Experiments in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

PART I: CATALYSTS
Clean Friedel-Crafts Acylation
Knoevenagel Condensation
Copper-Catalyzed Arylation of Thiols in Water
2-(2'Anilinyl)-4,4-Dimethyl-2-Oxazoline
A Carbene Transfer Agent
Enantioselective Organocatalytic Synthesis of Porpionic Acid Ethyl Esters
Solid Acid-Catalyzed Electrophilic Annelations
Hetergeneous Catalytic Domino Reactions
Chemoselective Synthesis of Acylals from Aldehydes
The Effect of a Catalyst on the Reaction of Hydroxybenzaldehyde with Acetic Anhydride
Renewable Chemicals by Sustainable Oxidation Using Gold Catalysts
Sustainable Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Arylations Through C-H Bond Functionalizations
PART II: SOLVENTS
Diaryl Disulfides from Thiols in Water-Ammonia
Electrochemical Synthesis of Polypyrrole Employing Green Chemistry Principles
Ammonia-Sensing Cyanoaurate Coordination Polymers
Green Lab - Aqueous Biphasic Systems for Liquid-Liquid Separations
Clean, Fast Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions Using Microwave Heatin and Water as a Solvent
Ionic Liquids as Benign Solvents for Sustainable Chemistry
Olefin Self-Cross Metatehsis in Ionic Liquids
Experiments with Ionic Liquids
PART III: HIGH YIELD AND ONE-POT SYNTHESES
Efficient Synthesis of Aluminium Complexes
Quantitative Synthesis of a Neutral Hexacoordinate Phosphorus Compound
Encapsulated Silicon in Haxacoordination
Domino Reactions for the Efficient Synthesis of Natural Products
Heterocyclic Phosphenium Salts
Methyltitanium Triisopropoxide
Click Chemistry
Synthesis and Recycling of Six Nickel Complexes
PART IV: LIMITING WASTE AND EXPOSURE
Disposal of Sodium and Potassium Residues
Juglone
Fluor Retard
Dicopper(I) Oxalate Complexes as Molecular Precursors for Copper Deposition
Environmentally Friendly Recycling of Sodium
PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS
The Light Bulb - On and Off
Limewater and Carbon Dioxide - A Light Bulb Turns On and Off
Template Synthesis of a Macrobiycyle Dinitrosarcophagine
Cyclic Molecular Aluminophosphate
Biogas
Preparation of

Herbert W. Roesky is Professor for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Göttingen. As departmental director at the University of Frankfurt/Main and Göttingen for many years, he has influenced the development of Inorganic Chemistry in Germany as nobody else. Since ever his special concern was focused on promoting students and youngster's interest in chemistry, which is supported by his several book publications and an annual christmas lecture given at the University of Göttingen. Besides numerous honory doctorates he was awarded with the Leibniz Prize and the Grand Prix de la Maison de Chimie. For his book "Chemische Kabinettstücke", which was translated in many languages, he received the Literaturpreis of the Fond der chemischen Industrie.

Dietmar Kennepohl is Associate Vice President Academic at the Athabasca University. After his Ph.D. in main group synthetic chemistry he awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, doing research at the University of Göttingen. He was postdoc at the University of Guelph before coming to Athabasca University in 1993. In addition, he was visiting professor at the Univeristy of Otago, New Zealand. His research interests include chemical education as well as petroleum, main group and coordination chemistry. His research in chemical education concentrates on the use of innovative distance delivery methods for undergraduate laboratory work. He has a great passion for teaching and learning, and believes that it is vital to the success of students to support and facilitate the important student-teacher relationship wherever possible.

"As a source of material for teaching practical green chemistry, this book is as good as I have seen." (Education in Chemistry, March 2010) "This book brings together 46 simple experiments, each written by recognized experts, that clearly and simply demonstrate the novel green chemistry principles which should, in my opinion, be in every undergraduate course." (Chemistry World, September 2009)

"Encouraging a new attitude and 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 and one-pot synthesis, limiting waste and exposure, plus special topics."
METALL (1/2 2010)