A proposed sustainability index for synthesis plans based on input provenance and output fate: application to academic and industrial synthesis plans for vanillin as a case study
This paper describes a sustainability index (SI) as a quantitative measure of “sustainability” applicable to synthesis plans based on the provenance of input materials and energy sources and the fate of output waste products. The index is computed as the root-mean-square average of the following fou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Beilstein-Institut
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.196 |