Handbook for Chemical Process Research and Development, Second Edition

This handbook is designed to provide readers with an unprecedented strategy approach to mechanism-guided process development, helping process chemists and students in industrial chemistry develop chemical processes efficiently. The latest edition addresses common process issues such as safety, cost, robustness, and environmental impact.

This fully updated second edition reflects the significant changes in process chemistry since the first edition and includes more common process issues such as safety, cost, robustness, and environmental impact. Some areas have made notable progress such as process safety, stereochemistry, new reagents and reagent surrogates. Forty years ago there were few process research and development activities in the pharmaceutical industry, partly due to the simplicity of drug molecules. With increasing structural complexity especially the introduction of chiral centers into drug molecules and stricter regulations, process R&D has become one of the critical departments for pharmaceutical companies.

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This book provides a new direction for scientists, researchers, and students in materials science and polymer chemistry who seek to better understand the chemistry behind conducting polymers and improve their performance for use in advanced energy applications.