Abstract

One of the priority issues in green chemistry is to devise of greener and sustainable chemical strategies and processes to reduce or eliminated the use of hazardous substances. The development of bio-based materials has been constantly increasing, and there is a global effort in agreement with the demands of sustainable management for reducing reliance of fossil resources. In this sense there are green polymerization systems improved to reach increased yields and produce polymers with high molar mass and with specific microstructure characteristics. In the same way, biocatalysis in green chemistry reactions are performer under mild conditions of temperature, pressure and pH. However, along with new materials, chemical processes and reactors must be redesign and developed to guarantee the requirements and meet the demand for green chemical products. Substantial differences with traditional chemical process are based on the synthesis of materials changing the solvents selections and the implementation of continuous reactors, as well as in evaluating the effectiveness of the process through factors such as atom economy, environmental factor, and process mass intensity to implement an industrial green process. This chapter is a review of the processes that have been design and developed to achieve to maximize efficiency and reduce waste.

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