Methods and Reagents for Green Chemistry

Alvise Perosa, Fulvio Zecchini, Pietro Tundo9780471754008, 0471754005

This book aims to stimulate and promote the wide-ranging aspects of green chemistry and its major role in ensuring sustainable development.The book covers the following areas: green chemistry; green reagents and atom economy; safeguarding the atmosphere; industrial green catalysis; alternative reaction conditions; biocatalysis and green chemistry.This book is based on the third edition of the Collection of Lectures of the Summer Schools on Green Chemistry held in Venice, Italy in the summers of 1998-2003 (sponsored by the European Commission, TMR and Improving Programmes and carried out by the Consortzio Interuniversitario La Chemica per l’Ambiente).