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structional manual, prepared for
undergraduates at the University.
Green chemistry methods are de
signed to reduce potential hazards
in chemistry by minimizing envi
ronmental and human impact.
“This award is another confir
mation that what we’re doing at
the UO is leading the nation in
green chemistry education,” said
Jim Hutchinson, Reed’s advisor.
Presented in conjunction with the
President’s Green Chemistry Chal
lenge, the award was created five
years ago by President Clinton.
In 1998, Reed helped create the
University’s pilot-green chemistry
lab, called the Green Organic
Chemistry Lab. It is the first in
structional laboratory to experi
ment with green chemistry.
Prior to the development of the
lab, green chemistry principles
were only taught in organic chem
istry classrooms. The lab is part of
a movement to clean up chemistry.
“Winning the Hancock Award
adds legitimacy to the project,”
Reed said. “They (ACS) appreciate
that one of the best ways to make a
conceptual change in chemistry is
to change the way we educate peo
ple.”
Hutchinson began researching
green chemistry as a way to reduce
reliance on the limited lab safety
equipment, which is necessary to
protect students from the toxic
chemicals used in traditional or
ganic labs.
Hutchinson, who is an assistant
professor of chemistry, solicited
the help of fellow chemistry pro
fessor Ken Doxsee to help design
the ground-breaking curriculum.
Hutchinson’s research interested
Reed, who applied for and was
awarded a special fellowship
through the U.S. Department of Ed
ucation, providing him funding to
focus on designing new experi
ments. Receiving the fellowship
was a feat in itself because it’s un
usual for graduate students to be in
volved in curriculum development.
“Anyone who’s doing chemistry
is pulling chemicals off the shelf,
and anyone can use the concepts of
green chemistry in deciding what
they pull off the shelf,” Reed said.
By substituting less toxic sol
vents and other substances, as well
as minimizing waste by recycling
products for future experiments,
students significantly reduce the
hazards of experiments, one of the
objectives of green chemistry.
One experiment, which will be
published in the Journal of Chemi
cal Education, teaches students
how to synthesize adipic acid, a
chemical used in producing nylon.
Nitric acid, typically used as the
oxidant in the experiment, creates
nitrous oxide as a byproduct, a
dangerous chemical that con
tributes to ozone depletion and
global warming.
Under the green chemistry
process, students substitute hydro
gen peroxide and a simple catalyst,
significantly reducing the hazard.
“Green chemistry ideas are com
ing of age,” University science
writer Ross West said. “We have
people here, such as Scott, who are
making things happen on the edu
cational side of things and are real
ly making waves.”
Reed received the award June
26, during the annual ACS
Green Chemistry and Engineer
ing Conference in Washington,
D.C. The award, which serves as
a memorial for Dr. Kenneth G.
Hancock — former director of
the National Science Founda
tion’s Division of Chemistry and
one of the first advocates of
green chemistry — included a
plaque and cash award.
Now back in Eugene, Reed will
continue work on his doctoral
project, which was put on the back
burner while he worked in the area
of green chemistry.
“In the long term, green chem
istry will probably be an area I will
continue in,” Reed said. “In the
meantime, I have a thesis to finish.”