Abstract
Molecular imprinting technology is well established in areas where a high selectivity is required, such as catalysis, sensing, and separations/sample preparation. However, according to the Principles of Green Chemistry, it is evident that the various steps required to obtain molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are far from ideal. In this regard, greener alternatives to the synthesis of MIPs have been proposed in recent years. However, although it is intuitively possible to design new green MIPs, it would be desirable to have a quantitative measure of the environmental impact of the changes introduced for their synthesis. In this regard, this work proposes, for the first time, a metric tool and software (termed AGREEMIP) to assess and compare the greenness of MIP synthesis procedures. AGREEMIP is based on 12 assessment criteria that correspond to the greenness of different reaction mixture constituents, energy requirements, and the details of MIP synthesis procedures. The input data of the 12 criteria are transformed into individual scores on a 0−1 scale that in turn produce an overall score through the calculation of the weighted average. The assessment can be performed using user-friendly open-source software, freely downloadable from mostwiedzy.pl/agreemip. The assessment result is an easily interpretable pictogram and visually appealing, showing the performance in each of the criteria, the criteria weights, and overall performance in terms of greenness. The application of AGREEMIP is presented with selected case studies that show good discrimination power in the greenness assessment of MIP synthesis pathways.
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- artykuły w czasopismach dostępnych w wersji elektronicznej [także online]
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
ISSN: 2168-0485 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2024
- Bibliographic description:
- Marć M., Wojnowski W., Pena-Pereira F., Tobiszewski M., Martín-Esteban A., AGREEMIP: The Analytical Greenness Assessment Tool for Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Synthesis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024,10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03874
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03874
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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