“Green Chemistry”, “Green Engineering” and “sustainability” are commonly used to explain the concept of making processes and their subsequent products that have a very mild environmental impact. The chemistry of all matters that exist around us has an enormous impact on our social and technological changes. However, there is a lack of understanding of how these matters make a change in the ecological system on our planet. While starting from eco-friendly chemical synthesis to green catalysts, it finds a marvellous correlation with the environment. One of the best examples of chemical synthesis is to adopt a hazardous solvent-free reaction to make the desired product for human use. The researchers are interested in this field considering the present scenario. On the other hand, Green Engineering is to design, commercialize and adopt the processes to minimize the generation of pollution at source leading to a very low risk to human beings, creatures and overall, the environment around us. The role of Green Engineering is to develop a route/pathway that appropriately evaluates the environmental parameters that must be controlled for the better life of all living things. Chemical synthesis that is safe for the environment is known as "green chemistry." The scheme for the synthesis is planned in such a way that there is minimum environmental pollution. At present, the chemical industry is the primary source of environmental pollution. Additionally, disposing of the waste products comes at a huge cost. As a result, efforts have been made to design synthesis for manufacturing processes with as few waste products as possible that can be conveniently disposed of and have no negative environmental effects. The starting materials, solvents, and catalysts must all be carefully selected in order to perform reactions. For instance, since benzene is naturally carcinogenic, it must be avoided at all costs when used as a solvent. Reactions should ideally be conducted in the aqueous phase if at all feasible. In light of this perspective, synthetic processes ought to be created so that the majority of the starting materials are used in the final product. Moreover, there should not be any hazardous byproducts from the reaction. This chapter highlights the numerous aspects of green chemistry, from its foundational ideas to its practical applications, with the goal of promoting an environmentally sustainable future.
Author (s) Details
Sunita Khatkar
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Integrated & Honors Studies,
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, India.
Vijay Kumar
Department of Physics, Institute of Integrated & Honors Studies,
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, India.
Santosh Kumar Dubey
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Integrated & Honors Studies,
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, India.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-48859-02-0/CH4
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