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What to do with polyurethane waste? The environmental potential of chemically recycling polyurethane rigid foam

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10893-10906
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02594F, Paper
Open Access
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Martin Pillich, Johannes Schilling, Luca Bosetti, André Bardow
The environmental potential guides through the maze of chemical recycling of polyurethane rigid foams highlighting promising options.
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Feasibility and sustainability of emerging CCU pathways for formic acid production

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10982-10995
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02507E, Paper
Tesfalem Aregawi Atsbha, Ha-Jun Yoon, Ali Cherif, Chul-Jin Lee
The thermo-catalytic pathway can be a competitive alternative to the conventional pathway. CO2 source and electricity source highly affected the GWI for the thermo-catalytic pathway and electrochemical reduction pathway respectively.
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Evaluation on the recovery of lignin from basic [Ch][Lys] systems using low-cost alcohols as anti-solvents under acid-free conditions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10950-10959
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03898C, Paper
Yichen Liu, Wanting Zhao, Qizhen Luo, Jipeng Yan, Jian Sun
An acid-free, high efficiency, and mild method of precipitating and separating lignin from basic ionic liquids (BIL) such as choline lysinate ([Ch][Lys]) by using alchohols (such as tert-butanol) as anti--solvents.
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Monoliths enabling biocatalysis in flow chemistry

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10718-10738
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03535F, Critical Review
Open Access
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Aleksandra Lambarska, Katarzyna Szymańska, Ulf Hanefeld
Biocatalysis in flow improves space time yields and enables straightforward downstream processing. The underlying principles of monolithic flow reactors and their application in mono- and bi-phasic biocatalytic systems are discussed.
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Metal-free photoinduced-radical hydrocyclization of 2-isocyanides: a unified synthetic approach to facilely assemble diverse N-heteroarenes

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10804-10810
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03774J, Communication
Ziyi Wang, Haonan Wei, Jinrong Du, Zhijun Zuo
We present an efficient and sustainable protocol for the photoinduced-radical hydrocyclization of isocyanides, providing a united route to assemble diverse α-unsubstituted N-heteroarenes.
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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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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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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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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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Advances in catalytic chemical recycling of synthetic textiles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04768K, Tutorial Review
Open Access
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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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Hypervalent iodine chemistry with a mechanochemical twist

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04903A, Communication
Open Access
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Production of nanochitins via a shell biorefinery process for self-assembly applications as photonic films and Pickering emulsions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11222-11237
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02680B, Paper
Open Access
Xuhai Zhu, Fuyan Peng, Hui Li, Rongjun Lin, Rui Lu, Fang Lu
A simple, environmentally friendly, and flexible shell biorefinery process for integrated utilization of all NCh products in high-value applications, such as photonic films and Pickering emulsions.
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Recent advances in N-formylation reaction for the chemical recycling of carbon dioxide

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11106-11124
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04094E, Tutorial Review
Qiang Yuan, Xiao Cai, Weiping Ding, Yan Zhu
The homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst systems applied in N-formylation reaction of amines and CO2 reaction from both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems are summarized.
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Development of a highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogenation and dehalogenation system using a flow cell with a Pd tube cathode

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11328-11333
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04617J, Paper
Hiroaki Tajima, Hideki Ishii, Shinsuke Inagi, Toshio Fuchigami
A novel flow and circulation electrolytic system has been developed for the highly efficient cathodic hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds and dehalogenation of various aromatic halides.
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Review of carbon-based catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction and green ammonia synthesis

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04640D, Tutorial Review
Guanting Liao, Richard L. Smith Jr., Haixin Guo, Xinhua Qi
This work aims to review the latest developments in carbon-based electrocatalysts applied in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction, including pure carbon materials, heteroatom doping or metal-bonding catalysts, and carbon substrate-supported composites.
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Measuring green chemistry: methods, models, and metrics

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11016-11018
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC90118E, Editorial
André Bardow, Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Serenella Sala, Luigi Vaccaro
This themed collection includes selected examples aiming to quantify the benefits and trade-offs of green chemistry by providing assessment methods, models, indicators, and metrics.
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Green Chemistry Startups: Some Lessons Learned

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC05187K, Perspective
Open Access
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Jason P. Hallett
There has been an explosive growth in environmentally driven startups in recent years. Much of this has included university spin-outs aiming to translate academic research into commercial practice. This activity...
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No takers for Tamil remakes?

Last week, we looked at imports into Tamil cinema. This week, we look at exports




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"This is the best time for new-age cinema in Kannada"

Debutant film director Raghu Shastry on his maiden venture Run Antony




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Cross-border cinema

A rich crop of films from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh was showcased at the London Indian Film Festival




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Empty galleries: BCCI directs DDCA to pick up tickets



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CSK were not good enough to win close games: Fleming

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