Green chemistry for chemical synthesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 13197-13202

  Li, Chao Jun ^a   Trost, Barry M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom economy; Green solvents; Sustainable chemical feedstocks; Synthetic efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; REVIEW; RING OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 51649130191     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804348105     Document Type: Review

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