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minus-squareNielsBohron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoLook, I’m all for green chemistry, and I’ll switch to using safer, more environmentally friendly reagents and solvents the second they are close to the efficacy of the real deal. Until then, leave my acetone and heavy-metal catalysts alone!
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAcetone is rather green (7 in GSK solvent guide), but I for one haven’t used heavy metal catalysts in a year, and more if you don’t count palladium
Look, I’m all for green chemistry, and I’ll switch to using safer, more environmentally friendly reagents and solvents the second they are close to the efficacy of the real deal.
Until then, leave my acetone and heavy-metal catalysts alone!
Acetone is rather green (7 in GSK solvent guide), but I for one haven’t used heavy metal catalysts in a year, and more if you don’t count palladium