As previously reported, several undergraduate members of our research group have piloted and/or modified green(er) experimental protocols taken from the literature for implementation in organic chemistry teaching laboratories. Under the auspices of the new Green Chemistry, Stewardship, and Sustainability Program (GCSSP) at Seton Hall University, we are now in the process of developing curricular materials that address one or more of the title concepts. In thinking about helping students make connections between different classes of reactions in organic synthesis, we propose that a common starting material (or derivative) can serve to underline the relationships between broad reaction classes (oxidation/reduction, acid/base catalysis, etc.), and to this end, a thematic sequence of laboratory experiments based on the renewable molecule furfural is currently being developed. Beyond the details of the laboratory protocols themselves (tenets of green chemistry, etc.), we want students to think broadly about concepts like stewardship of the environment and sustainability, so questions and discussion points relating to the U.N. SDGs are being incorporated into pre-lab and post-lab exercises. This talk will focus on connections between course concepts, experimental details, and global concerns addressed by many of the U.N. SDGs.

Progress in the development of a new thematic sequence of laboratory experiments for an organic chemistry course based on the tenets of green chemistry, stewardship, and sustainability

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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