The book discusses concepts, challenges, and evolving trends in green solvents, highlighting their applications in chromatography, spectroscopy, cleaning, lubrication, and manufacturing. It also examines the environmental, toxicological, and regulatory aspects of green solvents, offering a comparative assessment with traditional alternatives. Additionally, it explores advanced topics such as solvent use in reactive distillation, membrane preparation, and metal recovery, making it a vital resource for researchers and practitioners. Designed for scientists, researchers, engineers, and students in chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental science, and related fields, this book is an essential guide for advancing sustainable practices.
Table of Contents
1. Concepts of green analytical chemistry: An overview2. Challenges in green analytical chemistry
3. Trends and evolution from analytical chemistry to green analytical chemistry
4. Bio-derived green solvents
5. Ionic liquids as a green solvent
6. Supercritical fluids as green solvents
7. Water as a green solvent
8. Supercritical water as a green solvent
9. Application of fluorous biphasic green solvent in synthetic organic chemistry
10. Applications of polyethylene glycol as a green solvent
11. Organic compounds as green solvents
12. Deep eutectic green solvents
13. Green solvents for chromatography
14. Green solvents for spectroscopy
15. Green solvents for industrial cleaners and degreasers
16. Green solvents for lubrication
17. Green solvents for laundry detergents
18. Green solvents for the paints and coatings industry
19. Green solvents for electronics manufacturing
20. Green solvents for adhesives
21. Green solvents for food processing
22. Green solvents for extraction and purification of biomolecules
23. Green solvents for the pharmaceutical industry
24. Green solvents for organic synthesis
25. Green solvents for biopolymer processing
26. Green solvents for biocatalysis
27. Green solvents for hydrometallurgy
28. Supercritical CO2, a green solvent to capture CO2 emissions from industrial sources
29. Future directions in green solvent chemistry
30. Comparative Assessment of Green Solvents and Traditional Alternatives: Environmental, Toxicological, and Regulatory Perspectives
31. Green Solvents for Membrane Preparation: Alternatives to Highly Problematic Benchmark Solvents
32. Use of green solvents in reactive distillation
33. Solvometallurgy for the recovery of critical metals

