Pietro Tundo Chemistry for a Sustainable Development Pietro Tundo Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

OECD WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY Venice, October 1998 Venice, October 1998Representatives of government, industry and academia from 22 Countries O.E.C.D.

TOPICS ON SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY (approved at the OECD meeting in Paris, June 6, 1999) Use of Alternative Feedstocks Use of Alternative Feedstocks Use of Innocuous Reagents Use of Innocuous Reagents Employing Natural Processes Employing Natural Processes Use of Alternative Solvents Use of Alternative Solvents Design of Safer Chemicals Design of Safer Chemicals Developing Alternative Reaction Conditions Developing Alternative Reaction Conditions Minimizing Energy Consumption Minimizing Energy Consumption O.E.C.D.

Green Chemistry On the Rise International Iunion of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUPAC IUPAC Committee on Green Chemistry Chairman: Prof. Buxing Han, Chinese Academy of Sciences

SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUE ON CHLORINE-FREE SYNTHESIS FOR GREEN CHEMISTRY

CONTENTS OF SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUE CONTENTS OF SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUE Rationale : to seek useful and industrially relevant examples for alternatives to chlorine in synthesis, so as to facilitate the development of industrially relevant and implementable breakthrough technologies. 30 Contributions dealing with: Part 1: Chlorine-free reagents Part 2: Chlorine-free catalysts Part 3: Carbonate chemistry Part 4: Chlorine-free solvents Part 5: Benign chloro-free methodologies Part 6: Metrics of chlorine-free syntheses

University Twinning and Networking University Twinning and Networking 70 UNITWIN Networks 70 UNITWIN Networks Mediterranean Basin UNITWIN Network for Green Chemistry MEGREC UNITWIN Network No. 731

List of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in the field of Chemistry: Angola Angola UNESCO Chair in Chemical and Environmental Engineering UNESCO Chair in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (2) - Agostinho Neto University, within the framework of the Santander Group - established in UNESCO Chair in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (2) - Agostinho Neto University, within the framework of the Santander Group - established in UNESCO Chair in Chemical and Environmental Engineering China China UNESCO/SHELL Chair in Coal GasificationUNESCO/SHELL Chair in Coal Gasification (620) - Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, Sahanxi - established in UNESCO/SHELL Chair in Coal Gasification France France UNESCO Chair in Applied Membrane Sciences for EnvironmentUNESCO Chair in Applied Membrane Sciences for Environment (660)- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Institut Européen des Membranes, Montpellier - established in UNESCO Chair in Applied Membrane Sciences for Environment Germany Germany UNESCO Chair in Macromolecular Characterization (645) - University of Technology and German Institute for Polymers, Darmstadt - established in Italy Italy Mediterranean Basin UNITWIN Network for Green Chemistry (MEGREC UNITWIN Network)Mediterranean Basin UNITWIN Network for Green Chemistry (MEGREC UNITWIN Network) (731), Ca’ Foscari, Venice - established in Mediterranean Basin UNITWIN Network for Green Chemistry (MEGREC UNITWIN Network) Uzbekistan Uzbekistan UNESCO Chair in Green ChemistryUNESCO Chair in Green Chemistry (627) - Uzbekistan National University - established in UNESCO Chair in Green Chemistry

Mediterranean Basin UNITWIN Network for Green Chemistry MEGREC UNITWIN Network 731 Established in Host Institution, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

ALGERIA - Université Mentouri-Costantine and Université Djillali Liabes ALGERIA - Université Mentouri-Costantine and Université Djillali Liabes EGYPT - Suez Canal University, Ismailia EGYPT - Suez Canal University, Ismailia GREECE - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens GREECE - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ITALY - Università Ca' Foscari Venezia ITALY - Università Ca' Foscari Venezia MOROCCO - Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah de Fez MOROCCO - Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah de Fez SERBIA - Belgrade University SERBIA - Belgrade University SPAIN - Universidad De Las Palmas de Gran Canaria SPAIN - Universidad De Las Palmas de Gran Canaria TUNISIA - Universitè de Gabès TUNISIA - Universitè de Gabès Mediterranean Basin UNITWIN Network for Green Chemistry MEGREC Host Institution, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice AND Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Division of Green Chemistry Topics of interest 1. Green synthetic pathways and clean production technologies 2. Green catalysis for improved selectivity and conversion 3. Dialkyl carbonates chemistry 4. Renewable resources 5. Environmental chemistry 6. Materials for environmental chemistry in the fields of abatement of toxic gases and purification of contaminated water 7. Membrane materials for separation and enrichment

Centre for Green and Sustainable Chemistry ° Research on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry, ° Education ° Outreach. Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

The First International Conference on Green Chemistry Venezia, September 1997

Tenth Edition of the Summer School on Green Chemistry Cà Dolfin, Cà Foscari University, Venezia, 2008