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Developing and improving enzyme-driven technologies to synthesise emerging prebiotics
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01723H, Tutorial Review
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Noelia Losada-Garcia, Milica Carević, Marija Ćorović, Ana Milivojević, Nikola M. Nikacevic, Cesar Mateo, Dejan Bezbradica, Jose M. Palomo
Emerging prebiotics, mainly oligosaccharides and phenolic compounds, are gaining increasing attention in the scientific community due to their health benefits and broad industrial potential. Prebiotics are widely used in foods,...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01723H, Tutorial Review
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Noelia Losada-Garcia, Milica Carević, Marija Ćorović, Ana Milivojević, Nikola M. Nikacevic, Cesar Mateo, Dejan Bezbradica, Jose M. PalomoEmerging prebiotics, mainly oligosaccharides and phenolic compounds, are gaining increasing attention in the scientific community due to their health benefits and broad industrial potential. Prebiotics are widely used in foods,...
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Green innovations in C–H bond functionalisation: exploring homogeneous recyclable catalytic systems
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00278H, Tutorial ReviewDewal S. Deshmukh, Sanjay Singh, Kirtikumar C. Badgujar, Vivek T. Humne, Gajanan V. Korpe, Bhalchandra M. Bhanage
This review focuses on homogeneous recyclable catalytic systems for direct C–H bond functionalization in organic synthesis, eliminating pre-functionalization. It explores recyclable catalysts with various metals and metal-free approaches.
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Carbonized polymer dots as electrolyte additives for suppressing Zn dendrite growth, corrosion, and the HER in Zn-ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00702J, PaperXiao-Yan Shen, Guo-Duo Yang, Xin-Yao Huang, Yan-Fei Li, Zhuo Wang, Tong Wang, Ru-Yi Liu, Yi-Han Song, Ming-Xiao Deng, Hai-Zhu Sun
Low-cost, eco-friendly CPDs are designed and synthesized as electrolyte additives to effectively enhance the stability of aqueous ZIBs. This work offers significant advancement in the development of green and clean energy storage devices.
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Influence of functional additives, fillers, and pigments on thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene for waste plastic upcycling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00688K, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Harish Radhakrishnan, Abdulrahman A. B. A. Mohammed, Isabel Coffman, Xianglan BaiPyrolysis offers an economical method to convert waste plastics into valuable chemicals and fuels. However, the effects of various additives and impurities in waste plastics on the pyrolytic conversion must be better understood.
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Towards ultra-stable aqueous zinc-ion batteries via electrochemical polymerization of phthalimido-anchored benzoquinone
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01391G, PaperDan Wang, Yu-Xuan Bai, Zi-Xiang Zhou, Wei Cao, Yang-Min Ma, Chao Wang
Phthalimido anchored benzoquinone is selected as monomer for electropolymerization to fabricate the cathode of aqueous ZIBs with ultralong cycling stability.
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Enhancing the electroreduction of N2 and/or O2 on MoS2 using a nanoparticulate intrinsically microporous polymer (PIM-1)
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00612K, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Caio V. S. Almeida, Lara K. Ribeiro, Lucia H. Mascaro, Mariolino Carta, Neil B. McKeown, Frank MarkenBinding nitrogen gas into a microporous polymer close to an electrode surface increases the electrochemical production of ammonia.
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Electrochemically driven silicon–carbon bond cleavage of silacyclobutanes: a transition metal-free approach
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01185J, PaperYuanmeng Li, Jianshu Yue, Yinghui Shao, Yanni Yue, Hongping Deng, Xiaoli Bu, Mengtao Ma, Fei Xue
A sustainable and efficient electrochemical protocol has been developed for the synthesis of silyl ethers and silanols from SCBs under mild, metal-free conditions.
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Photo-promoted production of a new monophenolic compound from larch lignin with polyoxometalates supported on g-C3N4 under ambient conditions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00692A, PaperHe Wan, Yang Liu, Chunhui Yu, Kuiyuan Cao, Yongwei Han, Zhong Sun, Junyou Shi, Xixin Duan
Mild conditions and high selectivity are challenging to achieve during the oxidative depolymerization of lignin into phenolic compounds.
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tert-Butyl hydroperoxide-mediated rapid 30-second oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00480B, PaperJian Liu, Ximing Zhang
A novel Au/CeO2-catalyzed TBHP system achieves 95% FDCA selectivity at full 5-HMF conversion in 30 s (90 °C), driven by stabilized radicals and van der Waals-enhanced spatial proximity for efficient oxidative activation.
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Mining waste as heterogeneous catalysts
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01509J, Critical Review
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Soo Lim Kim, Heejin Yang, Seonho Lee, Si-Kyung Cho, Chang-Gu Lee, Seitkhan Azat, Jechan LeeMining activities generate significant waste that poses serious environmental challenges, emphasizing the urgent need for effective waste management strategies.
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Assessing supported nickel catalysts for the upcycling of real WEEE plastics through low-pressure hydropyrolysis and dehalogenation
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06546H, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Lidia Amodio, Jennifer Cueto, Julio López, Héctor Hernando, Patricia Pizarro, David P. SerranoThis study pioneers the catalytic hydropyrolysis of WEEE plastics, achieving effective dehalogenation and sustainable resource recovery using a robust nickel catalyst.
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Electrocatalytic linear coupling of alkenes via radical anion under mild conditions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00295H, PaperJingao Xiao, Feng Long, Sheng Yi, Haifang Luo, Changqun Cai, Hang Gong
An efficient electrocatalytic method generates unstable radical anions under mild conditions, avoiding dangerous organolithium reagents. Achieves metal-free alkene homo-/cross-coupling without external oxidants/reductants in good yields.
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Selective production of acetonitrile via dehydroamination of ethanol over a stable Cu–Zr/meso SiO2 catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01047K, PaperXiaomin Zhang, Mo Zhou, Yujia Zhao, Jifeng Pang, Pengfei Wu, Zhen Guo, Mingyuan Zheng
A binary Cu–Zr/meso SiO2 catalyst with excellent performance for ethanol dehydroamination to acetonitrile.
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Metal–carbon electrode optimization for efficient electrochemical regeneration of 1,4-NADH: a new approach for sustainable biochemical synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01535A, PaperYang Zhou, LingLong Huang, Yuan Tao, ChangQing Luo, JianMiao Xu, ZhiQiang Liu, YuGuo Zheng
Foamed metal-carbon electrode electrochemical coenzyme regeneration system.
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Closed-loop chemical recycling of polyethylene furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (PEF) under microwave-assisted heating
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01583A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sean Najmi, Dylan Huang, Andrew Duncan, Daniel Slanac, Keith Hutchenson, James Hughes, Raja Poladi, Dionisios G. VlachosPolyethylene furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (PEF) is a high-performance, bio-based analog to traditional petroleum-derived polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with improved properties and recyclability.
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Closed-loop chemically recyclable aromatic polyesters based on asymmetric dicarboxylates obtainable from lignocellulose
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05572A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Nitin G. Valsange, Niklas Warlin, Smita V. Mankar, Nicola Rehnberg, Baozhong Zhang, Patric JannaschDicarboxylate ester monomers obtainable from lignocellulosic building blocks are polymerized with different diols to produce aromatic polyesters with tunable properties, which include closed-loop chemically recyclability via methanolysis.
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Tandem reaction of olefins and CO2 to cyclic carbonates over polyetheretherketone fiber-supported ionic liquids via relay catalysis in a spinning basket reactor
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00735F, PaperXian-Lei Shi, Ruifeng Jing, Qianqian Hu, Honghui Gong, Jingyi Wang, Gang Xu, Bowen Liu, Ao Zhang
A cleaner method for the direct conversion of olefins and CO2 to cyclic carbonates.
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Microgel-engineered temperature-responsive microcapsules at liquid interfaces for sequential biocatalytic reactions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00775E, PaperDivya Gaur, Wasia Khanam, Nidhi C. Dubey, Bijay P. Tripathi
Microgels, with their adjustable deformability and responsiveness, offer a promising alternative to prepare microcompartments via template-directed assembly onto emulsion droplets.
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Novel arylindane diols as sustainable primary antioxidants from lignin
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05190D, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Tessy Hendrickx, Laura Trullemans, Alexander J. Heyer, Imke Boonen, Marko Turkalj, Fatima Rammal, Yiqi Su, Besarta Matranxhi, Durgasruthi Pully, Bart Van Meerbeek, Peter Van Puyvelde, Marc Elskens, Kirsten L. Van Landuyt, Bert F. SelsA zeolite-catalyzed green synthesis of diisoeugenol. Together with diisoallylsyringol, these novel arylindane diols are safe and sustainable primary antioxidants.
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Oxidative dearomatization of 3-substituted indoles with sulfonium salts: direct access to 3-hydroxyoxindoles
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00780A, CommunicationSudipta Baur, Amitava Hazra, Joydev K. Laha, Srimanta Manna
A new approach has been developed for the oxidative dearomatization of 3-substituted indoles into 3-hydroxyoxindoles, which employs an in situ sulfonium intermediate generated via the activation of DMSO with alkyl halide.
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