Infusing the Chemistry Curriculum with Green Chemistry Using Real-World Examples, Web Modules, and Atom Economy in Organic Chemistry Courses

2004 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
pp. 977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Cann ◽  
Trudy A. Dickneider
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Real World ◽  
Chemistry Curriculum ◽  
Atom Economy

How the Principles of Green Chemistry Changed the Way Organic Chemistry Labs Are Taught at the University of Detroit Mercy

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Mio
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Atom Economy ◽  
Laboratory Courses ◽  
Instructional Changes ◽  
Organic Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

Abstract Many logistic and instructional changes followed the incorporation of the 12 principles of green chemistry into organic chemistry laboratory courses at the University of Detroit Mercy. Over the last decade, institutional limitations have been turned into green chemical strengths in many areas, including integration of atom economy metrics into learning outcomes, replacing overly toxic equipment and reagents, and modifying matters of reaction scale and type.

A Simple and Practical Method for Incorporating Augmented Reality into the Classroom and Laboratory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Plunkett
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Real World ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Virtual Expert ◽  
Video Projection

This manuscript provides two demonstrations of how Augmented Reality (AR), which is the projection of virtual information onto a real-world object, can be applied in the classroom and in the laboratory. Using only a smart phone and the free HP Reveal app, content rich AR notecards were prepared. The physical notecards are based on Organic Chemistry I reactions and show only a reagent and substrate. Upon interacting with the HP Reveal app, an AR video projection shows the product of the reaction as well as a real-time, hand-drawn curved-arrow mechanism of how the product is formed. Thirty AR notecards based on common Organic Chemistry I reactions and mechanisms are provided in the Supporting Information and are available for widespread use. In addition, the HP Reveal app was used to create AR video projections onto laboratory instrumentation so that a virtual expert can guide the user during the equipment setup and operation.

Green Application of Phase-Transfer Catalysis in Oxidation: A Comprehensive Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-411
Author(s):  
Chuan-Hui Wang ◽  
Chen-Fu Liu ◽  
Guo-Wu Rao
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Oxidation Reaction ◽  
Phase Transfer Catalysis ◽  
Phase Transfer ◽  
Important Application ◽  
Oxidation Reactions ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Phase Transfer Catalysts ◽  
Onium Salts

Oxidation reactions have emerged as one of the most versatile tools in organic chemistry. Various onium salts such as ammonium, phosphonium, arsonium, bismuthonium, tellurium have been used as phase transfer catalysts in many oxidation reactions. Certainly, considerable catalysts have been widely used in Phase-Transfer Catalysis (PTC). This review focuses on the application of PTC in various oxidation reaction. Furthermore, PTC also conforms to the concept of “Green Chemistry”. <p></p> • Oxidation has become one of the most widely used tools in organic chemistry and phase transfer catalysts has been widely used in oxidation. <p></p> • The application of phase transfer catalysts in oxidation reaction will be summarized. <p></p> • Phase transfer catalysts have important application in various oxidation reaction.

Catalyzing learning with green chemistry undergraduate research

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey A Welch
Keyword(s):  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Furfuryl Alcohol ◽  
Solid Acid Catalyst ◽  
Acid Catalyst ◽  
Ethyl Esters ◽  
Transfer Hydrogenation ◽  
Isopropyl Ether ◽  
Chemistry Curriculum ◽  
Undergraduate Chemistry ◽  
Chemistry Research

AbstractGreen chemistry and sustainability are important concepts to incorporate into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Through the development of innovative undergraduate chemistry research projects in these areas, retention of students in the physical sciences can be improved. This paper describes two projects in undergraduate catalysis research: hydrogenation of furfural and the esterification of biooil from pyrolyzed wood. Catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) of furfural with Pd/C led to the production of furfuryl alcohol, furfuryl isopropyl ether, 2-methylfuran, and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. The metal chloride additives improved selectivity for furfuryl alcohol and furfuryl isopropyl ether. Catalytic conversion of pyrolyzed wood biooil in ethanol with a solid acid catalyst yielded ethyl esters, including ethyl acetate and ethyl propionate, as characterized by GC/MS These projects are described in the context of engaging undergraduate students in hands-on research for the purpose of improving retention and persistence, as well as preparing young scientists to enter graduate programs and the STEM workforce.

A review of the recent progress on heterogeneous catalysts for Knoevenagel condensation

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (13) ◽  
pp. 4445-4469
Author(s):  
Jimmy Nelson Appaturi ◽  
Rajni Ratti ◽  
Bao Lee Phoon ◽  
Samaila Muazu Batagarawa ◽  
Israf Ud Din ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Heterogeneous Catalysts ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Knoevenagel Condensation ◽  
Sustainable Production ◽  
Organic Reactions ◽  
Synthetic Organic Chemistry

One of the most crucial attributes of synthetic organic chemistry is to design organic reactions under the facets of green chemistry for the sustainable production of chemicals.

scholarly journals PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GREEN CHEMISTRY

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meena Bhandari ◽  
Seema Raj
Keyword(s):  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Pharmaceutical Chemistry ◽  
Atom Economy ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Drug Molecules ◽  
Laboratory Manuals

Objective: The basic principles of green chemistry addresses various issues related to synthesis of chemical compounds: planning organic synthesis to maximise yield, prevention/minimization of waste, atom economy, the use of less lethal chemicals, use of safer solvents, renewable starting materials, energy efficiency and use of green catalysts. The objective of this study is to elaborate the practical approach of green methods.Methods: In this paper, we elucidate some important common syntheses having green procedures which can be used in the fields of pharmaceutical chemistry and other fields as well.Results: Green chemistry principles follow up to reduce pollution and environmental degradation by utilizing eco-friendly, non-hazardous, reproducible and efficient solvents and catalysts in the synthesis of drug molecules, drug intermediates and in researches involving synthetic chemistry. The paper also approaches green methods in which microwave radiation can be used as an energy efficient tool.Conclusion: Experimental procedures are gathered from educational journals and laboratory manuals and are viewed in the light of efficacy of green chemistry principles.

Introduction: Why oxygen chemstry?

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald T. Sawyer ◽  
R. J. P. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
First Year ◽  
Chemistry Curriculum ◽  
Design And Synthesis ◽  
Carbon Molecules ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Fixed Array ◽  
Oxygen Atoms

The fundamental premise of chemistry is that all matter consists of molecules. The physical and chemical properties of matter are those of the constituent molecules, and the transformation of matter into different materials (compounds) is the result of their reactions to form new molecules. A molecule consists of two or more atoms held in a relatively fixed array via valence-electron orbital overlap (covalent bonds; chemical bonds). In the nineteenth century chemists focused on the remarkable diversity of molecules produced by living organisms, which have in common the presence of tetravalent carbon atoms. As a result the unique versatility of carbon for the design and synthesis of new molecules was discovered, and the subdiscipline of organic chemistry (the science of carbon-containing molecules) has become the dominant part of the discipline. Clearly, the results from a focus on carbon-based chemistry have been immensely useful to science and to society. Although most molecules in biological systems [and produced by living organisms (particularly aerobic systems)] contain oxygen atoms as well as carbon and hydrogen (e.g., proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, hormones, and vitamins), there has been a long tradition in all of chemistry to treat oxygen atoms as “neutral counterweights” for the “important,” character-determining elements (C, H, Al, Si, Fe, I) of the molecule. Thus, chemists have tended to take the most important element (oxygen) for granted. The chemistry curriculum devotes one or two year-courses to the chemistry of carbon (“Organic Chemistry”), but only a brief chapter on oxygen is included in the first-year and the inorganic courses. However, if the multitude of hydrocarbon molecules is from the incorporation of oxygen atoms in single-carbon molecules argues against the assignment of a “neutral character” for oxygen atoms [e.g., Cn(graphite), CH4(g), CH3OH(1), CH2(O)(1), HC(O)OH(1), (HO)2C(O)(aq), CO(g), CO2(g)]. Just as the focus of nineteenth century chemists on carbon-containing molecules has produced revolutionary advances in chemical understanding, and yielded the technology to synthesize and produce useful chemicals, polymers, and medicinals; I believe that a similar focus on oxygen chemistry is appropriate and will have analogous rewards for chemistry, biochemistry, and the chemical process technologies.

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