Solvents for more environmentally-friendly chemistry
Green solvents
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Solvents for more environmentally-friendly chemistry
Green solvents

Author : Bruno ANDRIOLETTI

Publication date: August 10, 2016 | Lire en français

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2. Solvents for more environmentally-friendly chemistry

2.1 Water: an ideal solvent?

Back in 2005, R. A. Sheldon declared that "The best solvent is no solvent", and that if a solvent was essential, water was particularly appropriate. But is this really the case?

The physico-chemical properties of water are particularly attractive and have already been widely exploited [K1210] . On the other hand, water remains relatively little used as a reaction medium for the transformation of organic molecules

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