Green Chemitry Application: TAMLs Catalyst

As a catalyst for cleaning, tetra-amindo macrcyclic ligand activators (TAMLs) have been explored to possibly destroy stubborn pollutants by accelerating hydrogen peroxide cleansing reactions. This is a very important application of chemistry because it shows how green chemistry can lessen some of the damage to the environment caused by traditional chemistry.

Benefits of TAML studies:

-applying the catalyst to waste water can reduce staining and hazardous chemicals. (greatly reduce smells and colors)
-the catalyst could possibly be used in the future to disinfect drinking water
-the catalyst could possibly be used to clean up bioterror attack contamination

If broadly adopted it is speculated that TAMLs could save millions of dollars in cleanup costs.