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Why Are Metrics Important?

In this video, Louise Summerton at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York explains why we need metrics to provide a mechanism to assess the greenness of a reaction.[1]

Choosing a Method Exercise

Looking at this PDF, here are a couple of questions to consider:

  • Which one would you choose as the greenest method?  
  • How much can we tell from yield alone?

We will revisit this example at the end of the module.

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  1. Martínez, J.; Cortés, J. F.; Miranda, R. Chemistry Metrics, A Review, Processes 2022, 10,1274.