Alternative Solvents for Green Chemistry: 2nd Edition

330 Pages·2013·7.186 MB·English

by  Francesca M Kerton, Ray Marriott, James Clark, George A Kraus, Andrzej Stankiewicz, Yuan Kou, Peter Seidl

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solvents are described. It becomes clear that often a less-hazardous VOC is
availableandthatalthoughonly‘lightgreen’(oratleast‘lessblack’)incolour,
theycanbeusedasaninterimmeasureuntilamoresatisfyingoptionbecomes
available. In each of the subsequent chapters, where possible, the use of an
alternative solvent is described for a range of chemical applications including
extractions, synthetic and materials chemistry. At the beginning of each of
these chapters,some of the advantages and disadvantages ofthat medium are
laid out.
Water is often described as Nature’s solvent; therefore Chapter 4 describes
thesolventpropertiesofwater.Itisalreadyusedquitewidelyonanindustrial
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scale,particularlyinemulsionpolymerisationprocessesandhydrodistillations.
However,some ofthemostexcitingresults havecomeinthefieldofsynthetic
chemistry. Recently, ‘on-water’ reactions have shown that hydrophobic
(water-insoluble) compounds can achieve higher rates dispersed in water
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fluorous solvents, have also made a large impact in the area of recyclable
homogeneous catalysts. Fluorous solvents, as described in Chapter 8, show
interesting phase behaviour and allow the benefits of a heterogeneous and
homogeneoussystemtobeemployedbyadjustinganexternalvariablesuchas
temperature. Recent advances in this area will be discussed, for example,
supported fluorous chemistry, which avoids the use of large amounts of
fluorous solvents and might be more amenable to industrial scale processes.
Possiblytheleastexploredandnewestoptionsavailabletothegreenchemist
are liquid polymer solvents (Chapter 9) and switchable and tunable solvents
(Chapter 10). Unreactive low molecular weight polymers or those with low
glasstransitiontemperaturescanbeusedasnonvolatilesolvents.Inparticular,
poly(ethyleneglycols) and poly(propyleneglycols) have been used recently in a
range of applications. Probably the most important recent additions to our
toolboxareswitchablesolvents.Newmolecularsolventshavebeendiscovered
that can be switched from nonvolatile to volatile or between polar and
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nonpolar environments by the application of an external stimulus. Gas-
expandedliquidswillalsobediscussedinChapter10,ascarbondioxidecanbe
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alongtheway.Finally,Iwouldliketothankmyhusband,ChrisKozak,forhis
patience, support and motivational input during the writing of this book.
Francesca Kerton
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1st Edition, June 2008
Sincepublicationofthefirstedition,researchinthefieldofgreenersolvents
has continued at a pace, with special issues dedicated to field being published
in several journals (for example, issue 6 of Green Chemistry in 2012). I am
happytowelcomeaco-authortothisedition.Rayhasappliedhisexperiencein
an industrial setting to overhaul the chapter on industrial applications
(Chapter11)andprovidesanewchapteronlegislationinthisarea(Chapter2).
Allchaptershavereceivedsomeupdating–somemorethanothers.Switchable
solvents were relatively new phenomena when the first edition was published
and discoveries in this field have grown significantly. I thank Prof. Philip
Jessop for tips in this area. Also, RTIL based research has continued to grow
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exponentially, and significant research in the use of alternative solvents in
biomass transformations and biocatalysis has been published. More detailed
toxicological studies have been performed on RTILs and applications of
bioderivedsolventshavebecome more widespread.Anew chapter ontheuse
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2.4 Applications Legislation 39
2.4.1 Food and Beverages 39
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