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Modular synthetic routes to biologically active indoles from lignin
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01003A, Communication
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Antonio A. Castillo-Garcia, Jörg Haupenthal, Anna K. H. Hirsch, Katalin BartaModular functionalization of a lignin-derived C2-acetal enables the synthesis of bio-based indoles via the formation of ortho-amino acetal derivatives and the in situ Schiff-base formation/intramolecular cyclization under mild reaction conditions.
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Design of Polymer Supported Chiral Cobalt Catalyst for Heterogeneous Enantioselective C−H Activations
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06596D, PaperJie Lin, Dingguo Song, Wenji Zhang, Changdi Zheng, Cunwei Zheng, Jiayang Lv, Jun Xue, Weihui Zhong, Fei Ling
Cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric C−H activations have played asignificant role in the synthesis of complex chiral molecules. However, challeges remain regarding catalyst activation, separation, regeneration and the use of excess cobalt salt....
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DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06596D, PaperJie Lin, Dingguo Song, Wenji Zhang, Changdi Zheng, Cunwei Zheng, Jiayang Lv, Jun Xue, Weihui Zhong, Fei Ling
Cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric C−H activations have played asignificant role in the synthesis of complex chiral molecules. However, challeges remain regarding catalyst activation, separation, regeneration and the use of excess cobalt salt....
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Ligand-Induced Tetrad Effect in Coordination Leaching of Ion-Adsorption Rare Earth Ores: Enhanced Recovery of High-Value Low-Lanthanum Rare Earth Concentrates
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02367J, Paperkui zou, Hongbo Zhao
Conventional in-situ leaching techniques for ion-adsorption rare earth ores (IAREO) using ammonium-based leaching agents present dual challenges of persistent NH4+-N contamination and inefficient La extraction economics. We propose an innovative...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02367J, Paperkui zou, Hongbo Zhao
Conventional in-situ leaching techniques for ion-adsorption rare earth ores (IAREO) using ammonium-based leaching agents present dual challenges of persistent NH4+-N contamination and inefficient La extraction economics. We propose an innovative...
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Environmental feasibility of sustainable co-production of xylooligosaccharides and bioplastic from poplar sawdust
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01539A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Xiaoxue Zhao, Ruolin Li, Qiang Yong, Caoxing Huang, Kai Lan
The upcycling of biomass waste into high-value bioproducts represents a significant shift away from low-value treatment methods, enhancing the circular bioeconomy. This study presents a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA)...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01539A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Xiaoxue Zhao, Ruolin Li, Qiang Yong, Caoxing Huang, Kai LanThe upcycling of biomass waste into high-value bioproducts represents a significant shift away from low-value treatment methods, enhancing the circular bioeconomy. This study presents a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA)...
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What do we learn when we study cytotoxicity? Critical shortcomings in the green chemistry context using imidazolium ionic liquids as an example case
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00836K, PaperKsenia S. Egorova, Andrey E. Kolesnikov, Alexey D. Tikhomirov, Alexander A. Filippov, Valentine P. Ananikov
Cytotoxicity measurements are crucial for green chemistry but prone to variability and misinterpretation. This study shows how time-dependent, multi-marker approaches can improve data reliability, ensuring more robust toxicity assessment.
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Engineered pH-buffering Nanocomposite for Robust One-Pot Multi-Enzyme Cascade Synthesis of γ-Aminobutyric Acid
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02022K, PaperHang Luo, Tin Pou Lai, Yanxin Gao, Wenjin Li, Yilin Fan, Liyun Zhang
Enzyme catalysis has emerged as a green platform for synthesizing high-value pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, leveraging its inherent selectivity and sustainability. However, enzymatic cascade systems for valuable chemical synthesis face...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02022K, PaperHang Luo, Tin Pou Lai, Yanxin Gao, Wenjin Li, Yilin Fan, Liyun Zhang
Enzyme catalysis has emerged as a green platform for synthesizing high-value pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, leveraging its inherent selectivity and sustainability. However, enzymatic cascade systems for valuable chemical synthesis face...
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Continuous-Flow Electrochemical Benzylic Dehydrogenation of Arylalkanes to Arylalkenes
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01442E, CommunicationXuan-Xuan Du, Shu-Fan He, Daixi Li, Yong Jiang, Chen Zhu, Tao Shen
A novel acid-mediated continuous flow electrochemical strategy for arylalkane dehydrogenation was described. This oxidant- and hydrogen acceptor-free protocol proceeds in a single step under mild conditions, affording a broad range...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01442E, CommunicationXuan-Xuan Du, Shu-Fan He, Daixi Li, Yong Jiang, Chen Zhu, Tao Shen
A novel acid-mediated continuous flow electrochemical strategy for arylalkane dehydrogenation was described. This oxidant- and hydrogen acceptor-free protocol proceeds in a single step under mild conditions, affording a broad range...
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An entropy-driven multi-anionic electrolyte for Li-ion batteries with high voltage stability and superior temperature adaptability
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01658D, PaperJia-Zhen Zhao, Fu-Da Yu, Hai-Nan Wang, Ji-Huai Wu, Zhang Lan, Yi-Ming Xie, Lan-Fang Que
An entropy-driven multi-anionic ether electrolyte is designed to alleviate the limited oxidative stability and sluggish ion transport of conventional electrolytes, endowing NCM523 higher capacity and better cycle performance at both 25 and −20 °C.
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Cascade biocatalysis for enantioselective reconstruction of both enantiomers of phenylalaninol from biobased L-phenylalanine
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01567G, PaperXue Han, Yunyi Li, Tian Xie, Lili Gao, Shuangping Huang, Hang Gao, Jiandong Zhang
One-pot cascade biocatalysis for conversion of biobased L-phenylalanine into both enantiomers of phenylalaninol.
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Sustainable and lignin-assisted polyesters with exceptional optical filtering via a highly atom-efficient in situ polymerization strategy
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00517E, PaperShi Liu, Conghui Mi, Yuxuan Qiu, Zhihan Tong, Jiajun Liu, Jinsong Sun, Xiaoxue Song, Qinqin Xia, Haipeng Yu
Sustainable optical filters with visibly opaque but near-infrared transparent (VONIRT) capabilities show great promise in optical detection and information security.
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A universal strategy for single-atom synthesis using conductive polymer-modified metal–organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalysis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01015B, PaperYuting Zhu, Na Song, Shengjun Liu, Kui Zhang, Bo Liu, Yang Wang
This work reports a general method using polymer-modified metal–organic frameworks to synthesize a series of single-atom catalysts (SACs) under mild conditions for improved photocatalytic reactions.
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Base-free aerobic oxidation on Pt/OMS-2 for the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran-2,5-dicarboxylic acid: a bio-based flexible diacid
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00123D, PaperEnhui Du, Mingxin Lv, Hongli He, Zhilin Chen, Jie Yang, Liyuan Huai, Yuxiang Chen, Jian Zhang
We developed a green and efficient method to synthesize bio-based flexible diacid, tetrahydrofuran-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (THFDCA) that can replace petroleum-based 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid (CHDA) due to their structural similarity.
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A platform for efficiently producing aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic primary diamines from alcohols
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01143D, PaperZhizhen He, Yeting Han, Wei Song, Cong Gao, Xinmiao Liu, Wanqing Wei, Jing Wu
A platform strain of Escherichia coli is capable of efficiently producing aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic primary diamines from readily available alcohols.
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Transforming petroleum asphalt into carbon fibers and related metal/oxide composites by electrospinning synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01775K, PaperYing Gao, Yang Li, Qiang Niu, Pengfei Zhang
Electrospinning of petroleum asphalt with PAN enables carbon fiber formation. Metal salts modulate morphology and performance, yielding efficient OER catalysts with high asphalt content.
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Continuous flow tube-in-tube oxidation of HMF to FDCA using heterogeneous manganese catalyst under mild conditions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02459E, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Federica Valentini, Francesco Ferlin, Luigi VaccaroHighly efficient and sustainable continuous production of FDCA was achieved using a cost-effective manganese-based catalyst, air as the oxidant, and heterogeneous tube-in-tube flow technology.
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Correction: Enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to methane via synergistic Sb and F dual-doping on copper foil under pulsed potential electrolysis
Green Chem., 2025, 27,7389-7389
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90105G, Correction Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kuan Wang, Xue Jiang, Xin-Peng Li, Zhe Cao, Zhen-Hong He, Weitao Wang, Huan Wang, Xiaojuan Lai, Zhao-Tie Liu
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90105G, Correction
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kuan Wang, Xue Jiang, Xin-Peng Li, Zhe Cao, Zhen-Hong He, Weitao Wang, Huan Wang, Xiaojuan Lai, Zhao-Tie LiuThe content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A green route for producing high-purity nano-SiO2 from silicon containing waste
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01344E, PaperJiabao Deng, Dawei Luo, Ke Rong, Zijie Gao, Jianghua Chen, Ke Zhao, Zhongxiang Yu
A green and sustainable process converts solid waste silica fume into high-purity SiO2, a key raw material for applications in photovoltaics, semiconductors, and other high-tech fields.
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Flavin-catalyzed electrochemical production of adipic acid from lignin-derived-methoxycyclohexanone with air and water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00026B, CommunicationMaki Murao, Taiga Mizushima, Hazuki Miyake, Daiki Atarashi, Hiroki Iida
A green electrochemical method converts lignin-derived 2-methoxycyclohexanone to adipic acid via tandem flavin-catalyzed oxygenations using ambient air and water.
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Ion-sieving separators modified by sulfonate-functionalized carbon nitride towards highly stable zinc metal anodes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01465D, PaperWenjie Si, Miao Yu, Jiawei Mu, Xiaoyu Liu, Jiale Li, Jiali Wang, Tiantian Li, Xiangcun Li, Wenji Zheng, Yan Dai, Xiaobin Jiang, Gaohong He
Sulfonated carbon nitride is proposed to functionalize glass fiber separators. The enhanced Zn2+ affinity, electrostatic repulsion against SO42−, and promoted hydrated Zn2+ de-solvation can enable uniform Zn deposition and suppress side reactions.
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Mechanical force inducing oxygen vacancies and pyrolysis gas reduction activity for the efficient valorization of waste biomass and Li-ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01611H, PaperFengyin Zhou, Beilei Zhang, Hongya Wang, Danfeng Wang, Xin Qu, Shiyu Wang, Mengyi Tang, Ling Peng, Xiang Chen, Dihua Wang, Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee, Huayi Yin
A novel recycling strategy for retired LIBs combines mechanical treatment with biomass pyrolysis reduction, achieving 98% recovery efficiency.
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