Química Nova (Jul 2014)

Bateria de métricas para avaliação da verdura material de reações de síntese

  • Adélio A. S. C. Machado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/0100-4042.20140152
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 37, no. 6
pp. 1094 – 1109

Abstract

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The use of a battery of three mass metrics (atomic economy - AE, reaction mass efficiency - RME, and mass intensity - MI) for systemic evaluation of the material greenness of synthesis reactions is presented. Material greenness is discussed in terms of materialization/dematerialization of the reaction system and also according to the first two Principles of Green Chemistry, and is shown to involve two components: atomic greenness (incorporation of the atoms provided by reagents into the product, evaluated by AE and RME); and massic greenness (global mass of reagents and non-stoichiometric materials, evaluated by MI, related to the production of residues).

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