Special Issue "Advances in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Luis Paulo N. Rebelo
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Apartado 127, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal
Website: http://www.itqb.unl.pt/Research/Technology/Molecular_Thermodynamics/
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Dear Colleagues,

An issue devoted to Green and Sustainable Chemistry constitutes a timely exercise, mainly when one witnesses the growing importance of novel alternative solvents, which may not merely act as such but also as new clean extraction media, catalysts, electrolytes, additives, composite nanomaterials, and even as new pharmaceuticals and/or microorganisms metabolite inducers and/or enzyme stabilizers.

Prof. Dr. Luis Paulo N. Rebelo
Guest Editor

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• clean solvent technologies
• recycling
• (no) toxicity
• (non -)flammability
• (non -)volatility
• biodegradability
• catalysis
• atom economy
• aqueous and alcohol solutions
• ionic liquids
• supercritical fluids
• bio-based materials
• renewable feedstocks

Type of Paper: Review
Title: Green Chemistry in Protected Horticulture: Sustainable Strategies Possible to Implement in Field
Authors: G. Carrasco ¹ and Miguel Urrestarazu ²
Affiliations: ¹ Universidad de Talca, Talca, Talca, Chile; E-Mail: gcarrasc@utalca.cl
² Universidad de Almería, Carrera Sacramento S/N, 04120 Almeria, Spain‎; E-Mail: mgavilan@ual.es
Abstract: The reduction of the chemical inputs into the environment is a global task. In protected horticulture this consists into using different strategies for pathogens control with biodegradable products. This review will address the tools that are now possible to use especially in the management of horticultural species protected both vegetables and ornamental plants. Also, it will be analyzed the feasibility of operating with degradable products that control pathogens and also encourage other productive factors, such as oxygen in the root system. Biosecurity applied to fertigation management in protected horticulture is an example, by using mixtures peroxyacetic, which also serves three basic principles: the manufacture of these products are not involved polluting processes, secondly, they have the same function as other chemicals, and finally after use and management, no residue exist in the environment. The sustainability of protected horticulture depends on the development and introduction of technologies that are feasible for implementation in the field.

Type of Paper: Article
Title: Eco-Friendly Synthesis of N-Alkyl Benzimidazoles with Antiviral Properties under Microwave Activation
Authors: V. Calvino-Casilda ¹, R. M. Martín-Aranda ² and A. J. López-Peinado ²
Affiliations: ¹ Catalytic Spectroscopy Laboratory, Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (CSIC), Marie Curie 2 E-28049-Madrid, Spain; E-Mail: vcalvino@icp.csic.es
² Dpto. Química Inorgánica y Química Técnica. Universidad Nacional de Educación a distancia (UNED), Senda Del Rey 9 E-28040-Madrid, Spain
Abstract: The synthesis of N-alkyl benzimidazoles with antiviral properties via alkylation of benzimidazole with 1-bromobutane by microwave activation over two alkali metal promoted carbons as catalysts is reported. N-alkyl benzimidazoles are produced in high yields (ca. 80%) when NaCs-Norit carbon is used under microwave activation. The microwave activation combined with the alkaline carbons provides a solvent free procedure in the preparation of N-substituted heterocycles under mild conditions.