Chemistry of Waste Minimization

Introduction. Waste minimization - the industrial approach. The development and impact of environmental legislation on the chemical industry. The use of solid supports and supported reagents in liquid phase organic reactions. Phase transfer catalysis. Polymer supported synthesis. Industrial synthesis of optically active compounds. CFC alternatives and new catalytic methods of synthesis. Hydrogen peroxide in clean processes. Sonochemistry in waste minimization. Electrochemical aspects of chemical waste minimization. Solvent selection. Polymer recycling. Methods of metal capture from effluent. Chemical destruction using supercritical water. The use of catalysis in the manufacture of fine chemicals and chemical intermediates.