Sustainable “green” Chemistry

Introduction

Why does the fifth principle of green chemistry seek to avoid the use of auxiliaries?

Ideally one would minimize the use of auxiliary substances used in a chemical synthesis since doing so would generally be expected to reduce the amount of waste produced, thus minimizing the potential for environmental hazards.

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