Green Chemistry is a quest for benign synthetic processes that reduce the environmental burden of chemical manufacture. This goal must be achieved while enabling the delivery of a product or process within our current timeframe and standards. In the context of chemical research and development, the achievement of superior process efficiency through application of the Principles of Green Chemistry will ultimately deliver competitive advantages to those who employ them.

Catalysis of chemical reactions is the single most useful technology for reducing the consumption of organic chemicals and waste streams produced by industrial chemical processes. Enzyme catalyzed reactions are among the most efficient, selective, and “green” processes available today. Enzyme catalyzed reactions exhibit several key concepts of Green Chemistry, as enzymes are biodegradable and renewable resources, they utilize water as the reaction solvent, and they function efficiently under ambient temperature and pressure conditions.

At BioVerdant, our commitment to developing green processes for chemical manufacturing goes far beyond the use of enzymes. Our scientists have extensive experience implementing the Principles of Green Chemistry into all aspects of our chemical research and development programs. While focusing on synthetic efficiency, each process is designed, examined, and optimized taking the Principles of Green Chemistry into account, thus producing superior process chemistry solutions.

A detailed perspective of pharmaceutical Green Chemistry has been written by John Tucker, a BioVerdant founding scientist and can be found in Org. Proc. Res. Dev. 2006, 10, 315-319.