuels from Marine Macroalgae
- Bio-Based Commodity Chemicals via Genetically Engineered Microbes
- Bio-Derived Carbons and Their Applications
- Aggregation Phenomena in Lignin
- Polymers and Materials from Lignin: Thermosets and Thermoplastics
- Mechanochemistry: Harnessing Mechanical Energy for Sustainable Biomass Valorization and Advanced Material Synthesis
- Biorefining Under Methane Atmosphere
- Bioethanol as a Sustainable Platform Molecule for the Synthesis of Chemical Commodities
- Biobased UV Filters and Antioxidants
- Lignin Refinery - Mapping a Sustainable Future
- Muconic Acid as a Key Biorenewable Platform Molecule
- Amines from Renewables
- Pretreatment and Fractionation of Lignocellulosic Biomass
- Upgrading of Cellulose-Derived Molecules to Chemicals and Fuels Using Earth-Abundant Heterogeneous Catalysis
Emerging Technologies in Green Chemistry
- Towards Optimization of Green Hydrogen Production: An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Photovoltaic-Electrolysis Configurations
- Click Chemistry: A Tool for Green Chemistry
- Continuous Flow Synthesis
- Single Atom Catalysis
- Noncovalent Derivatization
- Environmental and Green Chemistry of the Rare Earth Elements
- Ultrasound-Driven Degradation of Organic Pollutants: Focus on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyls (PFAS)
- Liquid Ammonia—Versatile Green Solvent
- Electrochemical Halogenations
- Divalent Metal-Ion Batteries as Alternatives to Li-Ion Based Energy Storage
- Sonochemical Activation in Flow Systems
- Flow Photochemistry
- Electrochemistry in Flow
- New Developments in the Application of Waste-Derived/Circular Economy-Derived Solvents
- Bio-Based Surfactants and Green Soft Materials
- Upcycling of Plastic Waste
- Microwave-Assisted Production of Sustainable Fuels
- Application of Microwave Irradiation in Industrial Processes
Chemical Toxicology and its Application in the Design of Benign Chemical Products
- q-RASAR for Predictive Toxicology
- Software Tools for Green and Sustainable Chemistry
- Harnessing the Multitarget Approach for Green and Sustainable Drug Discovery
- Directed Evolution in Drug Design
- Green Chemistry Considerations in the Synthesis of Nirmatrelvir, the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) in Paxlovid
- Analysis of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
- Photodynamic Therapy for Targeted Treatment of Oral Cancers
- Greening Up Nitration – Old Reaction, New Tricks
- Paper Sensors with Nanoparticles as Green and Sustainable Systems for Sensing
- Detection of Toxic Metals by Sensors in Organized Nanostructures
- Sensors for the Detection of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater and Natural Waters
- A Practical Introduction to Patents and Trade Secrets for Green Scientists and Engineers
- A Historical and Current Look at Chemical Design for Reduced Hazard
- Emerging Approaches for Green Chemistry Education: Systemic Changes for a Sustainable Future
- No. of pages: 3200
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 16, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443157424
- eBook ISBN: 9780443289231
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Béla Török
Béla Török is a professor of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His main research focus is on the design of new green chemistry processes for the synthesis of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The major tools applied in his research are heterogeneous catalysis (both metal and solid acid), the application of aqueous medium in organic synthesis and non-traditional activation methods such as microwave and ultrasonic irradiation and high hydrostatic pressure. He has published over 180 papers, written/edited six books. He has been a regional (North America) editor for Letters in Org. Chem. for several years and editorial board member in five other journals. Most notably he is the founding and current co-editor-in-chief for Elsevier’s Advances in Green and Sustainable Chemistry series that successfully launched in 2019.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Chemistry, College of Science and Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA