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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04989J, Critical ReviewMohammed F. Alotibi, Fekri Abdulraqeb Ahmed Ali, Senthilkumar Jayapalan, Sasikumar Gopalakrishnan, Amine Aymen Assadi, Saravanan Palanivel, Anand Chandrasekar, AbdulAziz A. AlGhamdi, Khalid M. Alshamrani, Shoba Gunasekaran, Subramani Annadurai, Tamizhdurai Perumal
Plastic-to-hydrogen technology is applied to convert waste plastics into clean fuel via pyrolysis, gasification, reforming, and photo/electro methods, supporting waste management, sustainable energy generation, and circular economy development. Created with Biorender and Canva.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06557G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sarada Sripada, Juriti Rajbangshi, Emmanuel A. Aboagye, Maximiliano García-Mancilla, Timothy J. Donohue, Daniel R. Noguera, Reid C. Van Lehn, Christos T. Maravelias, Steven D. Karlen, Canan Sener
This study identifies solvent mixtures for reducing reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) reactor capital expenses, thereby minimizing the economics of producing 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) from poplar biomass in an RCF-based biorefinery.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC90044E, Correction Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Youbo Yu, Xingcheng Zhou, Lisha Yan, Li Yang, Jie Hong, Krongthong Kamonsuangkasem, Peiyi Wang, W. M. W. W. Kandegama, Gefei Hao, Libo Zhang
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05988G, PaperRui Guo, Wenyi Chu, Wenbin Sun
In recent years, the progress of metalloenzyme catalytic technology has enabled its catalytic capacity to exceed the limitations of natural enzymes, attracting widespread attention. Inspired by natural systems, this study...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06888F, Critical Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Nicola Bragato, Andrea Pasquale, Tobias Robert, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Alessandro Pellis, Minna Hakkarainen, Sacha Pérocheau Arnaud
For more than a decade, itaconic acid (methylene succinic acid) has been one of the most promising bio-based platform chemicals. The reliable availability in the market, combined with a competitive...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06471F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Laura Tedesco, Federico Verdini, Emanuela Calcio Gaudino, Silvia Tabasso, Irene Arduino, David Lembo, Manuela Donalisio, Giancarlo Cravotto, Maela Manzoli
The increasing demand for sustainable chemical processes has driven the search for renewable feedstocks, environmentally benign catalysts, and energy-efficient methodologies. In this context, we report a solvent-free protocol for the...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00214E, PaperAndrei Etom, Ann Pearl Triana, Jady Lee Esler Amarillas, Rhea D Casipong, Jayson Rey Gilbolingo, April John Galagnara, Roger Jr. Gimarangan Dingcong, Arnold C. Alguno, Roberto M. Malaluan, Arnold Ano-os Lubguban
Metal-assisted restructuring of hydrogen-bond networks within deep eutectic solvents (DESs) offers a promising route to energy-efficient biopolymer dissolution and extraction, yet the molecular principles governing such reactivity remain largely unexplored....
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06825H, PaperYing-An Mai, Xi-Tai Cai, Libo Li, Zhipeng Qiu, Weifeng Liu, Xueqing Qiu, Rongxian Ou, Jingpeng Zhou, Fengshan Zhang, Fan Bu
Conventional formaldehyde-based adhesives pose serious risks to the environment and human health. Lignin and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) show great potential in the production of green, recyclable bio-based waterborne polyurethane adhesives, reducing...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06331K, PaperWenya Gao, Xiuxiu Chen, Yanle Xu, Shuo Zhang, Kang Liu, Dingxuan Ma
A self-supporting RuIr bimetallic electrocatalyst via Ir modulation and PANI support engineering enables industrial-scale electrolytic water hydrogen production at high current densities and elevated temperatures.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06815K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Matteo Bartalucci, Filippo Bocerani, Francesco Ferlin, Luciano Lattuada, Fulvio Uggeri, Luigi Vaccaro
Within this work, we report a modular, microwave-assisted continuous-flow approach for the selective iodination of unprotected anilines, achieving control of regioselectivity, over-halogenation, and the need for a protecting group. Microwaves...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC07015E, PaperYujie Ren, Bin Zhu, Qiuge Wang, Shuyi Wang, Sheng Chen, Jian Zhang, Chunlin Chen
A highly active and stable HMFOR electrode was made via NF surface reconstruction in seawater. In alkaline seawater electrolyte, it suppresses OER, promotes HMFOR, and maintains continuous operation for 1500 h, setting a benchmark in the HMFOR field.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06242J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Barbaros Bolat, Melek Ozer, Kang Sun, Hai-Long Jiang, Zafer Eroglu, Onder Metin
Selective construction of C(sp3)–P bonds remain a fundamental challenge in green chemistry due to the widespread use of transition-metals, peroxides, or stoichiometric oxidants in state-of-the-art methodologies. Here, we report a...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00161K, Tutorial ReviewYan He, Xin-Yi Shen, Yi Ding, Ying-Chun Wang, Yu-Yang Xie, Ying-Ming Pan
Isocyanides have long occupied a central position in organic synthesis due to their distinctive electronic structure and exceptional versatility, finding extensive applications in combinatorial chemistry and medicinal chemistry. Their capacity...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05726D, Tutorial ReviewZhuizhui Su, Peng Zhou, Jianling Zhang
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a graphene-like polymeric semiconductor formed by sp2 hybridization of carbon and nitrogen atoms. Its unique electronic structure (bandgap of approximately 2.7 eV) and visible-light response...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06820G, PaperXiao Du, Peng-Fei Xie, Du Wang, Yi-Long Chen, Binbin He, Shi-Yong Zhao, Yun Zu, Jin-Cheng Li
NiFe hydroxides and atomic Fe-N4 sites respectively represent one of the best noblemetal-free active parts for oxygen evolution/reduction reactions (OER/ORR) in Zn-air batteries (ZABs), but integration of them into one...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05862G, PaperYumeng Zhang, Yang Yu, Ziyi Feng
The development of fully bio-based polyesters with distinguished performance and facile chemical closed-loop recycling in aqueous environment still faces a challenge. Herein, a series of N-substituted pyrrolidone carboxylic acid monomers...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00784H, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Lori Gonnet, Cameron B. Lennox, Tristan H Borchers, Mohammad Askari, Alexander Wahrhaftig-Lewis, Stefan G Koenig, Karthik Nagapudi, Tomislav Friščić
While Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM) has been proposed as a scalable methodology for environmentally-friendly synthesis, notably media-free mechanochemical synthesis, the underlying reaction environment and the parameters that govern reaction control,...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06431G, PaperWanting Tong, Yirui Chen, Xinhang Jin, Hangtao Wu, Chaoran Xu, Dingguo Song, Fei Ling, Weihui Zhong
Highly enantioselective epoxidation of trisubstituted alkenyl sulfones is achieved using a Mn catalyst with a p-methoxybenzyl arm that remotely tunes steric and electronic effects to enhance stereocontrol.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06756A, PaperWahyu Dewi, Jinxing Gu, Fatima Shahid, Nauman Ahmad, I. M. S. K. Ilankoon, Alan L Chaffee, Lian Zhang
Conventional production of ethylbenzene and cumene relies on fossil fuels and results in significant CO2 emissions. As a sustainable alternative, plastic waste can be used to produce high-value aromatics via...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06344B, PaperHang Gong, Jingao Xiao, Hui Gao, Kexiao Zhou, Rong Yang, Changqun Cai
This work presents an electrocatalytic strategy for safe and efficient phosphinamide synthesis using liquid formamides, avoiding volatile low-boiling amines. This metal- and oxidant-free method offers a versatile platform for green synthesis.
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