Experiments in green and sustainable chemistry / edited by Herbert W. Roesky, Dietmar Kennepohl ; foreword by Jean-Marie Lehn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Catalysts -- 1.Clean Friedel-crafts acylation of anisole under microwave irradiation. Rafael Luque, James H. Clark and Duncan J. Macquarrie -- 2.Knoevenagael condensation using aminopropylated silicas. Rafael Luque, James H. Clark and Duncan J. Macquarrie -- 3.Copper-catalyzed arylation of thiols in water, Mo�nica Carril, Raul SanMartin and Esther Domi�nguez -- 4.2-(2\'-Anilinyl)-4, 4-Dmiethyl-2-Oxazoline. Robert A. Gossage -- 5.A carbene transfer agent. John P. Canal, Taramatee Ramnial and Jason A.C. Clyburne -- 6.Enatioselective organocatalytic synthesis of (r) and (s)-3,3,3,-trifluoro-2-(indol-3-yl)-2--hydroxyl-propionic acid ethyl esters. Mohammed Abid and Be�la To�ro�k -- 8.Synthesis of 1,3,5-triphenylpyrazole by a heterogeneous catalytic domino reaction. Shainaz M. Landge and Be�la To�ro�k - 9.Chemoselctive synthesis of acylals (1,10diesters) from aldehydes: a discovery-oriented green organic chemistry laboratory experiment. Michael P. DeVore, Matthew G. Huddle and Ram S. Mohan -- 10.The effect of a catalyst on other reaction of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde with aceitc anhydride: a discvoery-oriented green organic chemistry laboratory experiment. Matthew G. Huddle, Michael P. DeVore and Ram S. Mohan -- 11.Renewable chemicals by sustainable oxidations using gold catalysts. S�ren Kkitgaard, Yury Gorbanov, Esben Taarning and Claus H. Christensen -- 12.Sustainable ruthenium-catalyzed direct arylations through C-H bond functionalizations. Lutz Ackermann and Rube�n Vicente -- Part II: Solvents -- 13.Diarly disfulfides from thiols in water-ammonia. Mo�nica Carril, Raul San Martin and Esther Domi�nguez -- 14.Electrochemical synthesis of polypyrrole employing green chemistry principles. Anthony Fusco and Patricia Ann Mabrouk -- 15.Ammonia-sensing cyanoaurate coordination polymers. Daniel B. Leznoff, Michael J. Katz and Julie Lefebvre -- 16.Aqueous biphasic systems for liquid-liquid separations. Tameka L. Shamery, Jonathan G. Huddleston, Ji Chen, Scott K. Spear and Robin D. Rogers -- 17.Clean, fast palladium-catalyzed reactions using microwave heating and water as a solvent: the heck coupling as an example. Cynthia McGowan and Nicholas E. Leadbeater -- 18.Ionic liquids as benigh solvents for sustainable chemistry. Andeers Riisager and Andreas Bo�smann -- 19.Olfein self-cross matathesis in an ionic liquid, Megumi Fujita -- 20.Experiments with ionic liquids. Gordon W. Driver and Keith E. Johnson -- Part III.High hield and one-pot suntheses -- 21.Efficient synthesis ... Ines Raabe, Andreas Reisinger and Ingo Krossing -- 22.Quantitative synthesis of a neutral hexacoordinate phosphorous compound. Dietmar K. Kennepohl -- 23.Encapsulated silicon in hexaccordination - synthesis and synthetic transformationis. Adinarayana Doddi and M. N. Sudheendra Rao -- 24.Domino reactions for the efficience synthesis of a natural products. Lutz F. Tietze, Dirk A. Spiegl and C. Christian Brazel -- 25.N-heterocyclic phosphenium salts. Charles L. B. MacDonald, Bobby D. Ellis, Gregor Reekse and Alan H. Cowley -- 26.Methyltitanium triisopropoxide. Armin de Jeijere and Alexander Lygin -- 27.Ferrocenyl-1,2,3-traizolyl dendrimers by \'Click\' chemsitry. Catia Ornelas, Jaime Ruiz and Didier Astruc -- 28.Synthesis and recycling of six different nickel complexes. Hartmut Scho�nberg and Hansjo�rg Gru�tzmacher -- Part IV: Limiting waste and exposure -- 29.Disposal of sodium and potassium residues. Herbert W. Roesky -- 30.Juglone (5-hydrozy-1,4-naphthoqunone). Kieran Joyce, Emma E. Coyle, Jochen Mattay and Michael Oelgemo�ller -- 31.Fluor retard. Herbert W. Roesky -- 32.Dicopper (1) Oxalate complexes as molecular precursors for copper deposition. Michael Stollenz and Franc Meyer -- 33.Environmentally friendly recycling of sodium. Herbert W. Roesky -- Part V: Speicla topics -- 34.Air and nitrogen - a light bulb turns on and off. Hans-Dieter Barke -- 35.Limewater and CO2 - a light bulb turns on and off. Hans-Dieter Barke -- 36.Template synthesis of the macrobicycle dinitrosarcophagine. Jack M. Harrowfield and George A. Koutsantonis -- 37.Cyclic molecular aluminophosphate. Jiri Pinkas -- 38.Biogas. Stefan Zimmermann and Peter W. Roesky -- 39.Preparationi of colloidal cadmium sulfide (cds( quantum dot nanoparticles 238. Dong-Kyun Seo -- 40.Dendrimer construction : [CpFe]+ induced formaton of the polyallyl arene core and dendron, and iteration using hydrosilylation and Williamson reactions 245. Jaime Ruiz, Catia Ornelas, Rodrigue Djeda and Didier Astruc -- 41.Three are better than one: gathering three difference methals in the same molecule. A straightforward route to 3d-3d\'-4f heterometal systems. Ruxandra Gheorghe, Augustin M. Madalan and Marius Andruh -- 42.Photochemistry for mild metal-free arylation reactions. Stefano Protti, Daniele Dondi, Maurizio Fagnoni, Angelo Albini -- 43.An experiment to demonstrate the greenhouse effect. Herbert W. Roesky -- 44.Organic systhesis through semiconductor photocatalysis. Horst Kisch -- 45.Daylight semiconductor photocatalysis for air and water purification. Horst Kisch -- 45.Daylight semiconductor photocatalysis for air and water purification. Horst Kisch -- 46.An evergreen in Co2-fixactio: the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction. Sandra Walendy, Giancarlo Francio`, Markus Ho�lscher and Walter Leitner

Encouraging a new attitude & approach to chemistry, experts from around the globe present over 40 real-life teaching experiments, divided into the five main principles of catalysis, solvents, high yield & one-pot synthesis, limiting waste & exposure, plus special topics.