Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
A novel post-synthesis analysis tool is presented which evaluates quality of the organic preparation based on yield, cost, safety, conditions and ease of workup/purification. The proposed approach is based on assigning a range of penalty points to these parameters. This semi-quantitative analysis can easily be modified by other synthetic chemists who may feel that some parameters should be assigned different relative penalty points. It is a powerful tool to compare several preparations of the same product based on safety, economical and ecological features.
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Van Aken, K., Strekowski, L., & Patiny, L. EcoScale, a semi-quantitative tool to select an organic preparation based on economical and ecological parameters. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2006, 2, No. 3. doi: 10.1186/1860-5397-2-3
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This article was originally published in the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. It is posted here with the permission of the author.
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