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I have added a cat. called green chemistry. I think that we need to make it clear that green chemistry is not the same as enviromental chemistry.
Environmental chemistry is the chemistry of how something behaves in the enviroment it might be something such as carboxylic acids in rainwater, the nitrogen cycle or Pu in soil.
Green chemistry is chemistry (normally synthetic chemistry) which has been designed to have as small an impact on the enviroment. Examples might include the use of solventless reactions and supercritial CO2. Cadmium 09:55, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- Totally agree that it's not the same thing, and we need to make it clear. I've done some work to the Environmental chemistry article, which hopefully makes to point clear enough. Though obviously feel free to expand the point if you think it's needed. Also hope you don't mind- I fixed the link in your post above (to stop it red linking). --Petros471 12:56, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
That is cool by me, I have no problem with you fixing the bad link.Cadmium 23:00, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be more clear to use templates like Template:This article is about to show the difference between green chemistry and environmental chemistry? b3virq3b 07:54, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Supramolecular Chemistry
This might be a leading citation: Chem. Commun., 2001, 2462 - 2463, DOI: 10.1039/b106584j "Exploiting modularity in template-controlled synthesis: a new linear template to direct reactivity within discrete hydrogen-bonded molecular assemblies in the solid state", Giannis S. Papaefstathiou, Alex J. Kipp and Leonard R. MacGillivray. Or maybe their reference 6. Or ref. 11.
HOWEVER!! There are thousands and thousands of template-directed bond forming reactions in the solid state initiated by light, X-rays, gamma-rays, etc. Many of them form unique products in high yield. SO WHAT? Why is this example in the Green Chemistry article? This reaction requires a Rayonet reactor operating at 300 nm. You waste a lot of electricity doing that. How about finding an example that does not occur in solution or that does occur with sunlight or other natural source rather than with artificial UV. This example is symmetrical (A=A + A=A --> photodimer); how about a reaction that can be performed selectively in the solid state over the solution phase (A=B + C=D --> one of many products)?
Maybe I just don't get it. AdderUser 12:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Observational Database
A large observational database of many different atmospheric constituents from a host of platforms is available. This was created as part of ESA Envisat and NASA Aura validation. It is of general use. Do you think it should be added to the article text? Dlary
- It sounds like that is relevant to the field of environmental chemistry, which is quite different from green chemistry. DMacks 07:39, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Deadly
Im doing a report on green chemistry, and this process will kill us all in the next 100 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.78.40.127 (talk) 00:37, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
