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Green synthesis of building blocks, drug candidates and fine chemicals by barochemistry: application of high pressure in organic synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01075F, Tutorial Review
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Guoshu Xie, Valerie Wright, Alexander Lazarev, Gary Smejkal, Vera Gross, Béla TörökBarochemistry, the use of high hydrostatic pressure, is a powerful green activation method that enables effective, scalable, energy efficient and solvent-free synthesis—offering a distinct advantages over other non-traditional activation techniques.
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Depolymerization of polyesters by in situ generated alkali metal alkoxides
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00664C, PaperJunyan Wu, Qingqing Zhao, Diandian Shi, Yiguo He, Zhen Miao, Haijiao Xie, Dianyu Wang, Shuzhuang Sun, Yadong Zhang
The strategy of ligand exchange between acetylacetone and ethylene glycol to generate magnesium alcoholate (MgEG) in situ for PET glycolysis.
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Multifunctional 3-cyanopyridine compounds: synthesis based on a tandem reaction with 100% atom economy and their applications
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01264C, PaperXi-Ying Cao, Zhong-Hao Li, Xiao-Hui Cao, Zong Li, Chu-Ming Pang, Zu-Qi Zhang, Zhao-Yang Wang
A NaOH-promoted tandem reaction under mild, metal-free conditions converts benzopyranitriles and pyrrolidines to multifunctional 3-cyanopyridines for fluorescence and antibacterial use with 100% atom economy and 97% yield.
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Enabling desaturation of lactones by reversible catalytic activity of ‘ene’-reductases
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01533B, PaperFengxi Li, Yihang Dai, Shenhan Xie, Xinjia Yu, Xinyan Shi, Zhengqiang Li, Chuang Du, Zhi Wang, Lei Wang
An engineered old yellow enzyme lactone dehydrogenase (OYE1LD), which can reversibly catalyze the formation of CC bonds and facilitate the conversion of lactones and ketones into their α,β-unsaturated counterparts, is reported.
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Aqueous-phase synthesis of benzyl ester over partially thiolated Au25 nanocluster catalysts: improving selectivity with a hydrophobic carbon support
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01292A, PaperKosuke Sakamoto, Koki Chida, Shinya Masuda, Takeharu Yoshii, Hirotomo Nishihara, Tatsuya Tsukuda
This research has revealed the role of the carbon support in increasing the ester yield in the alcohol oxidation reaction catalyzed by Au25 nanoclusters in water.
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Advances in molecular interfacial engineering of heterojunctions for photocatalytic CO2 reduction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01228G, Critical ReviewHaopeng Jiang, Jun Shen, Lijuan Sun, Jinhe Li, Weikang Wang, Lele Wang, Qinqin Liu
Exploring insights of interfacial engineering of heterojunction photocatalysts for solar-driven CO2 conversion to multicarbon fuels.
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Organic carbonates as green media: from laboratory syntheses to industrial applications
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00536A, Critical Review
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Giacomo Trapasso, Fabio AricòThis review reports the applications of commercially available and custom-made organic carbonates as green media from laboratory to industrial scale applications.
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Multifunctional thermoregulating and water repellent cellulosic textile
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00943J, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zahra Madani, Hossein Baniasadi, Pedro E. S. Silva, Maija Vaara, Marike Langhans, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Lars Evenäs, Michael Hummel, Jaana VapaavuoriThe figure shows the development of a multifunctional textile via dry-jet wet spinning of cellulose fibers with a phase change material, followed by octadecenyl succinic anhydride treatment to achieve hydrophobicity.
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Tellurium recovery from the thermoelectric materials bismuth telluride and antimony telluride by chemical vapour transport
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00108K, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Julian Burkhart, Lucas H. Bemfert, Eliane L. Mitura, Moritz Maxeiner, Ruben Maile, Alexander E. Sedykh, Klaus Müller-BuschbaumRecovery of the critical resource Te from Bi2Te3 & Sb2Te3 was achieved via green chemistry principles using chemical vapour transport. Partly created with AI (engine: Firefly).
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Carbon-dot-modified phloroglucinol–glutaraldehyde resin photocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide production
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01193K, PaperJiarong Wang, Ning Li, Weijie Ren, Jie Wu, Qing Chang, Jinlong Yang, Shengliang Hu, Haolan Xu
Carbon dots (CDs) can boost quinoid structure formation in resins. CD-combined PG resins realize the combination of an indirect two-electron oxygen reduction reaction and hole-induced carboxyl group oxidation to generate H2O2.
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Facile and rapid access to hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP)-group-functionalized aniline and indole derivatives using hexafluoroacetone trihydrate in HFIP
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00878F, PaperXindi Li, Yuhao Wu, Jinshan Li, Jialin Xie, Juanzu Liu, Zhenchang Wen, Zhendong Zhao, Chunman Jia
A simple and efficient protocol for the synthesis of HFIP-group-functionalized aniline and indole derivatives using cheap and widely available hexafluoroacetone trihydrate in HFIP was developed.
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Developments in CO surrogates for base-metal-catalyzed carbonylation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01579K, Tutorial ReviewWenjing Li, Shentong Xie, Renyi Shi
Base-metal-catalyzed carbonylation utilizing CO surrogates.
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N-Coordinated Pd–Rh synergy for highly selective ethylene glycol oxidation and efficient hydrogen evolution
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00784D, PaperHai-Yan Guo, Jin-Wei Kang, Yun-Yan Du, Lu Zhang, Jiu-Ju Feng, Ai-Jun Wang
The N-coordinated PdRh@Ni(OH)2 catalyst achieves >97.6% GA selectivity and efficient hydrogen evolution (2.52 kW h m−3 H2) via synergistic Pd–Rh interactions and N-coordination, enabling EG adsorption, *OC–CH2OH formation and OH− activation.
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Computational modeling-guided design of deep eutectic solvents for tailoring lignin chemistry during lignocellulose pretreatment
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06120A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Le Zhou, Xianzhi Meng, Weiwei Li, Jiali Yu, Christian O. Kemefa, Susie Y. Dai, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. YuanDesigning deep eutectic solvents to tailor the lignin structure and customize biomaterials through computational modeling and experiments.
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Hydrogen spillover boosts PET upcycling to aviation fuel additives over Co–ReOx catalysts
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01315A, PaperXin Zhao, Hui Wang, Zhecheng Fang, Zixu Ma, Shuzhuang Sun, Dan Wu, Yongsheng Zhang, Chunbao Charles Xu, Shengyong Lu, Renfeng Nie, Jie Fu
The Co-ReOx exhibits a 3.0-fold enhancement in direct and selective conversion of PET to p-xylene (PX) compared to its Co counterpart, attributable to the synergistic interaction between Co and ReOx and their facilitated hydrogen spillover.
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Advances in paired electrolysis for furfural conversion: from design principle, mechanisms to perspectives
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01306B, Critical ReviewZhikang Zhang, Jianan Li, Shuyi Yang, Tao E, Chong Peng
As a crucial biomass derivative, furfural (FF) can be converted into various high value-added chemicals in an environmentally friendly and efficient manner through electrocatalytic technology.
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Techno-economic and life cycle analysis of bio-hydrogen production using bio-based waste streams through the integration of dark fermentation and microbial electrolysis
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05020G, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Arna Ganguly, Pingping Sun, Xinyu Liu, Hernan E. Delgado, Lili Sun, Amgad ElgowainyBiowastes are produced daily. These wastes are rich in organic components with high potential to produce valuable products such as BioH2 and CO2. This study explores wastes converted into low-cost BioH2 through integrated processes.
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Highly efficient sulfurized Re–Ir catalysts for multiple N-methylation of ethylenediamine and its homologous series with CO2 and H2 in water solvent
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01522G, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Min Wang, Mizuho Yabushita, Kazuki Okuma, Tomohiro Shono, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi TomishigeSulfurized, highly dispersed clusters composed of Re and Ir species on carbon black showed unique catalytic performance for multiple N-methylation of aliphatic amines consisting of C2/C3 unit wedged between two amino groups with CO2 and H2 in water.
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Highly efficient fabrication of lemon peel-derived carbon quantum dots for multicolor light-emitting diodes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01179E, PaperLingli Zhu, Jin Cao, Hongmin Yang, Dekui Shen, Haitao Hu, Mengjia Dou
Biomass-derived CQDs have emerged as a promising sustainable alternative to conventional semiconductor quantum dots for LED applications, offering distinct advantages in terms of renewability, low toxicity, and environmental friendliness.
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Low-temperature molten salt ion regeneration strategy towards green and efficient spent graphite recycling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00513B, PaperWenchao Zhu, Gonggang Liu, Jinbo Hu, Geng Su, Miaohua Liu, Xianjun Li, Binghui Xu
A green and efficient method to regenerate spent graphite by molten salt ion-assisted thermal treatment in an air atmosphere has been demonstrated, wherein abundant nanochannels and CO bonds are introduced to boost lithium storage performance.
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