Marco Eissen et.al.: Environmental Performance Metrics for Daily Use in
Synthetic Chemistry
- Author(s): Marco Eissen, Juergen O. Metzger
- Title: Environmental Performance Metrics for Daily Use in Synthetic
Chemistry
- Date of Upload: 2003
- Article: Chem.
Eur. J. 2002, 8, No. 16, Department of Chemistry, University of Oldenburg,
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Keywords: acylation, environmental chemistry, green chemistry,
sustainable development, waste prevention, renewable feedstock,
- Abstract:
- Abstract: A simple quantitative approach to enable chemists to compare alternative
chemical syntheses on the lab bench with respect to their resource usage and
their potential environmental impact is proposed; this may be useful for the
systematic design of more sustainable processes. We consider as metrics the
mass index S-1 and the environmental factor E to characterize quantitatively
the reaction input and output, respectively. The potential environmental impact
is estimated by using easily available data of each compound of the feed and
of each compound of the waste. The calculations can easily be performed using
EATOS–environmental assessment tool for organic syntheses.
- URL: http://www.chemie.uni-oldenburg.de/oc/metzger/publikationen/pdf/93.pdf
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