Green chemistry: state of the art through an analysis of the literature

Figures & data

Figure 1.  Classification of the topics judged important for a green development by a panel of industry experts. Elaborated from data in 33.

Figure 2.  Papers with the keyword “green chemistry” published in the period 1994–2008.

Table 1. Papers with the keyword “green chemistry” published in the decade 1999–2008. Journals most frequently chosen.

			Area
Journal name^a	Percentage (%) of papers	Communications	Organic chemistry	General chemistry	Catalysis
Green Chem.	6.44
Tetrahed. Lett.	5.47	✓	✓
Synthetic Commun.	2.45		✓
Synlett	2.22	✓	✓
J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem.	2.04				✓
Tetrahed.	1.49		✓
Synthesis	1.31		✓
Int. J. Life Cycle Asses.	1.29
Indian J. Chem. B	1.28			✓
Adv. Synth. Catal.	1.22				✓
J. Org. Chem.	1.19		✓
J. Chem. Res.	1.16			✓
Catal. Commun.	1.12	✓			✓
Org. Lett.	1.10	✓	✓
Chem. Commun.	1.09	✓		✓
Angew. Chem.	1.00			✓
Total	31.87^b	13.45 (42%)^c	15.23 (48%)^c	4.53 (14%)^c	4.38 (14%)^c
^aThe list does not include patents. “Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu” accounts for 10.46% and “PCI International” for 1.21%.
^bThe missing 68.13% of the papers includes patents (see note 1) and journals that account each for less than 1% (ca. 1700 entries).
^cThe figures in parentheses represents the percentage referred to the papers published in the above 18 most frequently used journals.

Figure 3.  Classification of the papers published in 2008: (a) in Green Chemistry; (b) in ChemSusChem; (c) classed as green chemistry, from any journal.

Figure 4.  Topics investigated in the 2008 literature on green chemistry.

short-legendScheme 1. Example of green synthesis: metal catalysis.

short-legendScheme 2. Examples of green synthesis: acid catalysis.

short-legendScheme 3. Examples of green synthesis: enzyme catalysis PIB=Poly-(isobutylene) chain.

short-legendScheme 4. Examples of green synthesis: enantioselectivity.

short-legendScheme 5. Examples of green synthesis: combination of different steps in a one-pot procedure. In the presence of Pd dehydrogenase dehydrogenation accompanies condensation.

short-legendScheme 6 Examples of green synthesis: microwave (MW) and ultrasound (US) assisted reactions.

short-legendScheme 7. Examples of green synthesis: electrochemistry and photochemistry.

Tsoka , C. ; Johns , W.R. ; Linke , P. ; Kokossis , A. Green Chem . 2004 , 6 , 401 406 .

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