Question

How will you develop products that are less toxic or which require less toxic raw materials ?

Answer 1

• There is a need to design safer chemicals to prevent the workers in chemical industries from being exposed to toxic environment.
• Adipic acid is extensively used in polymer industry. In synthesis of adipic acid, benzene is used as the starting material, but benzene is carcinogenic and being volatile organic compound (VOC) it pollutes the air and environment.
• To overcome this health hazard Green technology developed by Drath and Frost, adipic acid is enzymatically synthesised from glucose.