eprintid: 7591 rev_number: 4 userid: 6 dir: disk0/00/00/75/91 datestamp: 2011-11-10 19:41:58 lastmod: 2016-11-15 13:42:18 status_changed: 2011-11-10 19:41:58 type: thesis_degree metadata_visibility: show contact_email: chriswach67@yahoo.com item_issues_count: 0 eprint_status: archive creators_name: Wach, Christopher Karl creators_email: chriswach67@yahoo.com title: ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN SOLVENT SYSTEMS: TOWARD A GREENER [4+2] CYCLOADDITION PROCESS ispublished: unpub divisions: sch_as_chemistry full_text_status: public keywords: benign solvents; Diels-Alder chemistry; green chemistry abstract: 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. date: 2006-06-29 date_type: completed institution: University of Pittsburgh refereed: TRUE etdcommittee_type: committee_member etdcommittee_type: committee_member etdcommittee_type: committee_member etdcommittee_name: Wilcox, Craig etdcommittee_name: Brummond, Kay etdcommittee_name: Chapman, Toby etdcommittee_email: daylite@pitt.edu etdcommittee_email: kbrummon@pitt.edu etdcommittee_email: tchapman@imap.pitt.edu etdcommittee_id: DAYLITE etdcommittee_id: KBRUMMON etdcommittee_id: TCHAPMAN etd_defense_date: 2006-04-05 etd_approval_date: 2006-06-29 etd_submission_date: 2006-04-24 etd_access_restriction: immediate etd_patent_pending: FALSE assigned_doi: doi:10.5195/pitt.etd.2011.7591 thesis_type: thesis degree: MS committee: Craig Wilcox (daylite@pitt.edu) - Committee Member committee: Kay Brummond (kbrummon@pitt.edu) - Committee Member committee: Toby Chapman (tchapman@imap.pitt.edu) - Committee Member etdurn: etd-04242006-202425 other_id: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04242006-202425/ other_id: etd-04242006-202425 citation: Wach, Christopher Karl (2006) ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN SOLVENT SYSTEMS: TOWARD A GREENER [4+2] CYCLOADDITION PROCESS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished) document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/7591/1/chriswach_finalthesis_2006.pdf