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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
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Bibliography
- (1) - * - Solvent Market Analysis By Product (Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Esters, Ketones, Chlorinated) By Application (Printing Inks, Paints And Coatings, Pharmaceuticals, Adhesives & Cosmetics) And Segment Forecasts To 2020 - ( http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/solvent-market...
Websites
REACH : http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach/index_fr.htm
Solvent selection guides : http://www.acs.org/gcipharmaroundtable
Regulations
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (104 Stat. 2468, P.L. 101-549)
Directive no. 1999/13/EC of 11/03/99 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations.
Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric...
Patents
COMMEREUC (D.), FORESTIERE (A.), HUGUES (F.) and OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU (H.) – Sequence of Processes for Olefin Oligomerization or Dimerization or co-Dimerization. U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ, US 20020052537 A1 20020502 (2002).
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