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Table 5. Scores and accomplishments of the different principles of Green Chemistry evaluated for Protocol 2B
Principle no.
Description
Score
Accomplishment
Reason P1
Prevention 1 No
Copper products are harmful to the environment P2
Atom Economy 3
Yes
No by products were formed P3
Less hazardous chemical synthesis
The toxicity of trans product is unknown P5
Safer solvents and auxiliary substances
It is a completely solvent free reaction P6
Increase energy efficiency
Only grinding is required P7
Use of renewable feedstocks
Feedstocks are non-renewable P8
Reduce derivatives
No derivatives were used P9
Catalysts
No catalysts were used
P10
Design for degradation
Not degradable
P12
Safer chemistry for accident prevention
Involved unknown toxicity of product
Ratul Biswas et al. Assessment of Greenness of Various Routes of Synthesis of cis and trans Isomers of
Bis(glycinato)copper(II) Monohydrate: An Undergraduate Chemistry Experiment. World Journal of Chemical Education,
2017, Vol. 5, No. 5, doi: /wjce-5-5-8
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