12. Inherently safer chemistry for accident prevention
11. Real-time analysis for pollution prevention
10. Design for degradation
9. Catalysis
8. Reduce derivatives
7. Use of renewable feedstocks
1. Prevention of Waste
2. Atom Economy
3. Less hazardous chemical synthesis
4. Designing safer chemicals
5. Safer Solvents
6. Design for energy efficiency
Atom economy
Green chemistry is the utilisation of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products.
higher the atom economy, the 'greener' the process
Chemical Synthesis/Reactions
mass of atoms in desired product ___________________________ x 100 mass of atoms in reactants
