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Solvent‐Free Routes to Clean Technology
Author(s) -
Thomas John Meurig,
Raja Robert,
Sankar Gopinathan,
Johnson Brian F. G.,
Lewis Dewi W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3765(20010716)7:14<2972::aid-chem2972>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - environmentally friendly , biochemical engineering , catalysis , nanotechnology , waste management , environmental science , chemistry , materials science , engineering , organic chemistry , ecology , biology
A major aim for the chemical technology of the future is the avoidance of noxious and environmentally unacceptable organic solvents. In this concept article we discuss more environmentally friendly and highly selective alternatives which we have evolved for carrying out a number of important chemical conversions. These entail the use of porous heterogeneous catalysts in which the active sites have been atomically engineered and fully characterized. Such solid catalysts operate under solvent‐free conditions and usually entail one‐step processes.