2017年美国总统绿色化学挑战奖项目评述

Overview for US'Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards 2017

介绍了2017年美国总统绿色化学挑战奖获奖项目的概要、创新与价值。6个奖项的获奖者分别是:绿色合成路线奖授予默克公司(Merck),其创新贡献在于研制了一种实验性抗病毒药物Letermovir,在制药行业中,该生产工艺代表了可持续的、产业化工艺的最先进水平;绿色反应条件奖授予安进公司(Amgen.)和巴亨公司(Bachem),他们通过改进固相肽合成技术,开发了一种用于新一代肾脏药物Etelcalcetide的商业化绿色生产工艺;设计绿色化学品奖、特别环境效益奖同时授予陶氏化学(Dow)和Papierfabrik August Koehler SE公司,其贡献在于可满足连续成像技术的热敏纸的突破;小企业奖授予优能科技有限责任公司(Uni Energy Technologies),他们开发了Uni SystemTM,用于电网规模能量存储的高级钒氧化还原液流电池;学术奖授予宾夕法尼亚大学的Eric J.Schelter教授,其贡献在于使用特定金属络合物从废弃材料中简单高效地回收稀土元素。

The outline,innovation and value of the technologies that win US ＇ Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards（PGCC） 2017 are introduced.The six awards,winners and their respective innovation are introduced respectively.The winner for Greener Synthetic Pathways Award is Merck Co.,Inc. for the innovation of Letermovir,an experimental antiviral drug. This technology represents a state-of-the-art approach to sustainable commercial manufacturing processes in the pharmaceutical industry. The winners for Greener Reaction Conditions Award are Amgen Inc.and Bachem who develop a commercial green production process for Etelcalcetide,a new generation of kidney drugs through improving the synthetic technology of solid phase peptide. The winners for Designing Greener Chemicals Award are The Dow Chemical Company and Papierfabrik August Koehler SE who gain breakthrough in sustainable imaging technology for thermal paper. The winner for Small Business Award is Uni Energy Technologies LLC who develops the Uni SystemTM,an advanced vanadium redox flow battery for grid-scale energy storage.The winner for Academic Award is Professor Eric J.Schelter of University of Pennsylvania.He develops a way for simple and efficient recycling of rare earth elements from consumer materials by using tailored metal complexes.