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Photoredox-catalyzed cascade difluoromethylation/SO2 reintegration/polyfluoroarylation of conjugated dienes with a bifunctional CF2HSO2Na reagent
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05765E, PaperKehan Jiao, Yunliang Guo, Jiuli Xia, Kaixuan Chen, Lihan Zhu, Ying Dong, Jiao Qu, Guangfan Zheng, Jiaqiong Sun, Tao Xiong, Qian Zhang
A visible-light-driven, photoredox-catalyzed difluoromethylation, SO2 reintegration, and polyfluoroarylation cascade of conjugated dienes has been developed, employing CF2HSO2Na as a bifunctional reagent and polyfluoroarenes as terminating agents.
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Obituary: Roger Arthur Sheldon (1942–2025)
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90241J, Obituary
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Photochemical upcycling of polystyrene waste by BiCl3
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05996H, CommunicationS. Srividya, Apurba Kumar Pal, K. Geetharani
We report photo-oxidative upcycling of polystyrene to benzoic acid via LMCT of a main group catalyst, BiCl3, which is commercially available and inexpensive. This additive-free reaction proceeds under mild conditions using oxygen as the sole oxidant.
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Recent progress in probing the microscopic mechanisms of key issues in energy storage batteries using scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05829E, Critical ReviewChuce Wu, Wei Wang, Zhanpeng Zhou, Xuefan Tian, Lexuan Cai, Min Zhou, Haomiao Li, Kai Jiang, Kangli Wang
Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), with several operation modes, is a powerful in situ spatially resolved analytical technique, playing an important role in studies of critical interfacial processes in energy devices.
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Green chemistry design of one-step extraction of multi-functionalized lignin-precursors directly from biomass
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02571K, PaperKavya Ganesan, James Sternberg, Srikanth Pilla
A one-step green process converts pinewood sawdust into multifunctional lignin precursors using maleic acid and diallyl carbonate, while simultaneously yielding a carbohydrate-enriched residue.
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Solvent-less mechanochemical asymmetric reactions in a ball mill utilizing a polymer-supported Hayashi–Jørgensen catalyst: effects of the polymer backbone and flexibility on its catalytic performance
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05291B, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Kento Hiroishi, Hikaru Matsumoto, Hidetaka Kasai, Masanori Nagao, Eiji Nishibori, Yoshiko MiuraFine chemical synthesis under solvent-free or solvent-less mechanochemical conditions is highly desirable from a green chemistry perspective.
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Toward comprehensive scientific information on plastic-related chemicals powered by artificial intelligence
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04822B, PaperKai Zhao, Xiting Peng, Ran Tao, Yuchen Su, Shiyue Huang, Hang Fu, Xiaonan Wang, Shanying Hu
A series of AI-based methods were developed to construct a comprehensive plastic-related chemical database, supporting the advancement of scientific understanding of plastic pollution.
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Revealing the evolution of Cu II species and ammonia intermediates under different temperatures for selective catalytic reduction of NO over cost-effective Cu-exchanged zeolite X catalysts
Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06173C, PaperLin Chen, Yuanpei Lan, Shan Ren, Chaoyi Chen, Junqi Li, Davide Ferri
Valorizing blast furnace slag (BFS) into high-performance environmental catalysts offers a sustainable “waste-to-treat-waste” pathway, yet understanding the active site dynamics on these complex low-silica Cu-based zeolite remains challenging. Here, we...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06173C, PaperLin Chen, Yuanpei Lan, Shan Ren, Chaoyi Chen, Junqi Li, Davide Ferri
Valorizing blast furnace slag (BFS) into high-performance environmental catalysts offers a sustainable “waste-to-treat-waste” pathway, yet understanding the active site dynamics on these complex low-silica Cu-based zeolite remains challenging. Here, we...
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Electrocatalytic activation of C−H, C−O, and C−C bonds in biomass valorization: mechanisms and catalysts
Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06393K, Critical ReviewMengyuan Liu, Guohao Xu, Chendong Lin, Xiaotong Chen, Boyang Lin, Wei Liu, Shunji Xie
Electrocatalytic activation of specific C−H, C−O, and C−C bonds in biomass is crucial for producing sustainable high-value chemicals and fuels under mild conditions. Key challenges include selective differentiation of chemically...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06393K, Critical ReviewMengyuan Liu, Guohao Xu, Chendong Lin, Xiaotong Chen, Boyang Lin, Wei Liu, Shunji Xie
Electrocatalytic activation of specific C−H, C−O, and C−C bonds in biomass is crucial for producing sustainable high-value chemicals and fuels under mild conditions. Key challenges include selective differentiation of chemically...
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L-Methionine modified active ice enables ultra-rapid methane hydrate kinetics for solidified natural gas storage
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06216K, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yang Li, Jibao Zhang, Jingbo Gao, Guangjin Chen, Zhenyuan YinWe introduced an amino acid L-methionine for synthesizing porous active ice with partially ordered hydrogen bonding network, which achieves ultra-rapid CH4 hydrate kinetics of 156.1 Vg/Vw with a t90 of 3.3 min for solidified natural gas storage.
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Kosmotropic-effect-driven biphasic aqueous electrolyte towards durable zinc-ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06218G, PaperLianwen He, Long Su, Xinming Xu, Chongjiong Zheng, Hui Gu, Fusheng Pan, Xinpei Gao, Fei Lu
This work develops an aqueous/organic biphasic electrolyte based on the kosmotropic effect that enhances Zn anode reversibility while maintaining excellent ionic conductivity, thereby optimizing reaction kinetics at both electrodes.
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Electrocatalytic oxidation of 1,2-cyclohexanediol to adipic acid with high faradaic efficiency under high current density over a CoFe2O4@CuO/CF catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05237H, PaperXuzheng Cao, Gang Yan, Qi Zhao, Huaqiao Tan, Wensi Tang, Aicen Li, Yangguang Li
The green preparation of Adipic acid (AA) has been achieved through an environmentally friendly electrocatalytic oxidation process, combined with biomass derivatives as raw materials.
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Piezocatalytic oxidation of lignin-derived phenol to p-benzoquinone: a sustainable route for green polymerization inhibitors
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06083D, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Xinlei Ma, Bo Zhang, Xin Huang, Qing Xu, Roger RuanThis study successfully synthesized MoS2 with different sulfur vacancy concentrations via a hydrothermal method for the piezocatalytic selective oxidation of phenol to p-benzoquinone (p-BQ).
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Trace electrolyte additives dynamically regulating the zinc anode interface towards stable zinc-based energy storage
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06513E, PaperXinyu Yang, Ke Zhang, Liubing Dong
Glycolide is reported as a trace additive of the aqueous zinc-salt electrolyte to dynamically regulate the zinc deposition interface, realizing long-term stable zinc anodes.
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Electrochemical C(sp2)–H deuterodifluoromethylation of quinoxalinones and 2H-indazoles with CF2DSO2Na
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05992E, PaperYuhang Ding, Xin Liu, Yanlin Wu, Meichao Li, Zhenlu Shen
In CH3CN/H2O solution, an electrochemical method for the deuterodifluoromethylation of quinoxalinones and 2H-indazoles was developed using CF2DSO2Na at 25 °C.
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Direct synthesis of cyclic carbonates from olefins and CO2via ionic liquid catalysis with mutually promoting bifunctional groups
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06239J, PaperLi-Feng Xu, Wen-Jun Xie, Shan-Shan Chen, Alexander O. Terent'ev, Hong-Ru Li, Liang-Nian He
With H2O2 as the oxidant, the bifunctional ionic liquid facilitated a two-step process for the synthesis of cyclic carbonate directly from olefins and CO2 in 90% yield obviating the need for transition metals.
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Semi-heterogeneous dual iron/photocatalytic decarboxylative C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling via radical sorting
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05705A, PaperYajun Sun, Tengfei Kang, Yingdi Feng, Huaming Sun, Geyang Song, Dong Xue
An efficient decarboxylative C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling is achieved via a semi-heterogeneous dual iron/photocatalysis system with diverse radical precursors.
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Glycerol electrolytes for safer and more sustainable sodium ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05621G, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zachary T. Gossage, Teppei Furuichi, Tomooki Hosaka, Kei Shibuya, Shinichi KomabaGlycerol jumps to the front as an extremely low-cost, green solvent to replace toxic and flammable solvents used in batteries.
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Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric sequential hydroalkylation and hydroamination of 1,3-enynes with 3-hydroxyindoles
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05558J, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Qiuyu Li, Ruixue Wu, Tianbao Wu, Renkang Wei, Zhijiao Li, Shang Gao, Minyan Wang, Hequan Yao, Aijun LinAn unprecedented Pd-catalyzed asymmetric sequential hydroalkylation/hydroamination of 1,3-enynes was developed. This method provides efficient access to chiral pyrido[1,2-a]indoles and derivatives in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities.
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Embedded carbon dot mediator in a Ce-MoO3−x heterojunction for improved visible-light-driven N2 fixation: performance and interfacial activation mechanism
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06146F, PaperHuaiwei Zhang, Liang Bao, Ying Pan, Lulu Xu, Wei Wang
This work advances green chemistry by developing an all-solid-state heterostructure for improved nitrogen photo-fixation performances, offering a sustainable route to access valuable ammonia.
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