Sustainable Chemistry

Question 1

12 principles of green chemistry

Answer 1

waste prevention, atom efficiency, less toxic materials, safer products, innocuous solvents and auxiliaries, energy efficient, renewable raw materials, shorter synthesis, catalytic, design for degradation, pollution prevention and safer processes

Question 2

E factor

Answer 2

wt waste / wt desired product

Question 3

effective mass yield

Answer 3

mass product / total mass

Question 4

mass intensity

Answer 4

total mass used / mass of product

Question 5

atom efficiency

Answer 5

MW of desired product / MW of all products

Question 6

solvent free reactions

Answer 6

mechanochemistry with dry reactions have poor heat transfer

Question 7

turnover number

Answer 7

mol product / mol catalyst

Question 8

turnover freq

Answer 8

mol product / mol catalyst x time

Question 9

alternatives to LA catalysts

Answer 9

incorporate catalytic site into zeolite framework

Question 10

catalytic activation of CO2

Answer 10

insertion of CO2 into R-X bond