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Barry Trost

American chemist
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  • green chemistry
    / Atom economy

    …originally suggested by American chemist Barry Trost in 1973, became a central concept among green chemistry researchers. Atom economy was designed to overcome the limitations of the traditional concept of “yield,” the amount of final products, which was used for calculating the efficiency of chemical reactions. To calculate the yield,…

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    …originally suggested by American chemist Barry Trost in 1973, became a central concept among green chemistry researchers. Atom economy was designed to overcome the limitations of the traditional concept of “yield,” the amount of final products, which was used for calculating the efficiency of chemical reactions. To calculate the yield,…

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