The conventional solvents used in chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and separation processes represent a great challenge to green chemistry because of their toxicity and flammability. Since the beginning of “the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry” in 1998, a general effort has been made to replace conventional solvents with environmentally benign substitutes. Water has been the most popular choice so far, followed by ionic liquids, surfactant, supercritical fluids, fluorous solvents, liquid polymers, bio-solvents and switchable solvent systems.
Green Solvents Volume I and II provides a throughout overview of the different types of solvents and discusses their extensive applications in fields such as extraction, organic synthesis, biocatalytic processes, production of fine chemicals, removal of hydrogen sulphide, biochemical transformations, composite material, energy storage devices and polymers. These volumes are written by leading international experts and cover all possible aspects of green solvents’ properties and applications available in today’s literature.
Green Solvents Volume I and II is an invaluable guide to scientists, R&D industrial specialists, researchers, upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, Ph.D. scholars, college and university professors working in the field of chemistry and biochemistry.
Author(s): Shadpour Mallakpour, Mohammad Dinari (auth.), Ali Mohammad, Dr. Inamuddin (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 506
Tags: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Environmental Chemistry; Organic Chemistry
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects....Pages 1-32
Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents for Alkylation and Acylation....Pages 33-66
Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents for Glycosylation Reactions....Pages 67-78
Ionic Liquid Crystals....Pages 79-118
Application of Ionic Liquids in Extraction and Separation of Metals....Pages 119-153
Potential for Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Using Ionic Liquid Solvents....Pages 155-167
Biocatalytic Reactions in Ionic Liquid Media....Pages 169-188
Ionic Liquids/Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Advantageous Biphasic Systems in Enzymatic Synthesis....Pages 189-201
Ionic Liquids as Lubricants....Pages 203-233
Stability and Activity of Enzymes in Ionic Liquids....Pages 235-273
Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes: Preparation, Stability and Applications....Pages 275-288
Application of Ionic Liquids in Multicomponent Reactions....Pages 289-334
Ionic Liquids as Binary Mixtures with Selected Molecular Solvents, Reactivity Characterisation and Molecular-Microscopic Properties....Pages 335-362
Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents for the Oxidation of Alcohols....Pages 363-398
Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Ionic Liquids....Pages 399-434
Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) Versus Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Organic Electrosynthesis: The Requirement of a Careful Comparison....Pages 435-471
Organic Ionic Liquids: Ultimate Green Solvents in Organic Synthesis....Pages 473-491
Back Matter....Pages 493-506
