Environmentally Benign Polymer Synthesis

Environmentally Friendly Synthesis of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles

5-sulfosalicylic acid as an efficient organocatalyst for environmentally benign synthesis of 2-substituted benzimidazoles

A water soluble, Bronsted acid, 5-sulfosalicylic acid as an efficient organocatalyst was used for the synthesis of physiologically active 2-substituted benzimidazole derivatives from o-phenylenediamine and aromatic aldehydes in ethanol at reflux condition. Cost-effectiveness, use of non-hazardous solvents, metal free and commercially available catalyst, single-step, environmentally fri...

An Efficient and Environmentally Benign Chemical Synthesis of Testolactone

Testolactone was obtained commercially by microbial transformation of either testosterone or progesterone and also synthetically, albeit in low yield. The only chemical synthesis of 1 so far described in the literature starting from dehydroepiandrosterone (2) is shown in Scheme 1. The strategy followed in this synthetic approach consisted in the initial formation of the lactone ring by a Baeyer...

Environmentally benign synthesis of virus-templated, monodisperse, iron-platinum nanoparticles.

The use of an engineered variant of a plant virus, Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), as a template for directed mineralization provides an environmentally benign route to monodisperse iron-platinum nanoparticles of approximately 30 nm diameter.

Environmentally Benign Manufacturing

How might mankind enjoy the fruits of an advanced civilization without endangering the viability of planet Earth for future generations? That is the fundamental challenge that we confront in the 21st century. In a time when the comforts and pleasures that can be derived from the products of modern technology are accessible for a significant portion of the world’s population, how can we manufact...