Solvent Guides
The following references should be available to affiliates of the Unversity of Colorado 51勛圖厙 when accessed on the UCB wireless network. For individuals at other institutions, many of these should be available through your own organization's subscription to online journals.泭
American Chemical Society Solvent Selection Tool
Developed by the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable, this泭allows you to select solvents based on their physical properties
MIT "Green" Alternatives Wizard
Search for a chemical to replace, a process to replace, an alternative chemical, or an alternative process using the泭.
General Green Solvent Information
Capello, Christian, Ulrich Fischer, and Konrad Hungerbuhler. What is a green solvent? A comprehensive framework for the environmental assessment of solvents.泭Green Chemistry泭9 (2007): 927-934. Web. DOI:泭10.1039/B617536H
Jessop, Philip G. Searching for green solvents.泭Green Chemistry泭13 (2011): 1391-1398. Web. DOI: 10.1039/c0gc00797h
Solvent Guides
Alfonsi, Kim. et. al. Green chemistry tools to influence a medicinal chemistry and research chemistry based organization.泭Green Chemistry泭10 (2008): 31-36. Web. DOI: 10.1039/b711717e
American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable Solvent Selection Guide Version 2.0 issued March 21, 2011.泭
Henderson, Richard K. et. al. Expanding GSKs solvent selection guide embedding sustainability into solvent selection starting at medicinal chemistry.泭Green Chemistry泭13 (2011): 854-862. Web. DOI: 10.1039/c0gc00918k
MacMillan, Donna S. et. al. Evaluation of alternative solvents in common amide coupling reactions: replacement of dichloromethane and N,N-dimethylformamide.泭Green Chemistry泭15 (2013): 596-600. Web. DOI: 10.1039/c2gc36900a
McGonagle, Fiona I. et. al. Development of a solvent selection guide for aldehyde-based direct reductive amination processes.泭Green Chemistry泭15 (2013): 1159-1165. Web. DOI: 10.1039/c3gc40359a
Prat, Denis, et. al. "CHEM21 selection guide of classical- and less classical-solvents."泭Green Chemistry泭18泭(2016)泭288-296. Web.泭DOI: 10.1039/c5gc01008j
Prat, Denis, et. al. Sanofis Solvent Selection Guide: A Step Toward More Sustainable Processes.泭Organic Process Research & Development泭17 (2013): 1517-1525. Web. DOI: 10.1021/op4002565