Published Articles

• Chemistry Review

  Volume 16, Issue 1, 2006. "Waste not, want not" by Louise Summerton

  Volume 14, Issue 3, 2005. "A greener industry" by Louise Summerton

  Volume 9 has a special feature series on Green Chemistry and the range of topics covered includes:

  • Catalysis
  • Solvents
  • Electroplating
  • Renewable Resources
  • Atom Economy

  Chemistry Review is suitable for GCSE and 'A' Level Chemistry students.

  Issue Number 1 includes an article on Green sites (Chemistry on the Web) by Chris Ennis and an article on Catalysts by Stewart Tavener and Dave Adams.

  Issue Number 3 includes an article on Environmental Solutions by N Hazell

  Issue Number 4 includes an article on Environmental Pressure by D Miller and an article on Plants of the future by Nigel Oliver

  Issue Number 5 includes an article on Atom Efficiency and Catalysis by Roger Sheldon and an article on An Ion Brew for Cleaner Chemistry by David Bradley

• Determination of the Heat of Combustion of Biodiesel Using Bomb Calorimetry. A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Chemistry Experiment, S M Akers et al, J. Chem Ed., 2006, 83 260

• Environmentally Responsible Redox Chemistry: An Example of Convenient Oxidation Methodology without Chromium Waste, R L Crumbie, J. Chem. Ed., 2006, 83 268

• Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of a Natural Insecticide on Basic Montmorillonite K10 Clay. Green Chemistry in the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory, M R Dintzner et al. J. Chem Ed., 2006, 83 270

• A Green Polymerization of Aspartic Acid for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory, G D Bennett et al, J. Chem. Ed., 2005, 82 1380

• Going Green: Lecture Assignments and Lab Experiences for the College Curriculum, J A Haack et al, J. Chem. Ed., 2005, 82 974

• Green Chemistry Laboratory: Benign Synthesis of 4,6-Diphenyl [2,2'] bipyridine via Sequential Solventless Aldol and Michael Addition Reactions, G W V Cave & C L Raston, J. of Chem. Ed., 2005, 82 468

• Introducing undergraduates to green chemistry: an interactive teaching exercise, S Grant, Green Chemistry, 2005, 7

• The Evolution of a Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment: Greener Brominations of Stilbene, L C McKenzie et al, J. Chem. Ed., 2005, 82 306

• Green Chemical processing in the teaching laboratory: a convenient CO2 extraction of natural products, L.C. McKenzie et al., Green Chemistry, 2004, 6 355

• Focus on Education in Green Chemistry, W Leitner, Green Chemistry, 2004, 6(8)351.

• Greener Industrial Chemical Processes, M. Lancaster, Education in Chemistry, 2004, 42 (4)

• "Supercriticality"; a dramatic but safe demonstration of the critical point, P Licence et al, Green Chemistry, 2004, 6 (8)352.

• The importance of Sustainability ethics, toxicity and ecotoxicity in chemical education and research, T Collins, Green Chemistry, 2003, 5 (4)G51.

• An undergraduate teaching initiative to demonstrate the complexity and range of issues typically encountered in modern industrial chemistry, D Lennon, Green Chemistry, 2002, 4 (3)181.

• An undergraduate teaching exercise that explores contemporary issues in the manufacture of titanium dioxide on the industrial scale, S Grant et al, Green Chemistry, 2004, 6 (1), 25.

• Solventless syntheses of mesotetraphenylporphyrin: new experiments for a greener organic chemistry laboratory curriculum , M Warner et al, Green Chemistry, 2001, 3 (6)267

• Green Chemistry, M Lancaster, Education in Chemistry, 2000, 407

• The Ever Shrinking Laboratory, D Bradley, Education in Chemistry, 2000, 37, 1.

• Using micro-organisms in synthetic organic chemistry, S M Roberts, J. Chem. Edu.,, 2000, 77, 344.

• Green Chemistry: ensuring a sustainable future whilst protecting the environment, M Lancaster, Chemistry in Action!, 1999, 58, 7.

• Teaching Green Chemistry, Albert Matlack, Green Chemistry, 1999 (February), 1, G19.

• Chemical Education Foundation - a Network of Resources, Green Chemistry, 1999 (June), 3, G60.

• Inherently Safer Design - a course for science and engineering students, Green Chemistry, 1999 (October), 5, G144.

• Solvents Get the Big Squeeze, D Bradley, New Scientist, 1994 (6 Aug), 143, 32.
  A basic, easy to understand account of the environmental benefits and applications of supercritical fluids (mainly carbon dioxide and water).

• Environmentally Benign Synthesis in the Introductory Organic Chemistry Lecture Course, F A Carey and A F Carey, ACS Preprints, Division of Environmental Chemistry 34, 1994, No 2, 180.
  Discusses the concern that traditional organic chemistry courses do not address modern environmental issues and solutions.

• A Cleaner Way to Make Nylon, J Emsley, New Scientist, 1994 (12 March), 141, 15.
  Basic introduction to common chemicals from renewable resources. Discusses production of adipic acid from glucose and compares this to the benzene route, highlighting the requirement for less fossil fuel and the lower NOx generation.

• Green Chemistry at Work: Products can be made from Glucose Instead of Benzene, J Frost, EPA Journal No 3, 1994, 20, 22.
  More simple examples of how chemicals traditionally made from benzene can be made from renewable resources.

• Microscale Qualitative Analysis, E J Goller and I H Miller, J. Chem. Ed. 1993, 70, 6, A159
  Waste minimisation in the undergraduate laboratory - microscale analyses include nitrous acid test for amines and Zn / ammonium chloride reduction.

• Pollution Prevention in the Organic And Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory: Microscale Approach, M M Singh et al, ASC Preprints, Division of Environmental Chemistry, 1994, 194.

• Securing Environmental Concerns in the Chemistry Curriculum, L R Smith, ACS Preprints, Division of Environmental Chemistry 34 , 1994, No 2, 198.
  Provides suggestions to improve chemistry curricula to include Green concepts.

• Incorporating Alternative Synthetic Pathway Design into Synthetic Chemistry Curriculum: EPA Perspectives, T C Williamson and P T Anastas, ACS Preprints, Division of Environmental Chemistry 34, 1994 No 2, 177.
  Good source of background information. Discusses need to incorporate pollution prevention issues into classical courses.

• Environmental Education from an Industrial Perspective, J C Tully, ACS Preprints, Division of Environmental Chemistry 34, 1994, No 2, 203.

• Incorporation of Pollution Prevention Principles into Chemical Science Education, J W Greene, M.Sc. Thesis, 1997, University of Michigan.

• Pollution Prevention Educational Resource Compendium: Chemical Engineering
  Available from National Service Centre for Environmental Publications, P O Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-2419, USA, fax ++ 513 489 8695.

• Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier
  Activity for 14 - 16 year olds. Looks at the possibility of using hydrogen as a renewable energy resource. Contact: Chemical Industry Education Centre on + 44 (0) 1904 432523

• Green Chlorine
  Activity for 14 - 16 year olds. Assesses the alternative routes for manufacturing chlorine and discusses the environmental implications of each. Contact: Chemical Industry Education Centre on + 44 (0) 1904 432523

• Captains of Industry
  Activity for 14 - 16 year olds. Looks at raw material and energy use on the cost of fertilizer production, giving students the chance to optimise the process. Contact: Chemical Industry Education Centre on + 44 (0) 1904 432523

• Cutting Edge Chemistry
  An RSC Publication, ISBN 0 85404 914 2

• Green Organic Chemistry
  A Brooks Cole Publication, ISBN 0534388515