Chemistry 471/671

Chemistry 471/671: Introduction to Green Chemistry

Professor Timothy Dransfield
Office: S-1-85
Phone: X-6143
Email: timothy.dransfield@umb.edu

Professor Jason Evans
Office: S-1-84
Phone: X-6149
Email: jason.evans@umb.edu

Professor Bela Torok
Office: S-1-132
Phone: X-6159
Email: bela.torok@umb.edu

This page will become the central location for reading assignments, problem sets and various course updates. Much of the information presented within these pages uses the PDF format. If you have trouble reading them, please download Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking here.

Course Syllabus and Grading Information

Answer Key to Prof. Dransfield's Final Exam

General Links:

Full text of the Pollution Prevention Act

The 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for Green Chemistry

The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Al Gore and the IPCC

Current Science, perhaps inspiration for presentations?

Iodomethane approved for use by the EPA

The photolysis cross-section of ClOOCl is much smaller than previously believed - what are the consequences for ozone depletion?

Unit 4: Presentations

Zijuan - Uses of H2O2 in Synthesis

Manisha - Geothermal Energy

Chris - Power Plant Exhaust Controls

Bruno - Nuclear Power/Chernobyl

Jerry - Solar Energy

Aditya - Organocatalysis

Fengying - Solid Phase Microextraction

Jonathon - Algae as Biofuel

Abha - Aqueous Synthesis

Narah - Scrap Tires

Professor Chen - Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

Janak - Synthesis of H2O2

Unit 3 Torok

Reading Assignment :

Reading Analysis

Problem Sets (due ):

Problem Set 1

Problem Set 2

Lecture Notes (in pdf format):

Unit 2 Evans

Week 1: Reading Assignments (Each pdf file has several papers attached/each group has a different set with one paper in common)

Group1(Cacciatore, Chivukula, Ganno, Gourdin), read the secon article first.

Group 2 (Kafle, Koutros, Kulkarni, Ominde)

Group 3 ( Piqani, Sarin, Sobolyeva, Sood)

Group 4 (Thorn, Zhang, Zhu)

In addition, I encourage you to skim over these websites.

http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18138/page2/

http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/11/the-oil-debate-round-ii-khosla-vs-patzek/

There will also be a posted assignment due on Tuesday. It will be posted on Friday. Assignment 1 Evans

Week 2: Reading Assignment

Notes

Unit 1 Dransfield

Reading Assignments (due Thursdays):

Week 1: The 2007 Green Chemistry Awards

Week 1: Chemical Modification of Soy Protein for Wood Adhesives

Week 2: An overview of some tropospheric pollution concerns

Week 3: Molina and Rowland

Week 3: Is the ozone layer recovering?

Week 4: The 2007 IPCC Report

Week 4: The Northwest Passage becomes reality

Week 4: Some ... interesting proposals

Problem Sets (due Tuesdays):

Problem Set 1

"Solution"

Problem Set 2

Solution

Proposed Propene Oxidation

Problem Set 3

Solution

Problem Set 4

Solution

Lecture Notes (in pdf format):

Week One, Lecture One: Green Chemistry Overview

Week One, Lecture Two: Atmospheric Structure

Week Two, Lecture One: Tropospheric Reaction Pathways

Week Two, Lecture Two: Urban Smog Formation

Week Three: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Week Three: Anthropogenic Halogen

Week Four: Global Climate Change

Week Four: Projecting Into The Future

Figures for Upcoming Lectures: