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Journal Article 
Industrial Organic Chemistry 
Speight, JG; Speight, JG 
2017 
Butterworth-Heinemann 
Environmental Organic Chemistry for Engineers 
87-151 
WOS:000413114200004 
The chemical process industries play an important role in the development of a country by providing a wide variety of products and use raw material derived from petroleum and natural gas, salt, oil and fats, biomass and energy from coal, natural gas and a small percentage from renewable energy resources. Although manufacture of organic chemicals initially started with coal and alcohol from fermentation industry, later due to availability of petroleum and natural gas which dominated the scene, now more than 90% of organic chemicals are produced from petroleum and natural gas routes. However, rising cost of petroleum and natural gas and continuous decrease in the reserves has spurred the chemical industry for alternative feedstocks like coal, biomass, coal bed methane, shale gas, and sand oil as an alternate source of fuel and chemical feedstock. This chapter deals with the foundations of organic chemistry from an industrial perspective and presents the various processes that are produced and on a regular (almost a day-to-day) basis. This will give the reader the ability to understand the necessary links between laboratory organic chemistry and industrial process chemistry that is a necessary and growing phenomenon within the chemistry community. These chemistry and engineering sectors of industry have long held strong ties since chemistry points the way to synthetic pathways and engineering points that way by which these pathways might be achieved on a commercial scale. 
Organic chemicals; Crude oil; Natural gas; Biomass; C-1 chemistry; C-2 chemistry; C-3 chemistry; C-4 chemistry; BTX chemistry 
Speight, James G.