European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

GREEN CHEMISTRY: A POTENTIAL APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Dr. Abhay Kumar Verma*, Priyanka Shrivastav, Dr. Arun Kumar Sigh (Sr.), Vijay Kumar Gupta

ABSTRACT

Green chemistry expresses an area of research developing from scientific discoveries about pollution awareness and it utilizes a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in all steps of particular synthesis or process. Therefore, attempts have been made to design synthesis for manufacturing processes in such a way that the waste products are minimum, they have no effect on the environment and their disposal is convenient. For carrying out reactions it is necessary that the starting materials, solvents and catalysts should be carefully chosen. With this view in mind, synthesis methods should be designed in such a way that the starting materials are consumed to the maximum extent in the final product. The reaction should also not generate any toxic by-products. The knowledge of green chemistry should be implemented in every field whether it is pharmaceutical industry or our daily life. After its proper implementation we can expect a sustainable future.

Keywords: Hazardous substances, toxic by-products, synthesis methods.