%0 Generic
%9 Master's Thesis
%A Wach, Christopher Karl
%D 2006
%F pittir:7591
%K benign solvents; Diels-Alder chemistry; green chemistry
%T ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN SOLVENT SYSTEMS: TOWARD A GREENER [4+2] CYCLOADDITION PROCESS
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/7591/
%X Green chemistry is a field that encompasses a wide range of environmentally benign technologies. This review discusses the principles of green chemistry, as well as recent applications of these principles to the Diels-Alder reaction with a focus on benign solvent systems. Specifically, Diels-Alder reactions in water, ionic liquids, supercritical carbon dioxide, and solvent-free systems will be reviewed up to February 2006.