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Synthesis of amorphous Geobacter-manganese oxide biohybrid as efficient water oxidation catalysts

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Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04353E, Paper
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Shafeer Kalathil, Krishna Katuri, Pascal Saikaly
The development of low cost and efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst has paramount importance to meet future sustainable energy demand. Nature’s photosynthetic machinery deploy manganese-based complex in photosystem II...
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A Strategy for The Assembly of Glypromate® and Structure-Related Analogues by Tandem Sequential Peptide Coupling

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Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00143K, Paper
Ivo E Sampaio-Dias, Luís Pinto da Silva, Sandra G Silva, Xerardo Garcia-Mera, José Enrique Rodriguez-Borges
This work describes an improved and greener methodology in solution-phase synthesis for the preparation of Glypromate® (glycyl-L-prolyl-L-glutamic acid, GPE), a potent neuropeptide with applications in neurodegenerative conditions such as Huntington's,...
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Thermophilic bio-electro CO2 recycling into organic compounds

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00320D, Paper
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Laura Rovira-Alsina, Elisabet Perona-Vico, Lluís Bañeras, Jesús Colprim, M. Dolors Balaguer, Sebastià Puig
Many industrial combustion processes produce carbon dioxide (CO2) at high temperature, which may be electrically recycled into valuable chemicals using microorganisms as catalysts.
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Solvent-free hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone using a Shvo catalyst precursor: optimization, thermodynamic insights, and life cycle assessment

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2443-2458
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC02088H, Paper
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Christian A. M. R. van Slagmaat, Marie A. F. Delgove, Jules Stouten, Lukas Morick, Yvonne van der Meer, Katrien V. Bernaerts, Stefaan M. A. De Wildeman
We studied the solvent-free hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone with the Shvo catalyst involving comparative catalysis, DFT, and LCA.
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Ga/ZSM-5 catalyst improves hydrocarbon yields and increases alkene selectivity during catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass with co-fed hydrogen

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2403-2418
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC03408K, Paper
Kristiina Iisa, Yeonjoon Kim, Kellene A. Orton, David J. Robichaud, Rui Katahira, Michael J. Watson, Evan C. Wegener, Mark R. Nimlos, Joshua A. Schaidle, Calvin Mukarakate, Seonah Kim
An integrated experimental and computational study to understand the catalytic upgrading of biomass vapors into high yield of alkenes.
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Insights into pressure tunable reaction rates for electrochemical reduction of CO2 in organic electrolytes

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2434-2442
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00013B, Paper
Charles I. Shaughnessy, David J. Sconyers, Hyun-Jin Lee, Bala Subramaniam, James D. Blakemore, Kevin C. Leonard
Modeling and simulation reveal the mechanistic basis for the pressure-tunable rates of CO2 reduction at elevated pressures of CO2.
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Dioxomolybdenum complex as an efficient and cheap catalyst for the reductive depolymerization of plastic waste into value-added compounds and fuels

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2419-2425
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04206G, Paper
Beatriz F. S. Nunes, M. Conceição Oliveira, Ana C. Fernandes
Several types of PCL, PLA, PDO, PET and PBT plastic waste were efficiently converted into value-added compounds and fuels catalyzed by MoO2Cl2(H2O)2.
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Synthesis of renewable C–C cyclic compounds and high-density biofuels using 5-hydromethylfurfural as a reactant

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2468-2473
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00195C, Paper
Taimei Cai, Qiang Deng, Hailong Peng, Jin Zhong, Rui Gao, Jun Wang, Zheling Zeng, Ji-Jun Zou, Shuguang Deng
Renewable C–C six-membered ring compound and high-density biofuel are synthesized using 5-hydromethylfurfural as a reactant.
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Sustainability by design: automated nanoscale 2,3,4-trisubstituted quinazoline diversity

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2459-2467
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00363H, Paper
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Mojgan Hadian, Shabnam Shaabani, Pravin Patil, Svitlana V. Shishkina, Harry Böltz, Alexander Dömling
Automated, one step, nanoscale synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted quinazoline derivatives using positive pressure facilitated dispensing to access a very large chemical space exemplified by more than 1000 compounds.
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Novel insights into biomass delignification with acidic deep eutectic solvents: a mechanistic study of β-O-4 ether bond cleavage and the role of the halide counterion in the catalytic performance

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2474-2487
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC02569C, Paper
André M. da Costa Lopes, José R. B. Gomes, João A. P. Coutinho, Armando J. D. Silvestre
The potentiality of acidic deep eutectic solvents for β-O-4 ether bond cleavage is herein demonstrated from a mechanistic point of view.
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Efficient base-free oxidation of monosaccharide into sugar acid under mild conditions using hierarchical porous carbon supported gold catalysts

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2588-2597
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04333K, Paper
Xintong Meng, Zengyong Li, Di Li, Yiming Huang, Jiaojiao Ma, Chuanfu Liu, Xinwen Peng
The highly selective synthesis of D-xylonic acid and D-gluconic acid from monosaccharide catalyzed by Au/NC-3 under base-free aerobic oxidation conditions.
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Direct C(sp3)–H acyloxylation of indolin-3-ones with carboxylic acids catalysed by KI

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2354-2358
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04446A, Communication
Yong-Long Zhao, Yong-Qin Tang, Xing-Hai Fei, Fen-Fen Yang, Zhuo-Xian Cao, Dong-Zhu Duan, Qing-Jie Zhao, Yuan-Yong Yang, Meng Zhou, Bin He
The first KI-catalyzed direct acyloxylation of indolin-3-ones with carboxylic acids has been developed using 30% aq. H2O2 as a green oxidant at room temperature. Moreover, mechanism studies indicated that a radical oxidation process may be involved for this transformation.
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Synthesis of bioderived polycarbonates with adjustable molecular weights catalyzed by phenolic-derived ionic liquids

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2488-2497
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00493F, Paper
Wei Qian, Lei Liu, Zengliang Zhang, Qian Su, Weizhen Zhao, Weiguo Cheng, Li Dong, Zifeng Yang, Ruibing Bai, Fei Xu, Yanqiang Zhang, Suojiang Zhang
Phenolic ionic liquid structure can be designed readily to control the molecular weight of isosorbide-derived polycarbonates.
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Fabrication of highly proton-conductive chitosan whole-bio-membrane materials functionalized with adenine and adenosine monophosphate

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2426-2433
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04104D, Paper
Guanglei Zhao, Yuanyuan Chen, Xiao-Feng Li, Sihan Zhang, Yuanqiu Situ
A successful strategy to prepare novel proton-conductive chitosan membrane biomaterials functionalized with adenine and adenosine monophosphate via a one-pot grafting procedure.
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A facile solution-phase synthetic approach for constructing phenol-based porous organic cages and covalent organic frameworks

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2498-2504
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04033A, Paper
Lei Zhang, Rongran Liang, Cheng Hang, Haiying Wang, Lin Sun, Lei Xu, Dairong Liu, Zhenyi Zhang, Xingmin Zhang, Feifan Chang, Shengyu Zhao, Wei Huang
A general solution-phase synthetic strategy is developed to construct both porous organic cages (POCs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) by simply stirring and heating organic solvent/water solutions of aldehydes and amines in the presence of MOH (M = Na, K, and Cs).
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Upgrading 1-butanol to unsaturated, carbonyl and aromatic compounds: a new synthesis approach to produce important organic building blocks

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2365-2369
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00254B, Communication
Jorge Mora Vargas, Luiz Henrique Tofaneli Morelato, Julieth Orduna Ortega, Mauricio Boscolo, Gustavo Metzker
Conversion of 1-butanol into added-value organic building blocks was achieved using fixed-bed flow reactor and Cu-based catalyst at 550 and 600 °C with and without methanol as addictive.
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A non-phosgene process for bioderived polycarbonate with high molecular weight and advanced property profile synthesized using amino acid ionic liquids as catalysts

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2534-2542
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00265H, Paper
Zhencai Zhang, Fei Xu, Yaqin Zhang, Chenhao Li, Hongyan He, Zifeng Yang, Zengxi Li
Bio-based polycarbonate with high molecular weight and advanced property profile was synthesized using amino acid ionic liquids as catalysts.
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Visible-light-induced photocatalyst-free C-3 functionalization of indoles with diethyl bromomalonate

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2543-2548
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00292E, Paper
Guangmiao Gu, Mengmeng Huang, Jung Keun Kim, Jianye Zhang, Yabo Li, Yangjie Wu
A visible-light-induced and XB-promoted green approach to construct α-indolyl diethyl malonates was developed.
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Hierarchically porous covalent organic frameworks assembled in ionic liquids for highly effective catalysis of C–C coupling reactions

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2605-2612
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00223B, Paper
Jikuan Qiu, Huiyong Wang, Yuling Zhao, Pengxin Guan, Zhiyong Li, Hucheng Zhang, Hongshuai Gao, Suojiang Zhang, Jianji Wang
A simple and environmentally benign strategy was reported for the synthesis of hierarchically porous COFs in ionic liquids, and the obtained materials show highly effective catalytic performance for C–C bond formation reactions.
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Solvent-free and montmorillonite K10-catalyzed domino reactions for the synthesis of pyrazoles with alkynylester as a dual synthon

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2388-2393
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00162G, Communication
Sesuraj Babiola Annes, Rajendhiran Saritha, Saravanan Subramanian, Bhaskaran Shankar, Subburethinam Ramesh
A highly regioselective, solvent-free and montmorillonite K10 clay-catalyzed domino process with an unprecedented C–C bond formation reaction is described for the synthesis of new class of tri-substituted and di-substituted pyrazole derivatives.
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Reusable, homogeneous water soluble photoredox catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles in a biphasic system: application to the synthesis of biologically active natural products

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2575-2587
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00569J, Paper
S. Srinath, R. Abinaya, Arun Prasanth, M. Mariappan, R. Sridhar, B. Baskar
Herein, a simple and efficient method for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of tetrahydro-β-carbolines, indolines and (iso)quinolines is described using a reusable, homogeneous cobalt-phthalocyanine photoredox catalyst in a biphasic medium.
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Base-mediated benzannulation of α-cyanocrotonates with ynones: facile synthesis of benzonitriles and fluorenes

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2370-2374
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00608D, Communication
Maneesh Kumar Reddy Singam, Attunuri Nagireddy, Sridhar Reddy Maddi
Benzonitriles and cyanofluorenes have been rapidly obtained via the [3 + 3] benzannulation of readily available alkynones and α-cyanocrotonates using KOtBu as the only reagent and EtOH (and CO2) is the only by-product.
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One-pot synthesis of 1,3-butanediol by 1,4-anhydroerythritol hydrogenolysis over a tungsten-modified platinum on silica catalyst

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2375-2380
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00244E, Communication
Lujie Liu, Takehiro Asano, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige
Chemical production of 1,3-butanediol from biomass-derived compounds was first reported by 1,4-anhydroerythritol hydrogenolysis over a Pt–WOx/SiO2 catalyst.
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Iridium-catalyzed orthogonal and regioselective synthesis of triazole disulfides in aqueous media under mild conditions

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2394-2398
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00555J, Communication
Ming Li, Nan Zheng, Junhao Li, Yubin Zheng, Wangze Song
Triazole disulfides were prepared in water or biological media under mild conditions by orthogonal and regioselective Ir-catalyzed reactions.
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Using dialkyl amide via forming hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents to separate citric acid from fermentation broth

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2526-2533
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04401A, Paper
Lijuan Liu, Qifeng Wei, Yong Zhou, Xiulian Ren
The separation of citric acids was realized by utilizing hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (DESs), which were formed by using N,N-dibutylacetamide as a hydrogen acceptor and citric acid as the hydrogen bond.
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Mechanochemical synthesis of mixed metal, mixed linker, glass-forming metal–organic frameworks

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2505-2512
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00546K, Paper
Michael F. Thorne, María Laura Ríos Gómez, Alice M. Bumstead, Shichun Li, Thomas D. Bennett
Methods to produce glass forming metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) rely on solvothermal syntheses which have high energy requirements, low yields and large teratogenic solvent usage. We present mechanochemical methods to overcome these issues.
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An entirely solvent-free photooxygenation of olefins under continuous flow conditions

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2359-2364
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00436G, Communication
Patrick Bayer, Axel Jacobi von Wangelin
Photooxygenations of alkenes with singlet oxygen have been performed under solvent-free conditions in a flow reactor under VIS irradiation. The reaction operates at very high substrate/sensitizer ratios and enables high space–time yields.
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Double-metal cyanide as an acid and hydrogenation catalyst for the highly selective ring-rearrangement of biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol to cyclopentenone compounds

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2549-2557
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04432A, Paper
Xiang Li, Qiang Deng, Lian Yu, Rui Gao, Zhikun Tong, Chenxi Lu, Jun Wang, Zheling Zeng, Ji-Jun Zou, Shuguang Deng
Herein, novel green synthetic routes to 4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone (HCP) and 2-cyclopentenone (CPE) from biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol via double-metal cyanide catalysis are proposed.
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Properties and activity of Zn–Ta-TUD-1 in the Lebedev process

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2558-2574
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00103A, Paper
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Guillaume Pomalaza, Pardis Simon, Ahmed Addad, Mickaël Capron, Franck Dumeignil
A zinc and tantalum-containing mesoporous silica catalyst highly active and selective in the Lebedev process has been prepared using the one-pot TUD-1 methodology. Characterization established a correlation between acidity and butadiene formation.
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Evaluating lignin valorization via pyrolysis and vapor-phase hydrodeoxygenation for production of aromatics and alkenes

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2513-2525
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04245H, Paper
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Alireza Saraeian, Alvina Aui, Yu Gao, Mark M. Wright, Marcus Foston, Brent H. Shanks
Lignin valorization to chemicals is an important component of creating economically viable biofuels production from lignocellulosic biomass.
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Improving process efficiency of gold-catalyzed hydration of alkynes: merging catalysis with membrane separation

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2598-2604
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00498G, Paper
Tahani A. C. A. Bayrakdar, Fady Nahra, Oihane Zugazua, Lies Eykens, Dominic Ormerod, Steven P. Nolan
In this report, we investigate the integration of a membrane separation protocol in line with the gold-catalyzed hydration of alkynes.
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A review of sustainable and intensified techniques for extraction of food and natural products

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2325-2353
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC03878G, Tutorial Review
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Farid Chemat, Maryline Abert Vian, Anne-Sylvie Fabiano-Tixier, Marinela Nutrizio, Anet Režek Jambrak, Paulo E. S. Munekata, Jose M. Lorenzo, Francisco J. Barba, Arianna Binello, Giancarlo Cravotto
This review presents innovative extraction techniques and their role in promoting sustainable ingredients for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
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Introducing deep eutectic solvents as flux boosting and surface cleaning agents for thin film composite polyamide membranes

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2381-2387
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00762E, Communication
Nidhi Maalige R., Sweedal A. Dsouza, Matheus M. Pereira, Veerababu Polisetti, Dibyendu Mondal, Sanna Kotrappanavar Nataraj
This study introduced DESs as versatile and multi-tasking agents to modify the surface roughness and wettability of a TFC-PA membrane to boost the permeate flux rate and they also proved to be cleaning agents for organically fouled TFC-PA membranes.
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Scalable synthesis of hydroxymethyl alkylfuranoates as stable 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid precursors

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Green Chem., 2020, 22,2399-2402
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00770F, Communication
Martin Jæger Pedersen, Arminas Jurys, Christian Marcus Pedersen
Hydroxymethyl furanoic acid and its derivatives have been synthesized in high yields and purity from gluconolactone.
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Visible Light-Induced Aerobic Oxidation of Diarylalkynes to -Diketones Catalyzed by Copper-superoxo at Room Temperature

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Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00975J, Communication
Vaibhav Pramod Charpe, Arunachalam Sagadevan, Kuo Chu Hwang
We have developed the visible light induced simple copper(II) chloride catalyzed the oxidation of diarylacetylenes to -diketones by molecular oxygen at room temperature. The in-situ generated copper(II)-superoxo complex is a...
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Bio-based benzoxazine surfactant from amino acid

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Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00218F, Paper
Zheng Wang, Shu Yao, Kun Song, Xinjian Gong, Sujuan Zhang, Sheng Gao, Zaijun Lu
A novel bio-based benzoxazine (Ca-g) surfactant was synthesized via a Mannich reaction using renewable glycine and cardanol as raw materials. The structure of Ca-g was characterized by NMR, FT-IR, and...
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Computer-aided Nanotoxicology: Risk Assessment of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles via nano-QSAR

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Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00933D, Paper
Jiakai Cao, Yong Pan, Yanting Jiang, Ronghua Qi, Beilei Yuan, Zhenhua Jia, Juncheng Jiang, Qingsheng Wang
Since the applications of nanomaterials have been expanded to serve as a therapeutic methodology, the cytotoxicity accompanying with the nanomaterials drew lots of attention during the therapeutic process. It is...
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Visible-light-promoted oxidative desulphurisation: a strategy for the preparation of unsymmetrical ureas from isothiocyanates and amines using molecular oxygen

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00070A, Paper
Ziyu Gan, Guoqing Li, Qiuli Yan, Weiseng Deng, Yuan-Ye Jiang, Daoshan Yang
A green and efficient visible-light promoted oxidative desulphurisation protocol has been proposed for the construction of unsymmetrical ureas under mild conditions with broad substrate scope and good functional group tolerance.
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Photocatalytic transfer hydrogenolysis of aromatic ketones using alcohols

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Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00732C, Paper
Hongji Li, Zhuyan Gao, Lijun Lei, Huifang Liu, Jianyu Han, Feng Hong, Nengchao Luo, Feng Wang
A mild method of photocatalytic deoxygenation of aromatic ketones to alkyl arenes was developed, which utilized alcohols as the green hydrogen donor. No hydrogen evolution during this transformation suggested a...
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Sustainable remediation with an electroactive biochar system: mechanisms and perspectives

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00717J, Critical Review
Zhonghao Wan, Yuqing Sun, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Deyi Hou, Xinde Cao, Shicheng Zhang, Bin Gao, Yong Sik Ok
Biochar-based carbocatalysis is synergized from electroactive components including reactive-active moieties, metals, defective sites, heteroatoms, and graphitic structure for sustainable remediation.
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Continuous hydroformylation of 1-decene in an aqueous biphasic system enabled by methylated cyclodextrins

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00820F, Paper
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K. U. Künnemann, L. Schurm, D. Lange, T. Seidensticker, S. Tilloy, E. Monflier, D. Vogt, J. M. Dreimann
Long-term applications of cyclodextrins in the aqueous biphasic hydroformylation of higher olefins with high selectivities and simultaneous catalyst recycling.
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Boron-doped CuO nanobundles for electroreduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00730G, Communication
Qiang Wan, Jianling Zhang, Bingxing Zhang, Dongxing Tan, Lei Yao, Lirong Zheng, Fanyu Zhang, Lifei Liu, Xiuyan Cheng, Buxing Han
Herein, we synthesize B-doped CuO nanobundles for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Ethylene is the only multi-carbon product and a maximum ethylene faradaic efficiency (FE) of 58.4% can be achieved at −1.1 V (versus the reversible hydrogen electrode).
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Chemoselective O-formyl and O-acyl protection of alkanolamines, phenoxyethanols and alcohols catalyzed by nickel(II) and copper(II)-catalysts

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00520G, Paper
Rahul B. Sonawane, Swapnali R. Sonawane, Nishant K. Rasal, Sangeeta V. Jagtap
A crucial chemoselective O-formyl and O-acyl protection of alkanolamines, phenoxyethanols, and alcohols in the presence of amines catalyzed by Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline in a homogeneous medium is achieved.
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Degradation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) catalyzed by metal-free choline-based ionic liquids

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00327A, Paper
Yachan Liu, Xiaoqian Yao, Haoyu Yao, Qing Zhou, Jiayu Xin, Xingmei Lu, Suojiang Zhang
Glycolysis of PET is a prospective way for degradation of PET to its monomer bis(hydroxyethyl)terephthalate (BHET) which can be polymerized again to form new qualified PET materials, and hence provides possibilities for a permanent loop recycling.
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One-step catalytic amination of naphthalene to naphthylamine with exceptional yield

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00633E, Communication
Fang Hao, Xin Wang, Linfang Huang, Wei Xiong, Pingle Liu, Hean Luo
This is the first time to synthesize naphthylamine from one-step naphthalene amination by vanadium catalysts with high yield under mild condition. It could obtain ∼70% yield of naphthylamine, with major product of valuable 1,5-diaminonaphthalene.
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Highly efficient bioconversion of flavonoid glycosides from citrus-processing wastes in solvent-buffer systems

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00669F, Paper
Yucong Zou, Xuan Xin, Haixia Xu, Hongwei Yuan, Xiaofeng Li, Yigang Yu, Guanglei Zhao
The present study demonstrates that whole-cell catalysis is a good choice to hydrolyze citrus flavonoid glycosides and their derivatives.
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Nickel-catalyzed and Li-mediated regiospecific C–H arylation of benzothiophenes

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00917B, Paper
Yorck Mohr, Gaëlle Hisler, Léonie Grousset, Yoann Roux, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Florian M. Wisser, Jérôme Canivet
A sustainable nickel-catalyzed direct C–H arylation of benzothiophenes, benzofuran and selenophene is reported for the first time.
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Mechanochemical Cleavage of Lignin Models and lignin via Oxidation and Subsequent Base-Catalyzed Strategy

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Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00372G, Paper
Weike Su, Chen Sun, Lei Zheng, Wenhao Xu, Alexandr V. Dushkin
Mechanochemical cleavage of lignin dimer model compounds to phenolic monomers has been developed via a two-step strategy under milling conditions. In the first step of this process, the secondary benzylic...
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Role of life-cycle externalities in the valuation of protic ionic liquids – a case study in biomass pretreatment solvents

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00058B, Paper
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Husain Baaqel, Ismael Díaz, Víctor Tulus, Benoît Chachuat, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, Jason P. Hallett
The combination of LCA and monetization has revealed that protic ionic liquids can be sustainable alternatives to conventional solvents.
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Outstanding Reviewers for Green Chemistry in 2019

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Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC90042G, Editorial

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Green Chemistry in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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