Green chemistry: The emergence of a transformative framework

Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-24

  Anastas, Paul T ^a   Beach, Evan S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative solvents; Alternative synthetic methods; Catalysis; Renewable feedstocks; Sustainable design; Synthetic efficiency; Twelve Principles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905270918     PISSN: 17518253     EISSN: 17517192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17518250701882441     Document Type: Article

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