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Green Organic Chemistry

1. Contact details

Organisation Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Name Prof. Maria Teresa Barros
Address (1) Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Address (2) Quinta da Torre
City Caparica
Zip Code 2829-516
Country Portugal
Telephone +351 212948361
E-mail mtbarros@dq.fct.unl.pt
Web address http://www.fct.unl.pt

2. Details of activity

Status Current activity
Title of project/activity Green Organic Chemistry
Web address of project http://www.dq.fct.unl.pt
Target audience

Undergraduate and graduate students; Industry researchers.

Numbers reached

Maximum number of participants: 10

Brief synopsis of activity

A course providing an introduction to alternative and sustainable technologies for the 21st century through a series of theoretical and practical sessions.

Detailed description

This course is a specialist refresher course for graduates, undergraduates and industrial workers and covers subjects that are not part of the normal curriculum. The objectives of the course are to provide an introduction to alternative and sustainable technologies for the 21st century and increase awareness of environmental problems and their resolution. The course also aims to introduce new approaches to economic and environmentally friendly organic chemistry and provide strategies, tools and laboratory experiments. The course duration is 6 full days consisting of 6 theoretical sessions and 6 practical sessions.

Funding

Course fees: € 300 per delegate

Open to collaboration Yes

3. Future Collaborations

Areas of interest

Novel synthetic concepts; Organocatalysis and Selective synthesis from renewable feedstocks.