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Achieving visible light-driven hydrogen evolution at positive bias with a hybrid copper–iron oxide|TiO2-cobaloxime photocathode

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00979B, Paper
C. Tapia, E. Bellet-Amalric, D. Aldakov, F. Boudoire, K. Sivula, L. Cagnon, V. Artero
H2 is an environmentally-friendly fuel that would allow for a circular economy but its sustainable production from solar energy and water using stable, efficient and scalable Earth-abundant materials, remains a challenge.
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Ethyl lactate participated three-component dehydrogenative reactions: biomass feedstock in diversity oriented quinoline synthesis

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00738B, Communication
Lu Yang, Jie-Ping Wan
Ethyl lactate participated three-component dehydrogenative reactions: biomass feedstock in diversity oriented quinoline synthesis
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Photocatalytic Hydrogen Atom Transfer: the Philosopher’s Stone for Late-Stage Functionalization?

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01035A, Tutorial Review
Luca Capaldo, Lorenzo Lafayette Quadri, Davide Ravelli
An overview about the potentialities of photocatalytic Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) for the Late-Stage Functionalization (LSF) of complex molecules is offered. The examined approach allows the smooth homolytic cleavage of...
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Development and validation of an ecofriendly HPLC-DAD method for the determination of oleuropein and its applicability to several matrices: olive oil, olive leaf extracts and nanostructured lipid carriers.

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00965B, Paper
Amaia Huguet-Casquero, Tania Belen Lopez-Mendez, Eusebio Gainza, Jose Luis Pedraz
Oleuropein is a natural ingredient largely used in nutritional supplements. This study reports on the development, validation and application of an HPLC method based on UV-vis detection for determining oleuropein...
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Transparent, flexible and recyclable nanopaper-based touch sensors fabricated via inkjet-printing

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00658K, Paper
Hao Ling, Ruwei Chen, Quanbo Huang, Feng Shen, Yuyuan Wang, Xiaohui Wang
Using an eco-friendly PEDOT:PSS ink formula, a transparent and flexible nanopaper-based touch sensor was fabricated via inkjet-printing.
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Sulfonic acid modified hollow polymer nanospheres with tunable wall-thickness for improving biodiesel synthesis efficiency

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00905A, Paper
Wenliang Song, Yu Zhang, Anuraj Varyambath, Ji Su Kim, Il Kim
Precisely designing the morphology and size of nanostructures is vital in green chemistry as various advanced applications depend upon the shapes and dimensions of the functionalised materials. Herein, we report...
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MOFs come up to scratch: an environmentally benign route to oxidative [4 + 2] cycloaddition on maleimides solely via MOFs in water

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00619J, Paper
Masoumeh Abbasnia, Mehdi Sheykhan, Mona Bahmani, Parvaneh Taghizadeh
The first Diels–Alder reaction of vinyl arenes with ene systems catalyzed by MOFs is reported.
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Tandem catalytic aromatization of volatile fatty acids

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00964D, Paper
Open Access
Egor V. Fufachev, Bert M. Weckhuysen, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx
The transition towards a circular economy requires closing the carbon loop, e.g. by the development of new synthesis routes to valuable intermediates and products from organic-rich waste streams.
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Scalable synthesis and polymerisation of a β-angelica lactone derived monomer

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00338G, Paper
Open Access
Andrea Dell'Acqua, Bernhard M. Stadler, Sarah Kirchhecker, Sergey Tin, Johannes G. de Vries
A new bio-based norbornene polymer was prepared starting from β-angelica lactone, prepared in a sustainable and scalable manner from the platform chemical levulinic acid. The new material displays transparency comparable to petrochemical-derived polynorbornene.
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Chemistry of electrochemical oxidative reactions of sulfinate salts

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01025A, Tutorial Review
Haibo Mei, Romana Pajkert, Li Wang, Ziyi Li, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Jianlin Han
Recent advances in the oxidative reactions of sulfinate salts under electrochemical conditions, and the reaction mechanism are discussed.
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Yb(OTf)3 and Visible Light Relay Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition/[3,3]-Rearrangement/[4+2] Cycloaddition in One Pot to Prepare Oxazonine-Fused Endoperoxides

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00929F, Paper
Xiao-Pan Ma, Cai-Mei Nong, Yu-Feng Liang, Pei-Pei Xu, Xiu-Yun GUO, Cui Liang, Chengxue Pan, Gui-Fa SU, Dong-Liang Mo
We report a relay catalysis for the highly stereoselective synthesis of densely substituted oxazonine-fused endoperoxides in good yields. This domino reaction is based on a Yb(OTf)3 and visible light promoted...
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Microwave-assisted aqueous carbon–carbon cross-coupling reactions of aryl chlorides catalysed by reduced graphene oxide supported palladium nanoparticles

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00833H, Paper
Qingxiao Zhang, Zhan Mao, Kaixuan Wang, Nam Thanh Son Phan, Fang Zhang
Microwave-assisted reduced graphene oxide supported palladium nanoparticles can efficiently promote aqueous Ullmann and Suzuki coupling reactions of aryl chlorides.
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Functionalized magnetic nanosized materials for efficient biodiesel synthesis via acid–base/enzyme catalysis

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00924E, Critical Review
Anping Wang, Putla Sudarsanam, Yufei Xu, Heng Zhang, Hu Li, Song Yang
This critical review introduces the preparation methods, structural and performance control, protection, and functionalization of magnetic nanoparticles as easily recyclable and efficient heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel synthesis.
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CO2-switchable non-Newtonian fluids

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00877J, Paper
Xiang Hao, Zejian Leng, Hairong Wang, Feng Peng, Qiang Yan
We report a new class of CO2-regulated non-Newtonian polymeric fluids that can switch between shear thinning and shear thickening states.
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Clean synthesis of linear and star amphiphilic poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-poly(ethyl ethylene phosphonate) block copolymers: assessing self-assembly and surface activity

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00819B, Paper
Payal Baheti, Timo Rheinberger, Olinda Gimello, Cécile Bouilhac, Frederik R. Wurm, Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes, Steven M. Howdle
Synthesis by ROP of star-like amphiphilic block copolymer surfactants composed of PCL hydrophobic segments and poly(phosphonate) as biodegradable segments.
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Metal-catalysed selective transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to allylic alcohols

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00855A, Critical Review
Ronald Alvaro Alvaro Farrar Tobar, Andrea Dell'Acqua, Sergey Tin, Johannes G. de Vries
Allylic alcohols are highly important compounds which are used in a variety of processes. They can be obtained from α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds via stoichiometric or catalytic reductions. Catalytic transfer hydrogenation...
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Molecular engineering low-surface energy membranes by grafting perfluoro-tert-butoxy chains containing fluorous silica aerogels

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00593B, Paper
Vicki Man-Wai Yim, Angel See-Wing Lo, Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Jiaxin Guo, Jehad A. Kharraz, István T. Horváth, Alicia Kyoungjin An
Environmentally benign fluorous aerogels have been synthesized and electrospun on commercial PVDF membrane imparting superhydrophobicity and enabling the membrane undergo a stable, non-wetting 10-day DCMD operation with 0.1 mM SDS and 3.5% NaCl feed.
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Highly efficient oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids using a polyoxometalate-supported chromium(III) catalyst and CO2

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00388C, Paper
Ying Wang, ZhiKang Wu, Han Yu, Sheng Han, Yongge Wei
A green and highly efficient oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids using a polyoxometalate-supported chromium(III) catalyst and CO2.
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A safe and compact flow platform for the neutralization of a mustard gas simulant with air and light

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01142H, Communication
Noémie Emmanuel, Pauline Bianchi, Julien Legros, Jean-Christophe M. Monbaliu
Intensified chemical neutralization of a chemical warfare agent simulant CEES with air and light under continuous flow conditions.
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Catalytic C–C coupling of diazo compounds with arylboronic acids: using surface modified sewage sludge as catalyst

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00317D, Paper
Zhipeng Zhang, Yang Yu, Yuxing Xie, Timothy Hughes, Jun Xu, Fei Huang, He Huang
A green, mild and efficient synthesis of diarylmethines using sewage sludge-derived carbonaceous materials (SW) by perchloric acid catalyzed coupling reactions between diazo compounds and arylboronic acids was developed.
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Cracking of squalene into isoprene as chemical utilization of algae oil

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00268B, Communication
Kazuya Kimura, Kazuma Shiraishi, Takahiro Kondo, Junji Nakamura, Tadahiro Fujitani
Thermal decomposition of squalene proceeds as a chain reaction to produce isoprene (C5H8) and C10 hydrocarbons.
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Photoreforming of food waste into value-added products over visible-light-absorbing catalysts

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01240H, Paper
Open Access
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Taylor Uekert, Florian Dorchies, Christian M. Pichler, Erwin Reisner
Food and mixed wastes are converted into H2 and organics over CdS and carbon nitride photocatalysts.
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Incorporation of novel degradable oligoester crosslinkers into waterborne pressure sensitive adhesives: towards removable adhesives

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00463D, Paper
Fabian Wenzel, Amaia Agirre, Miren Aguirre, Jose Ramon Leiza
Novel partially degradable waterborne pressure sensitive adhesives can be easily removed from substrates under mild alkali conditions opening the door for sustainable (less solvent and energy consumption) recycling processes.
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Photochemical strategies for C–N bond formation via metal catalyst-free (hetero) aryl C(sp2)–H functionalization

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01088J, Tutorial Review
Qing-Qing Kang, Wenfeng Wu, Qiang Li, Wen-Ting Wei
The development of efficient and mild methods to assemble C–N bonds represents an important and appealing goal in modern synthetic chemistry.
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Boosting the efficiency of solution-based CZTSSe solar cells by using supercritical carbon dioxide treatment

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01355B, Paper
Hai-Qin Xiao, Wen-Hui Zhou, Dongxing Kou, Zheng-Ji Zhou, Yue-Na Meng, Yafang Qi, Shengjie Yuan, Qingwen Tian, Si-Xin Wu
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells are receiving considerable attention in recent years, owing to the low cost and toxicity as well as high abundance of their constituent elements. Solution-based (mainly precursor...
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Electrochemical Oxidative C(sp3)-H Azolation of Lactams Under Mild Conditions

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00687D, Communication
Zhaohua Wan, Dan Wang, Zixuan Yang, Heng Zhang, Shengchun Wang , Aiwen Lei
Lactam-containing structural compounds are ubiquitous in drugs and biomolecules. An electrochemical oxidative direct C(sp3)-H azolation of lactams has been reported under metal catalyst free and external oxidant free conditions. This...
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Photochemical Synthesis of Acetals utilizing Schreiner’s Thiourea as the Catalyst

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01135E, Paper
Open Access
Nikoleta Spiliopoulou, Nikolaos Nikitas, Christoforos G Kokotos
Acetalization of aldehydes is an area of great importance in Organic Chemistry for both synthetic and biological puproses. Herein, we report a mild, inexpensive and green photochemical protocol, where Schreiner’s...
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Reporting the unreported: the reliability and comparability of the literature on organic solvent nanofiltration

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00775G, Perspective
Hai Anh Le Phuong, Christopher F Blanford, Gyorgy Szekely
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) is an energy-efficient separation technique that has the potential to improve environmental sustainability in many industrial sectors, including food processing, biorefineries, and in the production of...
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Humidity-responsive Molecular Gate-opening mechanism for Gas Separation in Ultraselective Nanocellulose/IL Hybrid Membranes

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00544D, Paper
Saravanan. Janakiram, Luca Ansaloni, Soo Ah Jin, Xinyi Yu, Zhongde Dai, Richard J Spontak, Liyuan Deng
Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) represents an important class of bio-based nanomaterials that possess favorable properties including hydrophilicity, 1D structure, biodegradability, and surface tunability. Although widely known for its effective gas-barrier attributes...
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A direct conversion of blast furnace slag to a mesoporous silica–calcium oxide composite and its application in CO2 captures

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00722F, Paper
Yasutaka Kuwahara, Aiko Hanaki, Hiromi Yamashita
A facile and cost-effective approach is presented that converts blast furnace slag into a mesoporous silica-CaO composite possessing high CO2 adsorption performance.
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Facile one-pot synthesis of self-assembled nitrogen-doped carbon dots/cellulose nanofibril hydrogel with enhanced fluorescence and mechanical properties

Green Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00845A, Paper
Xueqi Chen, Zihui Song, Shaopeng Li, Nguyen Tat Thang, Xing Gao, Xinchao Gong, Minghui Guo
A facile one-pot method is used to synthesize and self-assemble nanofibril cellulose hydrogels with carbon dots as intensity enhancement and fluorescent emission factors.
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Catalyst-Free Photodecarbonylation of 2-Amine Benzaldehyde

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC01256D, Communication
Jingwei Zhou, Lamei Li, Songping Wang, Ming Yan, Wentao Wei
It is almost a consensus that decarbonylation of aldehyde group (-CHO) need to not only be mediated by transition metal catalysts, but also react under severe reaction conditions (high temperature...
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Aqueous Phase Fabrication and Conversion of Pb(OH)Br into CH3NH3PbBr3 Perovskite and its Application in Resistive Memory Switching Devices

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00878H, Paper
Sanam Attique, Nasir Ali, Khatoon Rabia, Shahid Ali, Akmal Abbas, Yangchun Yu, Jiahui Hou, Bingqiang Cao, Huizhen Wu, Shikuan Yang
Organo-metal halide perovskites (OMHPs) have demonstrated promising applications in solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and photodetectors. However, besides the toxic lead, the intensive usage of organic solvents during their fabrication could...
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Manufacturing of Pure Cellulose Films by Recycling Ionic Liquids as Plasticizers

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00046A, Paper
Longhui Li, Yun Zhang, Yanling Sun, Shuang Sun, Guancheng Shen, Peng Zhao, Jingqiang Cui, Haiyu Qiao, Yunming Wang, Huamin Zhou
Cellulose limited in insolubility and non-melting properties is hard to be directly applied to the manufacture of pure cellulose films (PCFs). Although existing progress in eco-friendly fabrication methods including chemical...
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Catalytic production of 1, 4-Pentanediol from furfural in a fix-bed system under mild conditions

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00233J, Paper
QiaoYun Liu, Botao Qiao, Fei Liu, Leilei Zhang, Yang Su, Ai-Qin Wang, Tao Zhang
Furfural is one of the most important biomass-derived chemicals. Its large-scale availability calls for the exploration of new transformation routes for further valorization. Here we report on the direct, one-step...
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Solvent-free ageing reactions of rare earth element oxides: From geomimetic synthesis of new metal-organic materials towards a simple, environmentally friendly separation of scandium

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00454E, Paper
Igor Huskic, Mihails Arhangelskis, Tomislav Friščić
The development of cleaner methodologies for the separation and processing of rare earth elements, including scandium and yttrium, is of high importance to materials science and industry. Here, we explore...
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Co-production of flexible polyurethanes and renewable solvent from a microalgae oil waste stream

Green Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00852D, Communication
Thien An Phung Haia, Nitin Neelakantan, Marissa Tessman, Suryendra Sherman, Graham Griffin, Robert S Pomeroy, Stephen Mayfield, Michael Burkart
Renewable polymers have become an important focus in next-generation materials, and algae biomass offers an environmentally low-impact feedstock that can serve multiple uses. This study aims to develop a scalable...
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