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Electrochemistry-enabled Rh-catalyzed regioselective [4 + 1] and [4 + 2] cycloaddition of benzoic acid with alkynyl esters/amides

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10996-11002
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03753G, Paper
Wei-Jung Chiu, Chung-Ming Sun
The reaction of benzoic acids with alkynyl esters/amides in the presence of a Rh-catalyst and AcOH as an additive to give phthalides by [4 + 1] annulation. In contrast, the additive NaOAc exclusively affords isocoumarins through the [4 + 2] pathway.
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Electroreductive deuteration of N-propynylamides to enamides

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10975-10981
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03790A, Paper
Qiansong Gao, Mingchun Wang, Lianyou Zheng, Lingling Shi, Cheng Wu, He Li, Jinbao Xiang
A migratory reductive deuteration of terminal alkynes to access enamides with more than 3 deuteriums incorporated per molecule was realized.
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Light-induced isomerization of quinoline-N-oxide derivatives through Zn-catalysis: a photochemical approach for synthesizing 2-quinolinone derivatives

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10818-10823
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03226H, Communication
Xiaoqiang Yu, Sana Yang, Ning Yan, Yukang Fu, Yang Li, Wanhui Wang, Ming Bao
The light-induced Zn-catalyzed isomerization of quinoline-N-oxides proceeded smoothly to afford 2-quinolinone derivatives via intramolecular hydrogen and oxygen transfer.
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Visible light-driven α-sulfonylation of ketone-derived silyl enol ethers via an electron donor–acceptor complex

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04554H, Paper
Barakha Saxena, Roshan I. Patel, Anuj Sharma
We herein describe a versatile electron donor–acceptor complex (EDA) mediated α-sulfonylation of ketone-derived silyl enol ethers using thiosulfonates (acceptor) with DABCO (donor) under visible light irradiation.
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Postliminary treatment of food-waste digestate via combined hydrothermal carbonization and microbial fuel cell for bio-energy recovery: a comparative life cycle impact assessment

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04081C, Paper
Shraddha Yadav, Manikanta M. Doki, Makarand M. Ghangrekar, Brajesh K. Dubey
Multiple resource recovery from food-waste digestate by deploying hydrothermal carbonisation and microbial fuel cells. A green route for environmental sustainability and economic gains.
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Controllable tertiary amine-promoted photoactivation metal-free carbonylation of aryl sulfonium salts to aryl carboxylic acid derivatives

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04502E, Paper
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Jiajun Zhang, Le-Cheng Wang, Yuanrui Wang, Xiao-Feng Wu
This paper describes a new method for the activation of aryl radicals via EDA complexes without metals and photosensitizers for carbonylation with various nucleophilic reagents under visible light.
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A solvent-free, self-emulsified and heat-responsive polyester coating enables chemically-recyclable and fire-safe PET foam

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04531A, Paper
Bei-Bei Zhang, Li-Xia Fan, Lin Chen, Xiu-Li Wang, Yu-Zhong Wang
This work implements a state-of-the-art strategy to simultaneously achieve use performance and future recycling, which will greatly benefit the green sustainable circular economy for wind turbine blades.
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Does enzymatic catalysis lead to more sustainable chemicals production? A life cycle sustainability assessment of isopropyl palmitate

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04514A, Paper
Open Access
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Pieter Nachtergaele, Ozan Kocak, Yblin Roman Escobar, Jordy Motte, Dries Gabriels, Leopold Mottet, Jo Dewulf
A methodology is presented for assessing the life cycle sustainability of enzymatic catalysis for chemicals production. For IPP, lower environmental impacts, but higher costs and social risks were found for switching to enzymatic catalysis.
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Valorization of pomegranate waste through green solvent extraction and biochar production: a zero-waste biorefinery approach

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03707C, Paper
Leonardo M. de Souza Mesquita, Letícia S. Contieri, Bárbara M. C. Vaz, Vitor Sencadas, Filipe H. B. Sosa, João A. P. Coutinho, Maurício A. Rostagno, Sónia P. M. Ventura
This study presents a zero-waste biorefinery for pomegranate waste, extracting anthocyanins and ellagic acid with green solvents and converting leftovers to biochar.
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Flow electrosynthesis of phosphinamides and phosphoramidates through P–N coupling

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04450A, Paper
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Tribani Boruah, Ren Ishizeki, Alberto Roldan, Rebecca L. Melen, Thomas Wirth
A robust flow electrochemical method for P–N and P–O oxidative coupling under mild conditions has been developed. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was employed to investigate the redox behaviour of reactants.
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Modular access to multi-substituted allenones via environmentally friendly organocatalytic C–H allenylation of aldehydes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04550E, Paper
Xinying Hu, Ayisenbati Jialingbieke, Yuzhi Ren, Yifan Yang, Donghui Wei, Jian Gao, Ding Du
Organocatalytic direct C–H allenylation of aldehydes with propargyl bromides has provided a straightforward and step-economical strategy for allenone modular synthesis.
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Advancing green chemistry in environmental monitoring: the role of electropolymerized molecularly imprinted polymer-based electrochemical sensors

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03250K, Tutorial Review
Christopher Mwanza, Wei-Zhi Zhang, Kalulu Mulenga, Shou-Nian Ding
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic materials designed to mimic the natural “lock and key” mechanism observed in biomolecular systems, such as the interactions between antibodies and antigens.
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The Effects of Polyolefin Structure and Source on Pyrolysis-Derived Plastic Oil Composition

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04029E, Paper
Jiayang Wu, Zhen Jiang, Victor S Cecon, Greg W. Curtzwiler, George W. Huber, Keith L. Vorst, Manos Mavrikakis
Seven types of plastics were pyrolyzed in a fluidized bed reactor: post-consumer recycled (PCR) high-density polyethylene (HDPE), PCR polypropylene (PP), virgin resins of varying molecular weights of HDPE, virgin resins...
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Continuous-flow Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates with Polymer-supported Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquid (Im-PSIL) Catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04499A, Communication
Open Access
Zhibo Yu, Haruro Ishitani, Shu Kobayashi
Carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas emitted through human activities, represents a valuable carbon source for chemical production. However, maximizing its efficiency requires novel methods for CO2 conversion that...
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Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation and C–C coupling of lignin and its derivatives into renewable jet-fuel-range cycloalkanes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02051K, Critical Review
Xinyong Diao, Ying Xiong, Yawen Shi, Longlong Ma, Chenglong Dong, Shengbo Zhang, Na Ji
This review provides an in-depth understanding of the synthesis pathways and corresponding catalytic systems for the production of jet-fuel-range cycloalkanes from lignin and its derivatives via catalytic hydrodeoxygenation and C–C coupling.
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Advances in catalytic chemical recycling of synthetic textiles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04768K, Tutorial Review
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Carmen Moreno-Marrodan, Francesco Brandi, Pierluigi Barbaro, FRANCESCA LIGUORI
Synthetic fibres cover most of textile market, but their value chain is almost entirely linear. Common raw materials are non-renewable and oil-derived, while requiring large amounts of (toxic) chemicals and...
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A Comparative Study of 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural and 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04609A, Tutorial Review
Sabah Karimi, Saeideh Gharouni Fattah, Zheng Li, Miao Zuo, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Xianhai Zeng
There has been a growth in research focusing on versatile platform molecules from biomass, such as 5-(chloromethyl)furfural (CMF) and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF), since they can produce a wide range of beneficial...
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Green synthesis of N-sulfonyl amidine using a CuI-incorporated CoFe2O4 nano-catalyst in aqueous medium

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04033C, Paper
Samrat Charaimuria, Prodeep Phukan
A magnetically separable nanocatalyst has been developed by the incorporation of CuI on the functionalized surface of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles for the synthesis of N-sulfonyl amidines in aqueous medium at ambient temperature.
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Engineering high-valence nickel sites in Ni3S2/Ni3Se2 architectures enabling urea-assisted hydrogen evolution reactions

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04318A, Paper
Taotao Ai, Miaomiao Bai, Weiwei Bao, Jie Han, Xueling Wei, Xiangyu Zou, Jungang Hou, Lizhai Zhang, Zhifeng Deng, Yuxin Zhang
Bifunctional Ni3S2@Ni3Se2 electrocatalysts were constructed for urea-assisted hydrogen evolution. In the HER/UOR two-electrode system, the heterogeneous interface modulates the electronic structure and thus improves the catalytic performance.
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Engineering in situ: N-doped porous carbon-confined FeF3 for efficient lithium storage

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04097J, Paper
Open Access
Jinlong Hu, Weijun Xu, Lingzhi Zhang
Achieving N-doped porous carbon-confined FeF3 with enhanced lithium storage performance via an innovative in situ engineering approach.
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In silico modeling enables greener analytical and preparative chromatographic methods

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04300F, Paper
Troy T. Handlovic, Daipayan Roy, Muhammad Qamar Farooq, Gabriel Mazzi Leme, Kevin Crossley, Imad A. Haidar Ahmad
Environmental impact of chromatographic separation at both analytical and preparative scale can be significantly reduced using In Silico Modeling.
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Hypervalent iodine chemistry with a mechanochemical twist

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04903A, Communication
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Sayad Doobary, Miguel M. de Vries Ibáñez, Berit Olofsson
An assessment of mechanochemistry's utility with hypervalent iodine reagents highlighted its effectiveness, which showed better selectivity, reaction times and differing reactivity.
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CO2 catalyzed recycling of polyester and polycarbonate plastics

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04782F, Paper
Open Access
Qiao Zhang, Nan Wang, Chenyang Hu, Peng-Yuan Li, Fu-Quan Bai, Xuan Pang, Xuesi Chen, Xianhong Wang
CO2 was found to be an efficient catalyst for depolymerizing common waste polyesters and polycarbonates via alcoholysis, yielding valuable organic molecules. CO2 was considered a Lewis acid–base pair, activating both polymers and alcohol.
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Single-layer 2D supramolecular-organic-framework-supported polyoxometalates: efficient selective oxidation of toluene in seawater under sunlight

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04480K, Paper
Xin-Long Ni, Yan Fan, Yi Luo, Xu Luo
Performing organic reactions in water, in particular in seawater under sunlight, is a desirable objective in chemistry because both are the most abundant and cheapest resources on earth. Herein, we...
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Photo-Induced FeCl3-catalysed direct denitrative chlorination of (hetero)nitroarenes at room temperature

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04210G, Communication
Mingjing Deng, Ke Liu, Zhaolun Ma, Guanzhong Luo, Longyang Dian
We present herein an iron-catalyzed denitrative chlorination of (hetero)nitroarenes at room temperature under visible light irradiation. In this study, FeCl3 catalyzed direct chlorination was achieved through denitrative chlorination under light...
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Single cobalt atom catalysis for the construction of quinazolines and quinazolinones via the aerobic dehydrocyclization of ethanol

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04928D, Paper
Xueping Zhang, Kai Xu, Yi Zhuang, Shihao Yuan, Yamei Lin, Guo-Ping Lu
It is still a significant and challenging for the synthesis of N-heterocycles through the aerobic dehydrocyclization of ethanol since ethanol is the largest renewable small molecule feedstock but with high...
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Biological production and simulated moving bed purification of streptothricin F from food waste digestate

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04026K, Paper
Xiaofang Zhou, Peiyi Li, Yuchen Sun, Zeyang Zhang, Chuanyi Yao, Qingbiao Li, Yuanpeng Wang
Globally, a significant amount of food waste is generated annually, representing a considerable potential resource.
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Rational modulation of cellulose for zinc ion-based energy storage devices

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03525A, Tutorial Review
Penggao Liu, Chunrong He, Xinyue Chen, Ting Wang, Wei Song, Weifang Liu, Kaiyu Liu
Aqueous zinc-ion energy storage technology is currently undergoing intensive exploration. The construction of high-efficiency batteries remains a significant obstacle to the further advancement of novel battery types and enhanced electrochemical...
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Green dipolar aprotic solvents for the dynamic polycondensation of high-performance polyimide membranes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04279D, Paper
Open Access
E. San José, M. R. de la Viuda, F. J. Carmona, C. Soto, L. Palacio, P. Prádanos, A. Hernández, A. Tena
Guidelines for the evaluation of green solvents were revisited and integrated into a decision diagram. GVL, Cyrene™, DMC, NOP, DEC, DMI, GBL, NBP, Rhodiasolv® PolarClean, and DMSO showed the potential to substitute hazardous polar aprotic solvents.
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(B,P,Co,Fe)-Ni Modified on Nanowood for Boosting Seawater Urea Electro-Oxidation

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05156D, Paper
Hongjiao Chen, Kewei Zhang, Yanzhi Xia, Jian Li, Bin Hui
Coupling urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in seawater is desirable to produce sustainable and green hydrogen due to the reduced energy consumption. However, developing high-performance UOR/HER...
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Crystalline/amorphous c-NiMo/a-NiMoOx nanoarrays for urea-assisted energy-saving H2 production in alkaline seawater

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05042H, Paper
Dongxue Guo, Yi Ping, Chuanjiao Wang, Changan Hou, Danhong Wang
Electrocatalytic seawater splitting is regarded as the most effective method for producing green hydrogen (H2), but it faces issues of high energy consumption and harmful chlorine evolution side reactions. Replacing...
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N–N atropisomer synthesis via electrolyte- and base-free electrochemical cobalt-catalysed C–H annulation

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04390A, Communication
Jiating Cai, Linzai Li, Chuitian Wang, Shi Qin, Yuanyuan Li, Si-Yan Liao, Shengdong Wang, Hui Gao, Zhi Zhou, Yugang Huang, Wei Yi, Zhongyi Zeng
An exogenous electrolyte- and base-free electrochemical cobalt-catalysed atroposelective C–H annulation has been established to construct N–N axially chiral isoquinolinones in excellent enantioselectivities and good yields.
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Photo-driven reduction/cyclization of nitroarenes via electron donor–acceptor complexes: a novel method for the acquisition of N-heterocycles

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04082A, Communication
Bin Sun, Chun Lv, Xiaohui Zhuang, Yan Xu, Haijing Song, Jiayin Wang, Zhaokang Zhang, Jiayang Wang, Can Jin
An EDA complex-based method for the reduction/cyclization of nitroarenes to obtain N-heterocycles with H2O as a clean by-product is presented.
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Active Hydrogen Tuning by Copper-Cobalt Bimetal Catalysts for Boosting Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Simulated Waster Water

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04120H, Paper
Chunqi Yang, Chang Liu, Jingwen Zhuang, Ziyan Yang, Aiping Chen, Yuhang Li, Chunzhong Li
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) represents a promising approach to balance the nitrogen cycle, converting environmental pollutant NO3− to valuable ammonia (NH3). However, the whole reaction involves complex protons-coupled electron...
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High Efficiency Leaching of Valuable Metals from Waste Lithium-ion ternary Batteries under Mild Conditions Using Green Deep Eutectic Solvents

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04373A, Paper
Bo Li, Zhengfu Zhang, Chengping Li, Jinsong Wang, Rundong Wan, Jiangzhao Chen, Ying Liu, Yuejing Bin, xiaoping yang, Chongjun Bao, Shaohua Ju
Recently, the production and demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has increased owing to increasing number of electric vehicles and products. This surge has considerably increased spent LIBs, leading to environmental...
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Multi-task Rhodium-Catalyzed Remote C(sp3)–H Functionalization Reactions of Acyclic Dienes to Yield Benzene-fused Heterocycles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04927F, Paper
Yuta Sato, Momoko Nagafuchi, Masaharu Takatsuki, Tsuyoshi Matsuzaki, Takeyuki Suzuki, Makoto Sako, Mitsuhiro Arisawa
Remote C(sp3)–H bond functionalization reactions are environmentally benign methods for not only acyclic molecules but also cyclic molecules. However, previous reports' products have been limited to aliphatic five-membered ring structures....
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The Chemistry of Oleates and Related Compounds in 2020s

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04862H, Tutorial Review
Pavel V. Ivchenko, Ilya E. Nifant'ev
The use of renewable resources as an alternative to fossil raw materials is one of the topical directions of modern science. Consistent efforts are being taken to find the most...
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Production of propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate via selective hydrogenolysis of lignin catalyzed by Ni/MFI-ns

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05260A, Paper
Lixia Li, Yinan Rao, Menghao Jiang, Jinxing Long
Selective conversion of lignin macromolecules into aromatic monomers is of great significance but remains a great challenge. Here, we present a metallic Ni supported on hierarchical multilamellar MFI nanosheets (MFI-ns)...
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Continuous production of 1,2-pentanediol from furfuryl alcohol over highly stable bimetallic Ni–Sn alloy catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11164-11176
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02757D, Paper
Ajaysing S. Nimbalkar, Kyung-Ryul Oh, Do-Young Hong, Byung Gyu Park, Maeum Lee, Dong Won Hwang, Ali Awad, Pravin P. Upare, Seung Ju Han, Young Kyu Hwang
A bimetallic NiSn/ZnO catalyst converts biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol into 1,2-PDO continuously, yielding 91.0% over 400 hours.
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Catalyst free PET and PEF polyesters using a new traceless oxalate chain extender

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11182-11195
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02791D, Paper
Open Access
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Kevin van der Maas, Daniel H. Weinland, Robert-Jan van Putten, Bing Wang, Gert-Jan M. Gruter
When producing PET the metal catalyst (typically Sb) remains in the polymer. This raises concerns as our food and the air we breathe is contaminated with PET microplastics. Here we report the production of metal-free PET using a small amount of DGO.
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Toward safer and more sustainable by design biocatalytic amide-bond coupling

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11147-11163
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03665D, Paper
Open Access
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Elisabeth Söderberg, Kerstin von Borries, Ulf Norinder, Mark Petchey, Ganapathy Ranjani, Swapnil Chavan, Hanna Holmquist, Magnus Johansson, Ian Cotgreave, Martin A. Hayes, Peter Fantke, Per-Olof Syrén
We describe an exploratory approach to a concept of safer and more sustainable by design in biocatalytic amide bond synthesis.
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Scaling up clean production of biomass-derived organic acids as a step towards the realization of dual carbon goals: a review

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11061-11082
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03829K, Tutorial Review
Zulfiqar Ali, Jiliang Ma, Runcang Sun
Biomass-derived organic acid for green and sustainable future.
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A spatially integrated electrochemical–thermal tandem reaction for continuous mild synthesis of propylene oxide

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11206-11215
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03455D, Paper
Yuefeng Qiu, Peng Jiang, Wenkai Ye, Jiahao Hu, Bin Zhang, Tuo Ji, Liwen Mu, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu, Jiahua Zhu
A spatially integrated electrochemical–thermal tandem reaction generates propylene oxide at 1 atm using hydrogen, oxygen, and propylene as feedstock.
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Regulatable selective synthesis of benzofurans and coumarins from aryl propargyl ethers via an electrochemical tandem cyclization reaction

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11216-11221
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03842H, Paper
Zhaoyue Feng, Xueyi Guan, Haiyang Ma, Yingsibing Fan, Ping Liu, Peipei Sun
A divergent protocol for the selective synthesis of benzofuran-2-carboxaldehydes and 3-organoselenyl-2H-coumarins from propargylic aryl ethers in the presence of dialkyl(aryl) diselenides under electrochemical reaction conditions was established.
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Photocatalytic acylation of lysine screened using a microfluidic-based chemical robotic system

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11238-11248
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03562C, Paper
Zhanfeng Hou, Chuan Wan, Heming Jiang, Yuena Wang, Yun Xing, Jinpeng Wang, Zhihong Liu, Xiaochun Guo, Yuhao An, Wei Han, Rui Wang, Xinhao Zhang, Feng Yin, Zigang Li
In our work, we contribute to the photoredox catalytic lysine acylation in proteins and peptides. The optimal reaction conditions were obtained using a high-throughput microfluidic-based chemical robotic system and GPR model.
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Catalytic synthesis of renewable lubricant base oils with methyl oleate and aromatics

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11249-11258
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03448A, Paper
Binbin Zhou, Nan Wang, Sibao Liu, Guozhu Liu
Aromatic-ester and cyclo-branched alkane renewable lubricant base oils were produced from methyl oleate and biomass-derived aromatics by alkylation and alkylation followed by hydrodeoxygenation (HDO).
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Shell biorefineries: mixed biofuel production from chitin

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11280-11289
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03761H, Paper
Hao Huang, Guangping Zhou, Xiaolan Cai, Min Zhuang, Shaoqu Xie
Bioenergy is a key strategy for sustainability, yet the potential for biofuel production from chitin is under-exploited.
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Visible light-induced strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11083-11105
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03193H, Tutorial Review
Qing-Bao Zhang, Feng Li, Bin Pan, Shanshan Zhang, Xiang-Guo Yue, Qiang Liu
This review aims to provide an overview on the recent visible light-mediated strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes. Prospects for future development of (aza)bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes in this fascinating field are outlined.
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Selective electrosynthesis of aldehydes at industrially relevant current densities via tandem electrochemical–chemical catalysis

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11290-11302
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04536J, Paper
Ting Lin, Menglu Cai, Huijie Chen, Yiming Mo
A closed-loop tandem electrochemical–chemical catalysis system for aldehyde synthesis was developed, demonstrating a viable approach for the electrosynthesis of valuable intermediates under practical current densities with minimal waste electrolyte.
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Chemodivergent alkylation of trifluoromethyl alkenes via photocatalytic coupling with alkanes

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11196-11205
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04176C, Paper
Open Access
Pol Martínez-Balart, Álvaro Velasco-Rubio, Sergio Barbeira-Arán, Hugo Jiménez-Cristóbal, Martín Fañanás-Mastral
A photocatalytic methodology for the chemodivergent direct cross-coupling of simple alkanes with trifluoromethyl alkenes that enables the selective formation of gem-difluoroalkenes and trifluoromethyl alkanes is presented.
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