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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04167H, PaperMin-Min Wang, Hong Guo, Zheng-Wu Wang, Yu-Quan Yan, Yi-Zhou Zhu, He-Fang Wang
L, L-lactide, the important precursor for biodegradable polylactic acid, has attracted significant attention. The one-step synthesis based on nanoconfinement primarily utilizes porous catalysts to induce the cyclization of L-lactic acid...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05046D, CommunicationBin Wang, Zekun Li, Hua Cao
A novel metal- and base-free controllable tandem cyclization/rearrangement strategy for divergent synthesis of CF3-containing 1-(aminomethyl)naphthalen-2-ols and 1-(2-naphthyl)azetidines is established.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03751D, Communication Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marianna Karava, Qian Liang, Elske van der Pol, Margit Winkler, Robert Kourist
The reduction of carboxylic acids to alcohols in a hydrogen-driven whole-cell biocatalyst employing carboxylic acid reductases ensures high atom and mass efficiency, enabling a potentially more sustainable route for the synthesis of alcohols.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04326C, CommunicationHiroaki Kaneko, Shusaku Shoji, Yohei Cho, Tomotaka Sugimura, Ayako Hashimoto, Hideki Abe, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi
Combining methane dry reforming (DRM) and Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) enables the conversion of greenhouse gases into valuable hydrocarbons via syngas.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03525B, PaperMin Liang, Wei Gong, Jielin Zhao, Hong Wang, Chongzhen Sun, Xianwei Liu, Guofeng Gu
The biochemical properties, functional characterization and substrate specificities of five recombinant glycosyltransferases – β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (Cps1aI), β-1,4-galactosyltransferase (Cps1aJ), β-1,3-galactosyltransferase (Cps1bJ), and α-2,3-sialyltransferase (Cps1aK and Cps1bK) – involved in the biosynthesis of...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04611D, PaperBasavarajagouda E Patil, Rahul Tarkase, Rajdeep Paul, Gopalan Rajaraman, Deepti Kalsi
The development of environmentally benign photocatalytic methodologies for [2+2] cycloadditions is of significant interest, given their utility in accessing cyclobutane motifs found in natural products and pharmaceuticals. Conventional approaches often...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03714J, Critical ReviewJaime J. M. Pang, Yan Hui Lee, Haonan Zhao, Albert Ong, Jason Y. C. Lim
In this review, we examine the possibility of using mixed and/or contaminated plastic feedstock for chemical recycling, upcycling and formation of physical polymer blends.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04228C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Parsa Pishva, Jinyao Tang, Yanlin Zhu, Jochen Lauterbach, Zhenmeng Peng
Energy-efficient hydrogenolysis of pure and waste HDPE via NTP at ambient conditions achieves complete conversion within minutes into C1–C4 hydrocarbons and waxes, reaching a record 8.2 output/input energy ratio and 2.7 ¢kg−1 electricity cost.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05077D, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yutao Ni, Jiahui Song, Huiying Lan, Xue Jing, Wenwen Shi, Ruimin Ding, Xi Yin
Understanding the synthesis mechanism of Pt3Co guided the development of high-loading Pt3Co catalysts assisted by trace LiCl, which demonstrated high efficiency in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03873A, PaperXiaolong Li, Xueping Zhang, Mei Hong, Weihao Zhou, Yamei Lin, Guo-Ping Lu
Anchoring single-atom Fe on g-C3N5 creates a green, efficient strategy for aqueous trifluoromethylation. This recyclable photocatalyst synthesizes fluorinated compounds while avoiding toxic solvents and metal waste.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05189D, PaperFuyang Yue, Jiayi Li, Hongjian Song, Yuxiu Liu, Qingmin Wang
This work reports a practical electrochemical method for deiodinative gem-difluorovinylation of unactivated alkyl iodides, with a broad substrate scope and good functional group compatibility.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03710G, Tutorial ReviewYujia Yao, Peiyu Cao, Kailin Li, Gengxin Xie
This review focuses on real PET waste plastic, covering its electrocatalytic processes and summarizing cathodic coupling strategies and cascade technologies, aiming to lay a foundation for future PET waste plastic electrocatalytic reforming.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04392A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Edward P. Rayner, Tomas Horsten, Siegfried R. Waldvogel
Shellac, a bioresin secreted by insects, is electrochemically degraded to obtain value-added dicarboxylic acids.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90217G, Correction Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mingzhe Ma, Yajie Wang
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
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 G. Haney, Yuichiro Otsuka, Sunitha Sadula, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Delphis F. Levia, Thomas H. Epps
Harvest optimization offers an effective strategy for maximizing lignin valorization yields and overall biorefinery production of fuels, chemicals, and materials.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03239C, PaperNing Duan, Pengxiang Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Pan Li, Xianli Wu, Yanyan Liu, Guosheng Han, Baojun Li
2D NiFe-LDH nanosheets loaded on 3D N-doped biomass-derived carbon, NiFe-LDH/NBC, were prepared using an in situ growth method assisted by electric field induction as an excellent bifunctional electrocatalytic catalyst.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04779J, PaperMan Zhao, Ze Wang, Jiamin Ma, Qinyun Yan, Liwu Qiang, Wei Wen, Lifang Shi, Shuai He, Na Gao, Aiqin Hao, Junming Zhang, Xiaoli Li, He Xiao, Jianfeng Jia
Schematic of CO2RR over Pd/HMCs-10 and POR over PdO/HMCs-10 in a coupled catalytic system, showing the effect of particle size of Pd NPs in Pd/HMCs-x on the CO2RR activity and PdO NPs in PdO/HMCs-x on the POR activity.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04855A, Tutorial ReviewYaoqian Feng, Ning Huang
The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (ECO2RR) offers a sustainable route for converting CO2 into high-value-added chemicals and fuels, presenting a viable solution to urgent energy and environmental issues.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04106F, PaperHimanshu Raghav, Laxmi Sah, Bhanu Joshi, Rahul Tiwari, Prem Lama, Bipul Sarkar, Rajaram Bal
This study uses a Cu/ZSM-5 catalyst in a two-stage semi-batch process to convert LDPE into 80% gaseous product, with 60% being light olefins (C2–C4). Image generated with Microsoft Copilot.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03867G, PaperYuefeng Qiu, Peng Jiang, Wenkai Ye, Jiahao Hu, Wenjie She, Bin Zhang, Tuo Ji, Liwen Mu, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu, Jiahua Zhu
In this study, sunlight, water and air were used to directly produce >30 wt% high-purity hydrogen peroxide. Compared to the conventional anthraquinone process, this method reduced energy consumption by 14.02% and costs by 32.88%.
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