Green chemistry using liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide.(Book Review)

Green chemistry using liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide Joseph DeSimone and William Tumas (eds) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 Pages 259 90.99 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 19 515483 5

Green chemistry, like a growing child, is experiencing a number of radical life changes; like all teenagers, as it matures it is shouting loudly to make its opinions heard. In a similar way, the established chemical community is now looking for tangible returns from its rapidly maturing offspring. In response to the demands of the wider scientific community, books ranging from general introductions for the non-specialist to in-depth monographs on specific areas of research are becoming increasingly available.

Green chemistry as a scientific discipline is, in general, based around a set of guidelines that aid technologists in the development of environmentally sustainable chemical processes. The Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry, originally proposed by Paul Anastas (recently appointed director of the American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Institute), …