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The Chemistry Division of Vellore Institute of Technology-Chennai recently conducted a one day national seminar on Recent Trends in Catalysis and Fine Chemicals Synthesis. The workshop was held on 20th April in the Chemistry Department Lab.
Despite the great success and importance of chemistry too the quality of life, public image has been deteriorated due to the increasing importance of environmental issues by the use of hazardous catalysts (mineral acids) and solvents lead to ecological imbalance.
Today, its not only a question of what we can synthesize, but also how we do it, since environmental and economic pressures are now forcing the chemical community to search for more efficient way of performing chemical transformations. Developing new route for eco-friendly heterogeneous catalyst preparation and their use in the fine chemicals synthesis is keenly noticeable in all industrial countries since it reduces the reaction steps, selective towards target compounds, avoids hazardous solvent, easy catalyst recovery and reusability.
The workshop provided an opportunity for contact between students, academic researchers and manufacturers, potential users of catalysts. With hands on exposure to every individual participant of this workshop, it gave an students and researchers an opportunity to explore in their research in petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals synthesis.
The workshop was technically sponsored by Thomas Baker (Chemicals) Pvt. Ltd. They are a professionally managed firm involved in the manufacture and export of a comprehensive range of the Fine Chemicals and Laboratory Reagents.
