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Sustainable Chemistry
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Dr. Pratap Chhotaray
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Course Name : Sustainable Chemistry
Code(Credit) : CUTM1425(3-1-0)
Course Objectives
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To learn the fundamental philosophy and the latest developments in sustainable chemistry.
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To understand why solvent replacements are being sought.
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To familiarize with different green reaction alternatives of conventional reaction procedures with real world applications.
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To understand how waste biomass can be converted to wealth.
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To understand importance of recycling and its application in circular economy
Course Outcomes
| COs | Course outcomes | Mapping COs with POs (High-3, Medium-2, Low-1) |
| CO1 | Will gain knowledge about the responsibility of a chemist towards the solution of various environmental issues | PO 8 (3), PO 10 (2), PO12 (1) |
| CO2 | Able to observe and differentiate the environmental friendly chemicals to fulfill our requirements in life | PO3 (2), PO 10 (2) |
| CO3 | Able to judge in every step of life to select sustainably viable options starting from personal to professional front | PO 8 (2), PO10 (3) |
| CO4 | Will be equipped to be part of problem-solving endeavor related to environmental issues | PO 2 (2), PO 3 (2) |
Course Syllabus
Module I (4 Hrs.)
Fundamental:
Basic Concepts of Sustainable Chemistry; Sustainability assessment; Essentials of sustainable chemistry; Role of chemistry in sustainability.
Module II (4 Hrs.)
Green Chemistry:
Principles of green chemistry; Designing safer chemicals, predict the properties and environmental aspects before synthesis; Use of catalysts, to reduce time and energy demands, minimize waste; Design for energy efficiency, least energy intensive route for synthesis.
Module III (4 Hrs.)
Green Solvents:
Atom economy, metathesis; Ionic liquids, classification, synthesis & applications; Deep eutectic solvents, classification, synthesis & applications; Supercritical fluids, preparation and various applications.
Practice 1: Ionic liquid synthesis
Practice 2: Deep eutectic solvents preparation
Practice 3: Supercritical fluids
Module IV (5 Hrs.)
Green Synthetic Methods:
Safer Chemical Design; Green Chemistry Molecular design pyramid, Example of failed chemical design (thalidomide), Safer Chemical Design examples. Green alternative of conventional synthetic methods; Green catalysis (Phase Transfer Catalysts, Chitosan, enzymes), solvent free reactions, Microwave assisted reactions, Examples of Green Synthesis-Ibuprofen. Industrial Green Improvements of Consumer Products; Vitamin C Synthesis using enzymes (Hoffman La Roche), Zoloft -Presidential Chemistry Award Winning Innovation (Pfizer), Methyl Methacrylate syngas process (Eastman Chemicals). Real world applications of green chemistry: Award winning discoveries
Practice 4: Solvent-Free Wittig Reaction
Practice 5: Green synthesis of nanoparticles (Au/Ag/Cu) using leaf extracts
Practice 6: Green synthesis of Nylon precursor adipic acid
Module V (5 Hrs.)
Value addition to Waste Biomass:
Renewable Feed stocks; Types of biomass derived fuels & energy, biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel; Thermochemical conversion, gasification pathway, pyrolysis pathway; Biochemical Conversion, anaerobic digestion, fermentation.
Module VI (4 Hrs.)
Sustainable materials:
Application of Renewable Raw Materials in organic synthesis: Historical developments- Alizarine, Indigo and Coniine synthesis. Application of Renewable Raw Materials in synthesis: Synthesis of (±)-Usnic acid from lignin, tetracyclin antibiotics from Chitin derived L-Rednose, (−)-Bissetone and (−)-palythazine from cellulose derived glucose. Biodegradable polymers (PEF, PLA, PBS and PHA) and their applications. Synthesis of biodegradable polymers.
Module VII (4 Hrs.)
Recycling and circular economy:
Plastic recycling in circular economy. Sustainable packaging. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Cradle to grave and Cradle to Cradle design. Circular economy: Examples and success stories.
Text Books:
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New trends in Green chemistry: V. K. Ahluwalia, M. Kidwai Anamaya Publishers
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Introduction to Green Chemistry: Albert S. Matlack, 2nd edition, CRC Press
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Waste to Wealth-The circular economy advantage: Peter Lacy and Jakob Rutqvist, Ma Editions
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Green Solvents-Ionic Liquids: Paul T. Anastas (Series Editor), Peter Wasserscheid, Annegret Stark, Wiley-VCH
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Sustainable chemistry: G. Reniers and C.A Brebbia, WIT Press
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Valorization of biomass to value added commodities: Daramola, Michael, Ayeni, and Augustine (Eds), Springer
Session Plan
Session 1
Basic Concepts of Sustainable Chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5r4loXPyx8
Session 2
Session 5
Principles of green chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nrCoM5tEug
Session 6
Designing safer chemicals, predict the properties and environmental aspects before synthesis.
Session 7
Use of catalysts, to reduce time and energy demands, minimize waste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaUwrSQTaM&list=PL4o4mT6MeLifF3IWXsW9rhABmJndSjLsA&index=9
Session 8
Design for energy efficiency; least energy intensive route for synthesis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obnN_gO8sbg&list=PL4o4mT6MeLifF3IWXsW9rhABmJndSjLsA&index=6
Session 9
Atom economy, metathesis reactions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbmxQLa_-M&list=PL4o4mT6MeLifF3IWXsW9rhABmJndSjLsA&index=2
Session 10
Ionic liquids; classification, synthesis & applications.
Session 12
Deep eutectic solvents; classification, synthesis & applications.
Session 13
Practice 2
Deep eutectic solvents preparation.
https://www.jove.com/video/60326/preparation-of-binary-and-ternary-deep-eutectic-systems
Session 14
Supercritical fluids; preparation and various applications.
Session 16
Safer Chemical Design; Green Chemistry Molecular design pyramid, Example of failed chemical design (thalidomide), Safer Chemical Design examples.
https://greenchemistry.yale.edu/examples-failed-chemical-design
https://greenchemistry.yale.edu/designing-safer-chemicals-0
https://greenchemistry.yale.edu/examples-safer-chemical-design-i
https://greenchemistry.yale.edu/examples-safer-chemical-design-ii
Session 17
Green alternative of conventional synthetic methods 1: Green catalysis (Phase Transfer Catalysts, Chitosan, enzymes), solvent free reactions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaUwrSQTaM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np3WbS8Ya4k
Session 18
Practice 4
Solvent-Free Wittig Reaction
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17518250903164549
Session 19
Practice 5
Green synthesis of nanoparticles (Au/Ag/Cu) using leaf extracts.
Session 20
Green alternative of conventional synthetic methods 2: Microwave assisted reactions , Examples of Green synthesis-Ibuprofen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvgCVmwJM3c
https://www.slideshare.net/rahulpandit51/microwave-assisted-organic-synthesis
Session 21
Practice 6
Green synthesis of Nylon precursor adipic acid
Session 22
Industrial Green Improvements of Consumer Products:Vitamin C Synthesis using enzymes (Hoffman La Roche), Methyl Methacrylate syngas process (Eastman Chemicals).
https://www.slideshare.net/SushantJadhav27/vitamin-c-121296262
Session 23
Real world applications of green chemistry:Award winning discoveries.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2019.00300/full
https://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/green-chemistry-challenge-2019-greener-synthetic-pathways-award
Session 25
Types of biomass derived fuels & energy; biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel.
Session 26
Thermochemical conversion; gassification pathway, pyrolysis pathway.
Session 27
Biochemical Conversion 1; anaerobic digestion.
Session 29
Application of Renewable Raw Materials in organic synthesis: Historical developments- Alizarine, Indigo and Coniine synthesis.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/np/c9np00040b#!divAbstract
Session 30
Application of Renewable Raw Materials in synthesis: Synthesis of (±)-Usnic acid from lignin, tetracyclin antibiotics from Chitin derived L-Rednose, (−)-Bissetone and (−)-palythazine from cellulose derived glucose.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/np/c9np00040b#!divAbstract
Session 31
Biodegradable polymers (PEF, PLA, PBS and PHA) and their applications.
https://www.slideshare.net/ElahehEntezarmahdi/biodegradable-polymers-62885795
Session 32
Synthesis of biodegradable polymers.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/9/10/523/htm
https://www.slideshare.net/SaurabhShukla84/biodegradable-polymers-70064737
Session 33
Circular economy, Plastic recycling in circular economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6HDcubgxRk
Session 34
Sustainable packaging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux-2m5MnT_s
Session 35
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Cradle to grave and Cradle to Cradle design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFaG4QZpzIs
https://www.slideshare.net/virtuinstitute/design-and-the-environment-cradle-to-grave
Session 36
Case Studies
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Dr. Pratap Kumar Chhotaray has completed his PhD. from IIT Madras in 2015. He then moved to The University of Alabama, USA followed by Louisiana State University, USA for two years’ postdoctoral research. Thereafter, he worked as a National Postdoctoral fellow at IIT Delhi for two years. Currently, he is working as an Asst. Prof. […]