Use of the life-cycle assessment (LCA) toolbox for an environmental evaluation of production processes

Artikel in diesem Heft

1. Preface
2. Foreword
3. Synthetic pathways and processes in green chemistry. Introductory overview
4. Atom efficiency and catalysis in organic synthesis
5. Use of the life-cycle assessment (LCA) toolbox for an environmental evaluation of production processes
6. Fats and oils as oleochemical raw materials
7. Utilization of TiO2 photocatalysts in green chemistry
8. Oxidation reactions in the synthesis of fine and intermediate chemicals using environmentally benign oxidants and the right reactor system
9. Cleaner industrial processes using hydrogen peroxide
10. Heteropolyacids. Versatile green catalysts usable in a variety of reaction media
11. Solid acids and their use as environmentally friendly catalysts in organic synthesis
12. Environment-friendly organic synthesis. The photochemical approach
13. Free radicals in synthesis. Clean reagents affording oxidative or reductive termination
14. Biocatalysis. Biological systems for the production of chemicals
15. Dissolving biomolecules and modifying biomedical implants with supercritical carbon dioxide
16. Frontiers in green chemistry utilizing carbon dioxide for polymer synthesis and applications
17. Diels_Alder reactions in water
18. Green Lewis acid catalysis in organic synthesis
19. The environmental issue. A challenge for new generation polyolefins
20. Ionic liquids. Green solvents for the future
21. Phase-transfer catalysis. A general green methodology in organic synthesis