The Greening of Organic Chemistry
Early 2012 I joined the newly formed Green Chemistry Team at my pharmaceutical company. Over the last year we have done extensive research on more sustainable chemical transformations, in the lab doing the actual chemistry, and in the office, compiling data to rank the chemicals as more or less green, dropping the most toxic, and least sustainable ones into the red category. We recently published the resulting guides to help fellow chemists working at other companies in making a more informed choice regarding sustainability. The article is available via subscription at the Green Chemistry Journal, however the tables containing reagents used for 15 major chemical transformations are free under the Supplementary info tab.
Happy Greening!
