About the series

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. About the series V
3. Preface: the continuum of green chemical education VII
4. Contents XIII
5. List of Contributing authors XIX
6. 1. Green chemistry and the grand challenges of sustainability 1
7. 2. Invasive species or sustainable water filters? A student-led laboratory investigation into locally sourced biomass-based adsorbents for sustainable water treatment 13
8. 3. Recent advances in the application of carbohydrates as renewable feedstocks for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds 35
9. 4. The environmental fate of synthetic organic chemicals 67
10. 5. Synthesis of “three-legged” tri-dentate podand ligands incorporating long-chain aliphatic moieties, for water remediators, and for isolating metal ions in non-aqueous solution 97
11. 6. An introductory course in green chemistry: Progress and lessons learned 105
12. 7. Introduction to cheminformatics for green chemistry education 135
13. 8. Green chemistry outreach 149
14. 9. The development of a bioenergy-based green chemistry curriculum for high schools 171
15. 10. Green chemistry in secondary school 185
16. Index 197