E-Factor

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E-Factor

• Environmental Impact Factor

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History
In the late 1980s Roger Sheldon introduced
E-factor to evaluate the environmental impact of
manufacturing processes.
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A basic process
Product
MATERIALS
PROCESS
WASTE
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Calculations

• E-factor measures the amount of waste produced
  in a certain process.
• E-factor is calculated by dividing the mass of
  waste (kg) by the mass of product (kg)

Waste (kg) Efactor ------------------ Pro
duct (kg)
THE GOAL IS ZERO !
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Your basic process
Product
MATERIALS MMs
PROCESS separation of final product
WASTE
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How can you reduce your e-factor?
Product
PROCESS separation of final product
WASTE
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• Your mission
• Refer back to the 12 Principles
• Write down strategies you can use to reduce the
  amount of waste
• Come up with as many strategies as possible!

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Principle
1. Prevention. Design chemical syntheses to prevent waste, leaving no waste to treat or clean up.
2. Atom Economy. Design syntheses so that the final product contains the maximum proportion of the starting materials. There should be few, if any, wasted atoms.
3. Less Hazardous Chemical Synthesis. Design syntheses to use and generate substances with little or no toxicity to humans and the environment.
4. Designing Safer Chemicals. Design chemical products to be fully effective, yet have little or no toxicity.
5. Safer Solvents Auxiliaries. Avoid using solvents, separation agents, or other auxiliary chemicals. If these chemicals are necessary, use innocuous chemicals.
6. Design for Energy Efficiency. Run chemical reactions at ambient temperature and pressure whenever possible.
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Principle
7. Use of Renewable Feedstocks. Use raw materials and feedstocks that are renewable. Renewable feedstocks farm products or the wastes of other processes depleting feedstocks fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, or coal) or are mined.
8. Reduce Derivatives. Avoid using blocking or protecting groups or any temporary modifications if possible. Derivatives use additional reagents and generate waste.
9. Catalysis. Minimize waste by using catalytic reactions. Catalysts are used in small amounts and can carry out a single reaction many times. They are preferable to stoichiometric reagents, which are used in excess and work only once.
10. Design for Degradation. Design chemical products to break down to innocuous substances after use so that they do not accumulate in the environment.
11. Real-time Analysis for Pollution Prevention. Include in-process real-time monitoring and control during syntheses to minimize or eliminate the formation of byproducts.
12. Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention. Design chemicals and their forms (solid, liquid, or gas) to minimize the potential for chemical accidents including explosions, fires, and releases to the environment.
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Strategies
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How Ibuprofen is synthesized
? Pfizer Inc. 2008
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? Pfizer Inc. 2008
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Improved Synthesis of Ibuprofen
77 reduction in waste
Graphic from Green Chemistry Department,
University of Scranton
? Pfizer Inc. 2008
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? Pfizer Inc. 2008
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