Article | REF: CHV4000 V2

Green solvents

Authors: Bruno ANDRIOLETTI, Jérémy CHAIGNON

Publication date: September 10, 2024

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2. Solvents for more environmentally-friendly chemistry

2.1 Water: the 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 explored [K 1 210] . However, water remains relatively little used as a reaction medium for the transformation of organic molecules

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