CHM2211L is certified as a Global Citizens course and may be used to fulfill partial requirements of the Global Citizen Award upon successful completion of the course . The GCP project is on green chemistry.
At the end of the semester, you are required to prepare singled spaced 4 pages or a 2000 ̶2200 word essay for the GCP assignment. Students will use the following 3 elements that represent a potential target for replacement by a greener alternative: Reaction conditions, products, and byproducts. Your task is to focus on these three elements and identify all the health, safety, and environmental issues associated with their use and describe a green alternative for each element. For example, when you discuss”Reaction conditions”, you must begin with an overview of the most common reaction conditions for chemical reactions, and processes, examining the reasons for the global concerns associated with them.
Then, you must describe the greener alternatives to the use of reaction conditions such as substitution by safer reaction conditions, modification of processes to allow the use of new or unusual reaction conditions. You must introduce several examples in your essay for the successful completion of your assignment. There will be a very useful lecture that will be posted on canvas and students can use this video to prepare their essays. This portion of the assignment constitutes 10%of the final grade.
