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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05166E, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Juho Pekka Helaja, Anna Lenarda, Itisha Jain, Aleksi Kaleva, Valtteri Oksanen, Sami Heikkinen, R. T. Koivula, Tom Wirtanen, Michele Melchionna, Tao Hu
Activated carbon derived porous materials, effectively enriched with OH and C=O groups, were found to mediate, in a cascade manner, the condensation between anilines and 3-hexenones or β-tetralones, followed by...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04437E, PaperKe Li, Xu Zhao, Dongchu Liu, Weifeng Jia, Qiang Peng
Epoxy thermosets' superior properties enable widespread applications, yet simultaneously impose persistent environmental burdens. Current recycling approaches remain hindered by insufficient understanding of degradation mechanisms and inadequate process control, resulting in...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04923G, PaperZi-Hang He, Wei-Lin Wang, Bin Li, Chang Liu
Peroxydisulfate (PDS)-based advanced oxidation processes are promising for reclaimed water treatment; however, they are often hindered by high energy demands, costly and complex catalyst synthesis, and the requirement for external...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04279H, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Robyn C O'Halloran, Alison J Shapiro, Yagya Gupta, Anna Long, Sara Haney, Yuichiro Otsuka, Sunitha Sadula, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Delphis F Levia, Thomas Epps, III
Renewable feedstocks are a critical component of sustainability and resource security efforts, and feedstock selection is vital for the improved biorefinery production of fuels, chemicals, and materials. A major hurdle...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04711K, PaperThomas Joseph Neal, Arturo Josue Ledezma Fierro, Fanny Coumes, Giovanni Poli, Alexandre Pradal, Jutta Rieger
We report the synthesis of a novel aromatic vinyl ketone monomer (BioPVK) from an abundant product of lignin depolymerisation, syringaldehyde. We demonstrate that BioPVK can be homopolymerised and copolymerised with...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02947C, CommunicationJingyi Zhang, Minghan Li, yushun cui, Ying Yang, Miao Lai, Zixun Gao, Linyu Zheng, Siao Lu, Bintao Liu, Fangling Lu, Yulin Feng
Selective activation of inert and ubiquitous C(sp3)-H bonds has long been a challenging task in organic synthesis, through which chemists can directly synthesize value-added compounds from inexpensive and readily available...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03792A, PaperYuanyuan Yan, Wunengerile Zhang, Tegshi Muschin, Agula Bao, Chaolumen Bai, Dan Liu, Yong-Sheng Bao
The site-selective cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of two simple arenes is an ideal C-C bond forming strategy to furnish structurally diverse molecules. In general, the site-selectivity represents the state-of-the-art in organic...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04615G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hidde Kolmeijer, Abhinandan Nabera, Antonio José Martín, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, Javier Pérez-Ramírez
This study quantifies for the first time the methanol economy and includes environmental and cost perspectives toward viable configurations. We developed comprehensive prospective models including methanol as a substitute for...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04825G, PaperQiong Chai, Babar Hussain Shah, Fengming Zhang, Meiqi Li, Yong Jian Zhang
An easily made and highly efficient vinyl-functionalized amphiphilic polymer, polyethylene glycol-polyvinylethylene glycol (PEG-PVEG), designed based on the metal-olefin interactions, has been developed via one-step allylic etherification polymerization. The superior performance...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04123F, PaperKuangjia Tian, Jiali Zhang, Jiaxi Bai, Yi Liang, Wenzhuo Shen, Min Zhong, Shouwu Guo
Recovery and reuse of electrode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the sustainable development of the lithium-ion battery industry. In this study, we describe an aqueous solution based...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02358K, Communication Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Momoko Ishii, Maria M. Paulsen, Remi A. Mellinghoff, Heather O. LeClerc, Ho Yin Tse, Hanno C. Erythropel, Julie B. Zimmerman, Paul T. Anastas, Darren S. Lee
Alternating polarity enhanced redox-neutral electrochemical formation of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO2 and methanol. Alternating the polarity was found to be necessary for efficient reoxidation of Pd0 → Pd2+ thus enabling higher yields of DMC.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02878G, PaperHui Peng, Kaifa Dong, Xin Wang, Yaping Jing, Pengyun Xie, Xuan Xie, Zhe Zhang, Guofu Ma
Green CPL co-solvents work by restructuring the Zn2+ solvation structure and the electrode/electrolyte interface Helmholtz layer, building a dynamic SEI, and favoring Zn(002)-oriented nucleation, which enables efficient Zn2+ energy storage systems.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04067A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Alice Nanni, Panayiotis Bilalis, Magnus Rueping
Resonant acoustic mixing (RAM) as a mechanochemical alternative to traditional SPPS processes enables efficient and scalable peptide coupling without added solvent, supporting sustainable synthesis of bioactive peptides.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04440E, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Pravin Patil, Emis Ingenito, Riccardo Fusco, Imma Capriello, Zhirui Guan, Anuja Bhalkikar, John Gibbons, Tomas Korba, Stanislav Bashkyrtsev, Oleh Tkachenko, Alexander Dömling
We developed an efficient Ugi-based route to 1200 acrylamides, delivering millimolar quantities of pure precipitated products. Library quality was verified by 1H NMR, UPLC-UV-MS, and AEMS, yielding a sustainable drug-discovery-ready set.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04158A, PaperYonghang Zeng, Yanhong Gong, Wenhao Wang, Xinglong Song, Dongbin Xiong, Yue Du, Lina Zhou, Yi Cao, Faqi Zhan, Yisi Liu
Melamine foam as a 3D scaffold for in situ growth of vertically aligned CoNi-LDH arrays to prepare MF-LDHs@PVA GPE with high ionic conductivity and water retention capability for flexible zinc-air batteries.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03587B, CommunicationXin Zhou, Changhao Li, Jianfeng Lin, Guang Yang, Zipei Zhang, Zhangfeng Wu, Mi Lu, Jianping Lin
We overcame low power limitations using a novel hybrid evaporative–thermoelectric generator. This sustainable synergy yielded 11.37 W m−2 (31.45% increase) at 100 °C with a p-Bi2Te3 device.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03349G, Tutorial ReviewZeeshan Mustafa, Naeem Auroona, Arslan Sarwar, Eun Yeol Lee
Engineered microbes utilize natural and synthetic pathways to capture industrial CO2 emissions. The assimilated carbon is transformed into bioplastics and biofuels, contributing to a cleaner and sustainable environment.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04609B, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Steven Thompson, Yasemin Fadil, Nicholas J Chan, Graeme Moad, Sébastien Perrier, Per B. Zetterlund
The growing drive for sustainable materials has pushed the development of degradable polymers. This work explores the incorporation of α-lipoic acid (LA), a commercially available monomer capable of radical ring-opening...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04881H, Communication Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Xiao-Feng Wu, renguan miao, Zhipeng Bao, Yuanrui Wang, Chang-Sheng Kuai
Among the carboxylic acids, β-trifluoromethylated carboxylic acid derivatives are important components of drug molecules and have always been one of the research hotspots. In this work, a novel visible light-induced...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04756K, Communication Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sara Grecchi, Andrea Mezzetta, Lorenzo Guazzelli, Serena Arnaboldi
A single drop of a natural chiral ionic liquid (NCIL) serves as a wireless electrochemical microreactor for enantioselective synthesis. This system yields high selectivity (>90% ee) and demonstrates dynamic stereocontrol,...
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