This project aims to examine new reaction pathways for the chemical industry as well as their impact on the environment.
Progress
It is being carried out in cooperation with the Steering Group of the OECD Workshops on Sustainable Chemistry held in Washington July 3rd and to be held in Venice October 15-17, 1998 (see Workshop Report). It is also in collaboration with Prof. Miyamoto, President of the IUPAC Division on Chemistry and the Environment, who will join the working party, which plans to produce a book on chemistry and chemical technologies related to green (sustainable) chemistry, to focus on the two topics of technologies and organic synthesis.