Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry?
Many years ago, twelve principles were defined for carrying out chemical reactions and processes from a green chemistry perspective. It is everyone’s endeavor to take these points into account as far as possible when developing new processes or improving existing ones. Especially in the field of org...
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| author | Fabrizio Fabris Markus Illner Jens-Uwe Repke Alessandro Scarso Michael Schwarze |
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| description | Many years ago, twelve principles were defined for carrying out chemical reactions and processes from a green chemistry perspective. It is everyone’s endeavor to take these points into account as far as possible when developing new processes or improving existing ones. Especially in the field of organic synthesis, a new area of research has thus been established: micellar catalysis. This review article addresses the question of whether micellar catalysis is green chemistry by applying the twelve principles to micellar reaction media. The review shows that many reactions can be transferred from an organic solvent to a micellar medium, but that the surfactant also has a crucial role as a solubilizer. Thus, the reactions can be carried out in a much more environmentally friendly manner and with less risk. Moreover, surfactants are being reformulated in their design, synthesis, and degradation to add extra advantages to micellar catalysis to match all the twelve principles of green chemistry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8123d32defdf4a90933042e3f70784412023-11-18T11:50:39ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492023-06-012812480910.3390/molecules28124809Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry?Fabrizio Fabris0Markus Illner1Jens-Uwe Repke2Alessandro Scarso3Michael Schwarze4Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Via Torino 155, Mestre, 30172 Venezia, ItalyProcess Dynamics and Operations Group, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. KWT9, 10623 Berlin, GermanyProcess Dynamics and Operations Group, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. KWT9, 10623 Berlin, GermanyDipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Via Torino 155, Mestre, 30172 Venezia, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, Sekr. TC-08, 10623 Berlin, GermanyMany years ago, twelve principles were defined for carrying out chemical reactions and processes from a green chemistry perspective. It is everyone’s endeavor to take these points into account as far as possible when developing new processes or improving existing ones. Especially in the field of organic synthesis, a new area of research has thus been established: micellar catalysis. This review article addresses the question of whether micellar catalysis is green chemistry by applying the twelve principles to micellar reaction media. The review shows that many reactions can be transferred from an organic solvent to a micellar medium, but that the surfactant also has a crucial role as a solubilizer. Thus, the reactions can be carried out in a much more environmentally friendly manner and with less risk. Moreover, surfactants are being reformulated in their design, synthesis, and degradation to add extra advantages to micellar catalysis to match all the twelve principles of green chemistry.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/12/4809surfactantmicellar catalysisgreen chemistrywatersustainability |
| spellingShingle | Fabrizio Fabris Markus Illner Jens-Uwe Repke Alessandro Scarso Michael Schwarze Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry? Molecules surfactant micellar catalysis green chemistry water sustainability |
| title | Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry? |
| title_full | Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry? |
| title_fullStr | Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry? |
| title_short | Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry? |
| title_sort | is micellar catalysis green chemistry |
| topic | surfactant micellar catalysis green chemistry water sustainability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/12/4809 |
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