Green Chemistry: Present Scenario

Green chemistry involves the development of chemical products and synthetic procedures, which are environment friendly and have reduced health risks with the search for more efficient methods to do chemistry. Its roots stem back ten years from a simple idea to a prominent concept which permeates all areas of modern chemistry. Chemistry is undeniably a very prominent part of our daily lives. Food and drink has been made safe to consume, the development of cosmetics has enabled us to beautify and admire our appearances and the whole area of pharmaceuticals has allowed the development and synthesis of new cures for illnesses and diseases, all as a result of chemistry. However, additional chemical developments also bring new environmental problems and harmful unexpected side effects, which result in the need for ‘greener’ chemical products. Green chemistry looks at pollution prevention on the molecular scale and is an extremely important area of Chemistry due to the importance of Chemistry in our world today and the implications it can how on our environment. The Green Chemistry program supports the invention of more environment friendly chemical processes which reduce or even eliminate the generation of hazardous substances. This program works very closely with the twelve principles of Green Chemistry as shown below:

Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries

Design for Energy Efficiency

Use of Renewable Feedstocks

Reduce Derivatives

Catalysis

Design for Degradation

Real-time analysis for Pollution Prevention

Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention

Prevention

Atom Economy

Less Hazardous

Designing Safer Chemicals