On a Quest To Make All Chemistry Green Chemistry
![Dr. Ettigounder (“Samy”) Ponnusamy is a key leader in green chemistry at MilliporeSigma. Dr. Ponnusamy wears a lab coat writing out chemical compounds on glass with a marker.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Samy%20Green%20Chemistry%20Window.png)
How do you evaluate how green (or not) a chemical process is?
For years there wasn’t an easy way. Then, in 2019, a team of chemists and bioinformatic experts from MilliporeSigma, the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, debuted a new tool, known as the DOZN™ tool. This industry-first tool helps scientists compare the greenness of different products and processes.
There is often more than one pathway that scientists can use to create a target molecule. Because these different synthesis processes use different raw materials and create different byproducts, chemists can use the DOZN™ tool as a quantitative tool to compare the relative greenness of each approach.
Meet the MilliporeSigma chemist who championed this effort and now helps other chemists, including young chemists, think greener.