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In the Laboratory
Green Chemistry
A Green Polymerization of Aspartic Acid for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory
George D. Bennett
Department of Chemistry, Millikin University, Decatur, IL 62522
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September 2005
Vol. 82 No. 9
p. 1380
Abstract
Based on a technology that won a Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, this experiment involves the thermal polymerization of aspartic acid and subsequent hydrolysis to give sodium poly(aspartate). The procedure is suitable for introducing students to the important topic of polymers and for illustrating several of the principles of green chemistry.
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 Bennett, George D. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 1380.
*  Keywords
 Green Chemistry; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Industrial Chemistry; Laboratory Instruction; Natural Products; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Polymerization; Proteins / Peptides; Second-Year Undergraduate; Synthesis
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August 10, 2005
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