The group led by Michel Philippe based at the L’Oréal Research & Innovation centre in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France, provide detailed examples of how green chemistry principles have been used in the development of key processes such as C-glycosylation in water, and ceramide synthesis from renewable materials. Philippe and colleagues also discuss a list of green indicators which have been set up to advance the eco-design of ingredients in the future. These are:
- An ‘atom economy’ calculation
- The E-factor – with the aim of lowering this during scale-up and industrialisation
- The level of renewable carbon in the final ingredient
- The environmental risk of the final compound (according to European guidelines for PBT assessment)
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Industrial commitment to green and sustainable chemistry: using renewable materials & developing eco-friendly processes and ingredients in cosmetics, Michel Philippe , Blaise Didillon and Laurent Gilbert, Green Chem., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16341A
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