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Strategies for Green Organic Synthesis. Edited by V. K. Ahluwalia. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A. 2012. 352 + xvi pp. £76.99. ISBN 978-1-439-870501.
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his is the type of book which gives Green Chemistry a bad name. Essentially it is a textbook about organic chemistry with the addition of a short introductory chapter on green chemistry. Thereafter, green chemistry principles are hardly discussed. The book, however, cannot be even recommended as an organic chemistry textbook, being badly written with hundreds of typos; poor English; badly drawn schemes, sometimes with incorrect structures; incorrect names of authors; incorrect references. In some chapters the references only go to 1990, and thus, much new chemistry is not included. It is, in many ways, an old fashioned text with an old-fashioned style. The author has essentially compiled a list of chemical reactions, and he proceeds to mention them with little comment or discussion of their merits (and no discussion of their green chemistry credentials). There is no mention of synthetic route strategy, reagent choice, the importance of convergence in synthesis, use of enzymes, workup strategies to minimise waste, or stoichiometry control, but there are lots of procedures using ionic liquids. However, there is no critical comment on environmental aspects of their synthesis or on recycling. In short, I cannot recommend this book in any way.
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Trevor Laird, Editor AUTHOR INFORMATION
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
Published: April 11, 2013 © 2013 American Chemical Society
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