“Sustainable technology in synthesis and natural product chemistry”

Green chemistry is a new way of looking at organic synthesis and the design of molecules, offering important environmental and economic advantages over traditional synthetic processes. Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to the principles of green chemistry in an effort to reduce waste, reduce costs and develop environmentally benign processes. Especially, the use of microwave and ultrasound assisted synthesis has come to the forse in view of the unique benefits like energy efficiency, enhanced reaction rates and increased yields.1 In this context, we have been working to develop green methodologies of synthesis2 and efficient isolation and derivatization of phenolics compounds.3,4