Volume 10 in the Handbook of Green Chemistry series provides useful and practical tools, databases, and laboratory approaches to support chemists working in both academia and industry in achieving their green chemistry goals. Among many other helpful techniques covered, the authors offer prediction software, life cycle assessment methodology, and screening tools.

Evan Beach received his PhD under the mentorship of Terry Collins at Carnegie Mellon University (2007) and was a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University (2007-2009) in the research groups of Paul Anastas and Julie Zimmerman. He was an Associate Research Scientist (2009-2014) in the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale, serving as Program Manager and contributing to the Center?s course offerings. He served on the editorial board of Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews from 2010-2014. Since 2015 he has been working as a research scientist in the chemical industry.

Soumen Kundu obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in chemistry at the University of Calcutta and the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, respectively. He received his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University in 2012 under the supervision of Professor Terrence J. Collins, during which he worked on the development and application of Fe-TAML (Tetra Amido Macrocyclic Ligand) catalysts for the remediation of organic pollutants in water. After completing his graduate studies, Dr. Kundu worked with Professor Chao-Jun Li at McGill University (2013-2015) as a postdoctoral fellow, where his research endeavors included methodology development and mechanistic understanding of ruthenium-catalyzed coupling reactions of carbonyls and alkynes to form olefins. In 2015, Dr. Kundu joined Phillips 66 as a research scientist, where his research is focused on heterogeneous catalyst development and application towards transportation fuel production.

Paul T. Anastas joined Yale University as Professor and serves as the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale. From 2004-2006, Paul Anastas has been the Director of the Green Chemistry Institute in Washington, D.C. Until June of 2004 he served as Assistant Director for Environment at e White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where his responsibilities included a wide range of environmental science issues including furthering international public-private cooperation in areas of Science for Sustainability such as Green Chemistry.

1;Handbook of Green Chemistry: Volume 10: Tools for Green Chemistry;1 2;Contents;7 3;About the Editors;15 4;List of Contributors;17 5;Preface;21 6;1: Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Green Chemistry Objectives;23 6.1;1.1 Introduction;23 6.2;1.2 Substitution of Safer Chemicals;26 6.2.1;1.2.1 Missing Inventory Data and Characterization Factors;26 6.2.2;1.2.2 Linking LCA and Chemical Risk;27 6.3;1.3 Design Material and Energy-Efficient Processes;29 6.3.1;1.3.1 Introduction;29 6.3.2;1.3.2 System Boundaries and Design Guidance;30 6.3.3;1.3.3 Impact Categories and Green Metrics;32 6.3.4;1.3.4 Policy Implications;34 6.4;1.4 Promote Renewable Materials and Energy;35 6.4.1;1.4.1 Introduction;35 6.4.1.1;1.4.1.1 Glycerol Case Study;35 6.4.2;1.4.2 Biochemicals Production;38 6.4.2.1;1.4.2.1 Life Cycle Stages of Biochemical Production;38 6.4.2.2;1.4.2.2 Environmental Implications of Biomass Production;38 6.4.2.3;1.4.2.3 Carbon Accounting and Land Use Change;40 6.4.2.4;1.4.2.4 Global Availability of Arable Land;42 6.5;1.5 Conclusion and Recommendations;42 6.6;References;43 7;2: Shortcut Models Based on Molecular Structure for Life Cycle Impact Assessment: The Case of the FineChem Tool and Beyond;51 7.1;2.1 Introduction;51 7.2;2.2 Concept and Development of the FineChem Tool;53 7.3;2.3 Illustrative Applications of the FineChem Tool;57 7.3.1;2.3.1 LCA Aspects of Solvent Selection for Postcombustion CO2 Capture (PCC);57 7.3.2;2.3.2 Bio-Based Production of Platform Chemicals;58 7.4;2.4 Toward A New Group Contribution-Based Version of the FineChem Tool;59 7.4.1;2.4.1 Introduction to GC models;59 7.4.2;2.4.2 Development of GC-Based LCA Models;60 7.4.3;2.4.3 Screening for Substances with Desirable Properties;62 7.4.4;2.4.4 Illustrative Example of Screening Molecules;66 7.5;2.5 Conclusions and Outlook;68 7.6;References;68 8;3: Models to Estimate Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Chemicals;71 8.1;3.1 Introduction;71 8.2;3.2 Fate;72 8.3;3.3 Ecological Exposure;74 8.4;3.4 Ecosystem Effects;76 8.4.1;3.4.1 Intraspecies Variability in Populations;76 8.4.2;3.4.2 Interspecies Variability in Assemblages;77 8.5;3.5 Human Exposure and Effect;77 8.6;3.6 Environmental Impact Evaluation;80 8.6.1;3.6.1 Life Cycle Assessment;80 8.6.2;3.6.2 Risk Assessment;83 8.7;3.7 Recent Developments;84 8.7.1;3.7.1 New Chemicals;84 8.7.2;3.7.2 Nontoxic Stressors;85 8.7.3;3.7.3 Uncertainty and Variability;86 8.8;References;87 9;4: Collaborative Approaches to Advance Chemical Safety;93 9.1;4.1 Introduction;93 9.2;4.2 Incentives for Collaboration and Constraints;94 9.3;4.3 Options for Sharing;96 9.3.1;4.3.1 Sharing Research;96 9.3.2;4.3.2 Sharing Knowledge;97 9.3.3;4.3.3 Sharing Data;98 9.3.4;4.3.4 Sharing Software Development;99 9.4;4.4 The Implementation of Collaborative Organizations;100 9.5;4.5 Collaborative Projects;103 9.5.1;4.5.1 British Industrial Biological Research Association (BIBRA);103 9.5.2;4.5.2 The Chemical Bioactivity Information Centre (CBIC);106 9.5.3;4.5.3 The Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity Database Network - DSSTox;106 9.5.4;4.5.4 ICH;107 9.5.5;4.5.5 Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI);107 9.5.5.1;4.5.5.1 CHEM21;108 9.5.5.2;4.5.5.2 Electronic Health Record for Clinical Research (EHR4CR);109 9.5.5.3;4.5.5.3 eTOX;109 9.5.5.4;4.5.5.4 GETREAL;109 9.5.5.5;4.5.5.5 iPiE;110 9.5.5.6;4.5.5.6 MARCAR;110 9.5.5.7;4.5.5.7 MIP-DILI;110 9.5.6;4.5.6 International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) and ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI);111 9.5.7;4.5.7 Lhasa Limited;112 9.5.8;4.5.8 OECD (Q)SAR Toolbox;113 9.5.9;4.5.9 OpenTox;114 9.5.10;4.5.10 PhUSE;115 9.5.11;4.5.11 The Pistoia Alliance;115 9.5.12;4.5.12 REACH Substance Information Exchange Forums (SIEF);115 9.5.13;4.5.13 SEURAT-1 (Safety Evaluation Ultimately Replacing Animal Testing);116 9.5.13.1;4.5.13.1 COSMOS;116 9.5.13.2;4.5.13.2 DETECTIVE;116 9.5.13.3;4.5.13.3 HeMiBio;117 9.5.13.4;4.5.13.4 NOTOX;117 9.5.13.5;4.5.13.5 SCRandTox;117 9.5.13.6;4.5.13.6 ToxBank;117 9.5.14;4.5.14 ToxML;117 9.5.