Chemistry: Green Chemistry New
Description
This course will provide an overview of Sustainable Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Motivation and Legislation It will cover the following in more detail;
- Solvents - tools for analysing the merits and drawbacks of different solvents and tools for selecting the optimum solvent for chromatography, common reactions, work-ups and other purposes
- Reagents - tools for analysing the merits and drawbacks of different reagents and substrate scope for some greener reagents for common transformations
- Metrics: Yield, Atom Economy, Reaction Mass Efficiency, E-factor, Process Mass Intensity, Life Cycle Analysis and Carbon Footprinting
Target audience
- Postgraduates
- Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available
- If you are from outside the Department of Chemistry, please arrive 15 minutes early and wait to be collected from reception
Duration
- An all day course
Events available