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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

SUSSOL-Using Artificial Intelligence for Greener Solvent Selection and Substitution.

Hannes Sels, Herwig De Smet, Jeroen Geuens

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Interactive Knowledge-Based Kernel PCA for Solvent Selection.ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2025
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  5. Application of Biobased Solvents in Asymmetric Catalysis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  7. The green solvent: a critical perspective.Clean technologies and environmental policy · 2021
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Hannes SelsCentre of Expertise on Sustainable Chemistry, Department of Sciences and Technology, Karel de Grote Applied University of Arts and Sciences, 2660 Antwerp, Belgium.
Herwig De SmetCentre of Expertise on Sustainable Chemistry, Department of Sciences and Technology, Karel de Grote Applied University of Arts and Sciences, 2660 Antwerp, Belgium.
Jeroen GeuensCentre of Expertise on Sustainable Chemistry, Department of Sciences and Technology, Karel de Grote Applied University of Arts and Sciences, 2660 Antwerp, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solvents come in many shapes and types. Looking for solvents for a specific application can be hard, and looking for green alternatives for currently used nonbenign solvents can be even harder. We describe a new methodology for solvent selection and substitution, by applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) software to cluster a database of solvents based on their physical properties. The solvents are processed by a neural network, the Self-organizing Map of Kohonen, which results in a 2D map of clusters. The resulting clusters are validated both chemically and statistically and are presented in user-friendly visualizations by the SUSSOL (Sustainable Solvents Selection and Substitution Software) software. The software helps the user in exploring the solvent space and in generating and evaluating a list of possible alternatives for a specific solvent. The alternatives are ranked based on their safety, health, and environment scores. Cases are discussed to demonstrate the possibilities of our approach and to show that it can help in the search for more sustainable and greener solvents. The SUSSOL software makes intuitive sense and in most case studies, the software confirms the findings in literature, thus providing a sound platform for selecting the most sustainable solvent candidate.

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Artificial IntelligenceDatabases, FactualGreen Chemistry TechnologySoftwareAlgorithmsHumansNeural Networks, ComputerSolventsSolventsartificial intelligenceself-organizing mapSH&Esoftwaresolvent selectionsolvent substitutionsustainable solvents

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PMID32635177
PMCPMC7411708

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