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Green Chemistry in Heterocyclic Chemistry

1. Contact details

Organisation Universidade de Coimbra
Name Prof. Abilio Jose Fraga do Nascimento Sobral
Address (1) Rua Larga
Address (2) Polo I
City Coimbra
Zip Code 3004-535
Country Portugal
Telephone +351 239 85 4476
E-mail asobral@ci.uc.pt
Web address http://www.uc.pt/pessoal/asobral

2. Details of activity

Status Current activity
Title of project/activity Green Chemistry in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Target audience

First/second year university level students

Project activity/duration

Experiments published 2005-2006

Brief synopsis of activity

Two experiments utilising green chemistry principles and techniques in heterocyclic chemistry.

Detailed description

Two experiments utilising green chemistry principles and techniques in heterocyclic chemistry were developed for undergraduate students. The experiments are available as journal articles:

Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 82 No. 4 April 2005, “Synthesis of Meso-Octamethylporphyrinogen: An Undergraduate Laboratory Mini-Scale Experiment in Organic Heterocyclic Chemistry”, Abilio J. F. N. Sobral.

Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 83 No. 11 November 2006, “Synthesis of meso-Diethyl-2,2’-dipyrromethane in Water: An Experiment in Green Organic Chemistry”, Abilio J. F. N. Sobral

Open to collaboration Yes

3. Future Collaborations

Areas of interest

Green Organic Synthesis; Ionic Liquids